Jussie Smollett Current News 2024 Schedule. In springfield tuesday, the attorney for former “empire” actor jussie smollett asked justices to reverse his client’s 2021 disorderly conduct conviction for faking a hate crime. Jussie smollett the illinois supreme court on thursday overturned actor jussie smollett’s conviction on allegations that he staged a racist and homophobic attack in chicago.

Out actor and singer jussie smollett has had his conviction dropped in a 2019 incident where he was charged with staging a racist and homophobic hate crime against himself. The illinois supreme court has overturned actor jussie smollett’s conviction on charges that he staged a racist and homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and lied to.