Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx performed a victory lap after the Illinois Supreme Court reversed the guilty verdict for Hollywood star Jussie Smollet on Thursday, saying the appointment of a special prosecutor on the case amounted to double jeopardy.
However, she also acknowledged Smollett’s guilt on the original charge of filing a false police report.
Kim Foxx told TMZ that she believes Jussie Smollett already paid for his crime when he accepted her plea deal of 15 hours of community service and the forfeiture of his bail bond of $10,000. The subsequent appointment of special prosecutor Dan Webb amounted to do-over of a case that was already closed, she claimed.
Foxx’s slap-on-the-wrist deal provoked widespread public backlash when it was announced. There was also speculation that the Obamas were involved after a communication surfaced between Fox and former…
