Jussie Smollett trial: Jury reaches a verdict

CHICAGO — A verdict was reached in the Jussie Smollett criminal trial Thursday, nearly three years after he told police two Trump-loving bigots beat him up, tied a noose around his neck and doused him in bleach on a blistering night in January 2019. Jurors deliberated for over nine hours before reaching the verdict. They’d heard six days of testimony from 13 witnesses and in the absence of smoking gun evidence, the trial in Chicago criminal court came down to whose story was more believable: Smollett’s, or Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo’s. The defense vehemently maintained Smollett was the victim of… Read Full Article