Jussie Smollett’s attorneys file an appeal after sentencing in race crime hoax Friday, March 11 by ABC NewsNot 24 hours after a Chicago judge sentenced Jussie Smollett to five months behind bars for staging a racially motivated attack on himself, attorneys for the disgraced former Empire star have filed an appeal. According to ABC affiliate WLS-TV, Smollett is now in protective custody at Cook County Jail,... Read More.