Jussie Smollett was sentenced to 150 days in jail for lying to police about being a victim of an attack he was accused to have orchestrated himself. At the hearing, Smollett repeatedly declared he is “not suicidal.”
The one-time star of the TV drama “Empire” had asserted the attack happened in January 2019. A jury in December 2021 found Smollett, 39, guilty of five of the six felony disorderly conduct counts he faced, one for each time he was accused of lying to police.
