{"id":1247546,"date":"2022-01-27T13:38:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T18:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1247546"},"modified":"2022-01-27T13:39:12","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T18:39:12","slug":"jussie-smollett-sentencing-set-for-march-following-hate-hoax-guilty-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jussie-smollett-sentencing-set-for-march-following-hate-hoax-guilty-verdict\/","title":{"rendered":"Jussie Smollett Sentencing Set for March Following Hate Hoax Guilty Verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjussie-smollett-sentencing-set-for-march-following-hate-hoax-guilty-verdict%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1247546&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/jussie-smollett-mugshot.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Disgraced actor Jussie Smollett is set to be sentenced on March 10 after being found guilty of reporting a false hate crime against himself in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<i>Empire<\/i> star was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/12\/09\/jussie-smollett-found-guilty-in-hate-crime-hoax-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found guilty<\/a> on five of six counts of disorderly conduct for staging an anti-gay, racist attack on himself nearly three years ago and then lying about it to the Chicago Police Department. Smollett is now <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/jussie-smollett-sentencing-sate-trial-smollet-verdict\/11510826\/?ex_cid=TA_WLS_TW&amp;taid=61f218d449091a00015a64f1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">preparing<\/a> to receive his sentence, according to ABC 7.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The verdict came after a week-long trial in which two brothers who were friends of Smollett testified that the actor recruited them to fake an attack on him in downtown Chicago in January of 2019. The brothers said Smollett planned the hoax, and instructed them to put a noose around his neck and to rough him up in view of a surveillance camera. The brothers also testified that Smollett said he wanted video of the hoax made public via social media.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 BREAKING \ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n<p>Jussie Smollett is found guilty on the first 5 charges.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DonaldJTrumpJr?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DonaldJTrumpJr<\/a> was correct since the beginning. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WqivP7YVBK\">pic.twitter.com\/WqivP7YVBK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MRCTV (@mrctv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrctv\/status\/1469085381027061767?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The prosecution contended that Smollett hired the Osundairo brothers to stage the attack, and presented evidence that he worked with them to craft the attack for social media consumption.<\/p>\n<p>Smollett denied the claims. During his testimony he called the two men \u201cliars,\u201d and insisted \u201cthere was no hoax.\u201d And while admitting that it was the Osundairo brothers who attacked him, Smollet\u2019s defense maintained that the brothers perpetrated a very real attack because they are homophobes.<\/p>\n<p>After the sentencing phase is done, Smollett\u2019s attorney said that they would appeal the verdict.<\/p>\n<p>Smollett could be sentenced to up to three years in prison for a class 4 felony, but some have said it is more likely he will be sentenced to probation and ordered to perform community service.<\/p>\n<p><i>Follow Warner Todd Huston on Facebook at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston\">facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disgraced actor Jussie Smollett is set to be sentenced on March 10 after being found guilty of reporting a false hate crime against himself in Chicago. 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