Jussie Smollett

The Illinois Supreme Court announced Thursday that Jussie Smollett’s conviction for staging a hate crime on himself has been overturned. NBC Chicago’s Natalie Martinez reports.

It was a decision that Jussie Smollett’s lead attorney said was no surprise, but it still took nearly six years to arrive at Thursday’s conclusion.

Nearly six years after he first reported an alleged attack in Chicago, actor Jussie Smollett’s conviction in the case has been overturned by the Illinois Supreme Court.

The Illinois Supreme Court overturned the conviction of former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett, who was previously convicted of staging a hate crime against himself. NBC Chicago’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

The Illinois Supreme Court announced its decision to reverse former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett’s criminal conviction connected to a 2019 hate crime hoax in Chicago.

The Illinois Supreme Court has overturned the criminal conviction of actor Jussie Smollett, accused of faking a 2019 attack in Chicago.

In Springfield Tuesday, the attorney for former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett asked justices to reverse his client’s 2021 disorderly conduct conviction for faking a hate crime outside his Streeterville apartment almost five years ago.

Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett made his appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court Tuesday regarding felony disorderly conduct charges surrounding a hate crime hoax. NBC Chicago’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

The Illinois Supreme Court will hear an appeal of actor Jussie Smollett’s disorderly conduct conviction for staging a racist and homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and lying to Chicago police. The court on Wednesday accepted the appeal. Smollett was a cast member on the television drama “Empire,” filmed in Chicago. There is no date set for the high court...

 Actor Jussie Smollett has asked the Illinois Supreme Court to intervene in his yearslong legal battle stemming from charges that he staged a racist, homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and lied about it to Chicago police.

An appeals court upheld the disorderly conduct convictions Friday of actor Jussie Smollett, who was accused of staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and then lying about it to Chicago police.

Jussie Smollett’s drawn out legal saga begins anew Tuesday when an Illinois appeals court will hear oral arguments that the former “Empire” actor’s convictions for staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and then lying about it to Chicago police should be tossed.