Posted on 02/20/2019 4:51:46 PM PST by BadLands59
about attack in Streeterville Jussie Smollett Jussie Smollett participates in an "Empire" panel during the Television Critics Association summer press tour in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Aug. 8, 2017. (Willy Sanjuan/AP) Jeremy Gorner, Megan Crepeau, William Lee, Tracy SwartzChicago Tribune
“Empire” actor Jussie Smollett has been charged with disorderly conduct for allegedly filing a false police report about an attack he said occurred as he walked to his apartment building in Streeterville last month.
The charge, a felony, was announced by the Cook County state’s attorney’s office Wednesday evening, hours after police called Smollett “a suspect in a criminal investigation … for filing a false police report.”
Earlier in the day, attorneys for Smollett, 36, met with prosecutors and detectives but it was unclear if the actor was present, according to police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi. The lawyers, Todd Pugh and Victor P. Henderson, could not be reached for comment. They have been joined by high-profile, Los Angeles-based lawyer Mark Geragos who has represented numerous celebrities, including pop star Michael Jackson, R&B singer Chris Brown and actress Winona Ryder.
On Tuesday, two brothers who had been under arrest in the case appeared at the criminal courthouse, also to talk to prosecutors and detectives, authorities said. They and their attorney, Gloria Schmidt, were seen near the grand jury rooms Tuesday afternoon, but police said they did not appear before a grand jury.
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A jury of his queers, er...peers?
Will he plead guilty, or will he rely on jury nullification?
The Postal Service hardly needs the permission of the AJ to charge Smollett with a FEDERAL crime for putting a threatening letter containing white powder into the mail!
“Seriously?”
Very serious.
This is a joke.
this was a hate crime meant to foment violence and intimidation against a specific group. Disorderly conduct? Equal treatment under the law!
It’s a plea bargain. They could have charged him with much worse but that frantic phone call just as the brothers were set to testify before the Grand jury was from Smollett’s lawyers begging for a deal.
It is the strongest charge you can get for filing false reports in Illinois.
It is a felony.
“This is a joke.”
You consider a felony conviction with 1-3 years in the pen plus a fine a joke?
Not in my world.
Doesn’t mean much. They will plead that down to probation. He won’t serve a day.
Isn’t that what Otis was charged with when Barney really got PO’d at him?
“It’s a plea bargain. They could have charged him with much worse “
What could they have charged him with?
NO!
I’m prowling the headlines, to see who has what. I went to HuffPo, and of course they have buried this story, and they are leading......with a new white guy coast guard terrorism story!!!!
One hoax exposed, so on to the next “white guy bad” story.
ML/NJ
Apparently that’s the charge for filing a false police report, a Class 4 felony disorderly conduct.
Probably the newest lawyer called.
“Isn’t that what Otis was charged with when Barney really got PO’d at him?”
I hope you don’t always rely on old TV series for your legal knowledge.
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