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Jussie Smollett was sentenced to 30 months probation on Thursday, March 10 for filing a false police report about a staged hate crime; he will serve the first 150 days probation in county jail. Smollett was convicted of five felony disorderly conduct counts on December 9, 2021, following an eight-day trial.
The actor was taken into custody immediately after Judge James Linn handed down his sentence after the judge spoke for nearly an hour. The day’s proceedings lasted more than seven hours total. As officers walked Smollett out of court, he raised his fist and shouted: “I am not suicidal! I am innocent! I could have said that I was guilty a long time ago!”
The Empire actor filed a…
