Gay actor Jussie Smollett’s false hate crime conviction overturned in shock ruling

Jussie Smollett’s false hate crime conviction has been overturned in a shock ruling.

In 2022, Jussie Smollett – who is a Black gay man – was sentenced to 150 days in jail after being convicted of staging a hate crime against himself, but his conviction has now been overturned.

Smollett said he was the victim of a hate crime in 2019, claiming that two men shouted homophobic, racist slurs, beat him and looped a makeshift noose around his neck.

He was later convicted of organising the “attack” himself. In December of 2021, a jury found Smollett guilty of five charges of disorderly conduct. 

This September, the former Empire actor took his case to the Illinois Supreme Court to have his conviction overturned. The court cited Smollett’s second prosecution after his

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