JUST IN: Former 'Empire' actor Jussie Smollett has been found guilty on five of six counts of disorderly conduct for making a false report to Chicago police that he was the victim of a hate crime in January 2019, an attack prosecutors said he staged.
The jury of six men and six women deliberated for more than nine hours over Wednesday and Thursday.Live UpdatesA disorderly conduct charge for a false crime report is a Class 4 felony and punishable by up to three years in prison and a $25,000 fine. Cook County Judge James Linn will have discretion in imposing a concurrent or consecutive sentence for each count at a later date.
These are the key moments in the case"Who was in charge of this thing?" special prosecutor Dan Webb asked. "Jussie was," Bola Osundairo told the jury. Defense attorneys also called seven witnesses to testify, highlighted by Smollett himself. Over eight hours on Monday and Tuesday, he laid out his version of the incident, attempted to cast doubt on the brothers' true motivations and explained his distrust for police.
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