HomeABC EntertainmentJussie Smollett sentenced to 150 days in jail in hoax attackJussie Smollett sentenced to 150 days in jail in hoax attackThu, March 10, 2022 by ABC NewsSHARE NOW Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty ImagesFormer Empire actor Jussie Smollett has been sentenced to 150 days in county jail on Thursday for fabricating a 2019 hate crime attack on himself.Smollett was also ordered to pay $120,000 in restitution to the city of Chicago, fined $25,000 and must serve 30 months of felony probation.As Cook County Judge James Linn was imposing a sentence, Smollett screamed out, “I am not suicidal. I am innocent.”The judge ordered Smollett to be taken to jail immediately.Smollett, 39, appeared Thursday afternoon in Cook County Circuit Court in Chicago to hear his fate after a jury convicted him in December on five of six felony counts of disorderly conduct stemming from him filing a false police report and lying to police, who spent more than $130,000 investigating his allegations.Prior to the sentencing, Linn denied Smollett’s motion for a new trial following a lengthy hearing.“We’ve talked about this for two years,” Linn said. “I do believe that at the end of the day, Mr. Smollett received a fair trial.”Copyright © 2022, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.
