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Jussie Smollett sentenced to 150 days in jail in fake attack

Published:Thursday | March 10, 2022 | 8:12 PM
Actor Jussie Smollett appears with his attorneys at his sentencing hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court Building, on Thursday, in Chicago.
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Actor Jussie Smollett appears with his attorneys at his sentencing hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court Building, on Thursday, in Chicago.

CHICAGO ( AP ):

Jussie Smollett was sentenced Thursday to 150 days in jail for lying to police about a racist and homophobic attack that the former Empire actor orchestrated himself.

Cook County Judge James Linn sentenced Smollett to 30 months of felony probation, including 150 days in the county jail. Linn denied a request to suspend Smollett's sentence and ordered he be placed in custody immediately.

Smollett was also ordered to pay US$120,106 in restitution.

Smollett loudly proclaimed his innocence after the sentence. “I am innocent. I could have said I am guilty a long time ago,” Smollett shouted as sheriff’s deputies led him out of the courtroom, capping an hours-long sentencing hearing.