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Digital Streaming Special: The Smollett Case
CHICAGO (WLS) — Jussie Smollett’s attorneys are interesting his current conviction of felony disorderly conduct and mendacity to police. The previous, “Empire,” actor served six days of a 5 months in jail sentence that additionally included 25 months of probation, restitution and a high quality paid to town of Chicago. Smollett maintains his innocence.
On January 29, 2019, Smollett reported a homophobic and racist assault in opposition to him. A couple of weeks later, the ABC7 I-Workforce broke the story that the assault might have been hoax.
On this particular report, “The Smollett Case,” Cheryl Burton and Rob Elgas have a look again at ABC7’s reporting on Smollett over the past three years: the twists and turns that led to the conviction, sentencing, Smollett’s launch and pending attraction. We’ll additionally present an inside take a look at how ABC7 was in a position to break a number of tales within the case.
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