Jussie Smollett Recent News 2024 New Jersey. Jussie smollett was found guilty on 5 of 6 counts of felony disorderly conduct for making false reports to police that he was the victim of a hate crime in 2019. Five years after the empire actor was accused of falsely reporting a hate crime—for.

In a stunning ruling thursday, the illinois supreme court overturned the conviction of actor jussie smollett for an alleged hoax hate crime, a move that will spare the former “empire” star a. He’s what he is doing now as well as the latest update on his legal.