Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx takes a victory lap after the Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday overturned the guilty verdict against Hollywood star Jussie Smollett, saying the appointment of a special prosecutor in the case amounted to double jeopardy. I did it.
However, she also found Smollett guilty of the original charge of filing a false police report.
kim fox said TMZ claimed that Jussie Smollett believes he has already paid the price for his crimes when he accepted a plea deal that included 15 hours of community service and forfeiture of $10,000 bail. She argued that the subsequent appointment of Special Counsel Dan Webb amounted to redoing a case that had already been closed.
Fox's scathing deal sparked widespread public backlash when it was announced. There was also speculation that the Obamas were involved after correspondence between Foxx and former Obama aide Tina Tchen surfaced. Jussie Smollett was also close to the Obamas.
As Breitbart News reported, the Illinois Supreme Court overturned the disgraceful decision. empire On Thursday, it was ruled that all charges against actor Jussie Smollett in his hate crime hoax case were dropped and he cannot be retried.
In March 2022, Smollett was convicted of five felony counts of disorderly conduct for filing a false police complaint and sentenced to 150 days in Cook County Jail, 30 months suspended, and $120,106. was ordered to pay restitution and a $25,000 fine. Reported after he hired two bodybuilding brothers from Nigeria to stage a fake hate crime against him.
Everything was abandoned and Smollett was now free.
Kim Foxx said in an interview with TMZ that Smollett pleaded guilty to filing a false police report, but said it was a low-level felony that didn't deserve a harsh punishment.
In 2019, Smollett said two men wearing MAGA hats put a rope around his neck and poured bleach on him, yelling racist and homophobic slurs at him, and eventually telling him, “This is a MAGA place.'' The country!'' and claimed to have been physically assaulted.
It was later revealed that the entire incident was orchestrated by Smollett himself, aiming for sympathetic media coverage to help his Hollywood career.
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