Yesterday, 02:47 PM
(Yesterday, 02:09 PM)Maxmars Wrote: If he served his time, he served. I get it. But this seems very different.
Quote:He was sentenced to 150 days in jail and 30 months' probation after it was proven that he made the episode up, and he was also slapped with a hefty fine of $130,160.
Smollett appealed the ruling and has not yet served a day of that sentence behind bars, even after his conviction was previously affirmed by a lower court in 2023 before the Supreme Court agreed to hear his appeal.
So there's that. Old new I guess?
Quote:The special prosecutor who investigated Jussie Smollett's bizarre anti-Trump hoax slammed today's surprise ruling from the Illinois Supreme Court that overturned his conviction on a technicality.
U.S. Attorney Dan Webb told DailyMail.com in a statement that the ruling 'has nothing to do with Mr. Smollett's innocence', and the 'legal reasoning upends long-standing Illinois precedent.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...ction.html
His name has become a mocking word though. Dave Chappelle made sure. That's a fate worse than jail for those Hollywood image-types.
