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ARCHIVE: Chicago – 8 December 2021
1. Jussie Smollett entering courthouse through lobby
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ARCHIVE: Chicago – 7 December 2021
2. Medium shot Jussie Smollett leaves the courthouse after testimony in his trial concluded
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ARCHIVE: Chicago – 14 March 2019
3. Wide shot Jussie Smollett arriving at court
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ARCHIVE: Los Angeles – 17 May 2017
4. Medium shot Jussie Smollett arriving at the premiere of "Alien Covenant"
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ARCHIVE: Los Angeles – 11 March 2016
5. Medium shot actors Trai Byers, left, and Jussie Smollett, right, posing on a red carpet
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ARCHIVE: Chicago – 14 March 2019
6. Wide of Jussie Smollett and lawyers walking up to bench
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ARCHIVE: Chicago – 10 March 2022
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Jussie Smollett, Actor:
"I’m not suicidal. I am not suicidal. I am innocent and I’m not suicidal. If I did this then it means that I stuck my fist in the fears of Black Americans in this country for over 400 years and the fears of the LGBTQ community. Your honor, I respect you and I respect the jury, but I did not do this."
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ARCHIVE: Los Angeles – 19 June 2015
8. Wide shot, push in to medium of Jussie Smollett posing on a red carpet
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ARCHIVE: Las Vegas – 17 May 2015
9. Medium shot; pull-out Estelle and "Empire" stars Jussie Smollett and Bryshere "Yazz" Grey arriving at the Billboard Music Awards
STORYLINE:
The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday overturned actor Jussie Smollett’s conviction on charges that he staged a racist and homophobic attack against himself in downtown Chicago in 2019 and lied to police.
Smollett’s appeal argued that a special prosecutor should not have been allowed to intervene after the Cook County state’s attorney initially dropped charges. The state’s highest court heard arguments in September.
Smollett, who is Black and gay, claimed two men assaulted him, spouted racial and homophobic slurs and tossed a noose around his neck, leading to a massive search for suspects by Chicago police detectives and kicking up an international uproar. Smollett was on the television drama “Empire,” which filmed in Chicago, and prosecutors alleged he staged the attack because he was unhappy with the studio’s response to hate mail he received.
A jury convicted him of five counts of disorderly conduct in 2021. Smollett has maintained his innocence.
His attorneys have argued that the case was over when the Cook County state’s attorney’s office dropped an initial 16 counts of disorderly conduct after Smollett performed community service and forfeited a $10,000 bond.
A grand jury restored charges after a special prosecutor took the case.
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