Jussie Smollett guilty of staging race-baiting hate attack to boost career

Jussie Smollett was convicted Thursday of staging a hate crime nearly three years after he claimed two Trump-loving bigots beat him up, tied a noose around his neck and doused him in bleach in a misbegotten bid to raise his public profile. Twelve jurors in Chicago criminal court found the disgraced actor guilty of five of six counts of felony disorderly conduct for filing a false police report following testimony from 13 witnesses and more than nine hours of deliberation. As the jurors read out the verdict, Smollett, 39, stood huddled with his attorneys and kept his eyes trained on… Read Full Article