Jussie Smollett’s conviction surrounding his 2019 hate crime ‘hoax’ was overturned on Thursday. The Illinois Supreme Court dominated that Smollett’s particular prosecutor mustn’t have intervened with new prices, after the state dropped their preliminary case in opposition to the ‘Empire’ star in 2019. Earlier that yr, the actor alleged that he was assaulted exterior his Chicago dwelling, along with his attackers displaying racist and homophobic motivations. The ruling didn’t tackle Smollett’s continued claims of innocence.
