SHOCK SPECIAL TREATMENT FOR WHINEY EMPIRE 'STAR': HATE-CRIME FAKER JUSSIE SMOLLETT RELEASED AFTER 6 DAYS IN LOCAL JAIL

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace · Mar 17, 2022 · 41m · transcript

Empire co-star Jussie Smollett is out of jail while attorneys appeal his conviction for lying to police about a hate crime attack against him. Smollett began serving his 150 day sentence last week, even as he steadfastly denies paying two men he knew to stage the attack, as a special prosecutor contends. Days after the actor began his sentence, Smollett was put into protective custody in the Cook County Jail, and then his brother, Jocqui Smollett, and his attorneys claimed that he had been put into the “psyche ward” because of fears of self-harm. Cook County police said the Smollett was being…