Category: Jussie Smollett

Smollett Should Do Serious Time; Press & Politicians Should Do Serious Thinking

Commentary Somewhere in his deluded brain, Jussie Smollett, the actor just found guilty on five of six counts of staging a hate crime against himself, believes he was standing up for black people. He was doing anything but. In a city where black children are being gunned down in the streets in record breaking numbers,…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Dec. 9)

New York City passes a major bill putting it one step closer to expanding voting rights to non-citizens, the FDA expands the Pfizer booster shot to people aged 16 and 17, and a jury rules that actor Jussie Smollett staged a fake attack on himself, then lied to Chicago police about it.


Jussie Smollett Convicted of Staging Hate Crime Against Himself, Lying to Police

Actor Jussie Smollett, the one-time star of the TV drama “Empire,” was convicted Thursday of staging a racist, homophobic attack on himself in January 2019, and later lying to police about the matter. A panel of jurors reached the verdict nearly three years after the former “Empire” actor told police that two Trump supporters beat…


Prosecutor: ‘Overwhelming’ Evidence Jussie Smollett Faked Attack

A prosecutor on Wednesday told jurors that actor Jussie Smollett staged an attack on himself in Chicago in 2019 for publicity before lying to police about the matter. Special prosecutor Dan Webb said that the former “Empire” actor’s alleged lies caused Chicago Police to spend precious resources and time on investigating an alleged hate crime…


Jussie Smollett Takes the Stand in His Own Criminal Trial

Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett, who is accused of lying about an alleged hate crime, took the stand in his own trial on Monday. Smollett, 39, was charged with six counts of disorderly conduct on suspicion of making false reports to police over an alleged race-based attack that occurred in the winter of 2019 in…


Kash’s Corner: Three Bombshell Cases—A Closer Look at the Ghislaine Maxwell, Elizabeth Holmes, and Jussie Smollett Trials

In this episode of Kash’s Corner, we take a closer look at three high-profile trials currently making their way through the courts: Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend and business associate of Jeffrey Epstein; Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the blood-testing company Theranos, who is accused of wire fraud and conspiracy; and Jussie Smollett, the “Empire”…


Hate Crime or Publicity Stunt? Chicago Jury to Hear Case in Jussie Smollett Trial

On a frigid Chicago night in January 2019, actor Jussie Smollett, a star on the TV drama “Empire,” reported that he was the victim of a hate-motivated street attack, but police later accused him of staging the whole affair as a publicity stunt. The case went to trial on Monday in Cook County Circuit Court,…


Jussie Smollett: The Tide Has Turned

Empire actor Jussie Smollett’s attempts to have his criminal charges—felony disorderly conduct for lying to police—dismissed have been denied. Smollett’s claim of a hate crime proved to be false: he paid the Osundairo brothers to help him stage the racist, homophobic attack in Chicago, which video evidence did not support, and receipts and checks told…


Jussie Smollett Forced to Face Trial After Judge Denies Dismissal Request

Jussie Smollett’s criminal trial will move forward after a judge on Friday struck down the actor’s effort to dismiss the criminal case. Smollett in early 2019 made headlines after he told police officers that he was attacked by two white men who shouted epithets at him. However, several weeks later, Smollett, who is black, was…


Jussie Smollett Will Face Trial After Judge Denies Dismissal Request

Actor Jussie Smollett’s criminal trial will move forward after a judge on Oct. 15 struck down the actor’s effort to dismiss the case against him. Smollett in early 2019 made headlines after he told police officers in Chicago that he was attacked by two white men who shouted epithets at him. However, several weeks later,…