{"id":17624,"date":"2024-11-22T16:37:51","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T16:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/jussie-smollett-timeline-of-a-hoax-jail-time-and-an-overturned-conviction\/"},"modified":"2024-11-22T16:37:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T16:37:51","slug":"jussie-smollett-timeline-of-a-hoax-jail-time-and-an-overturned-conviction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/jussie-smollett-timeline-of-a-hoax-jail-time-and-an-overturned-conviction\/","title":{"rendered":"Jussie Smollett: Timeline of a hoax, jail time and an overturned conviction"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Jussie Smollett, the actor accused of staging a hate crime hoax, has had his conviction overturned five years after he was first arrested.<\/b><\/p>\n

In 2022, the Empire star was sentenced to 150 days in jail<\/a>, and ordered to pay a fine of $145,000 (\u00a3110,000) for lying to the police about being the victim of a hate crime.<\/p>\n

He was found guilty of five charges in December 2021 over his false reports of being attacked in Chicago in 2019. <\/p>\n

Now judges in Illinois have ruled that trial breached his rights and reversed the decision<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Watch: Jussie Smollett shouts in courtroom after jail sentencing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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The story has taken quite a few twists and turns since it began.<\/p>\n

Here’s a full timeline of what’s happened since January 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

29 January 2019: The alleged incident takes place<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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