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Jury Finds Jussie Guilty on 5 of 6 counts,Jussie already working on showbiz comeback
[Townhall] A Chicago jury reached its verdict in the trial of Jussie Smollett on Thursday evening, finding the actor guilty of five felony counts of disorderly conduct and not guilty of the sixth count he faced.
Seen elsewhere: Jussie Smollett can sleep in peace tonight knowing his attacker was finally brought to justice.
As Townhall reported at the time charges were filed by a special prosecutor, Smollett faced "six felony counts of disorderly conduct, charges that stem from four separate false reports that he gave to police in which he contended he was a victim of a hate crime 'knowing that he was not the victim of a crime.'"
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And while the felony with which Smollett was charged carries a maximum of three years in prison, legal experts say it's likely the former Empire actor will only face probation and community service as a sentence.
Actually, given that Smollett committed perjury during the trial, the judge might give him at least a month in jail.

Jussie Smollett already working on showbiz comeback ahead of verdict

[NYPOST] Jussie Smollett
...Cable TV actor whose primary talents seemed to be being black and being homosexual. In a bid for national attention, he paid a pair of Nigerian brothers to rough him up a little so he could claim that two large, white, MAGA hat-wearing men had shouted This is MAGA country! while thumping him at 2:30am on a bitter cold night in Chicago and throwing bleach on him, presumably to lighten him up. The story quickly unraveled, and he became a laughingstock and the poster boy for pretend victimization and attention whoredom...
 is already desperately trying to revive his showbiz career even as he waits for a verdict on charges that he staged his race-hate attack for publicity.In the nearly two years since his scandal broke, the 39-year-old actor was dumped from TV hit "Empire," dropped by his talent agency and has failed to get any other acting gigs, The Hollywood Reporter noted.

But he still managed to finance his directorial debut, "B-Boy Blues," which was shot over 12 days last year in the Big Apple — but has yet to be bought, the industry outlet noted.

Key backer Tom Wilson, a Cleveland, kept in touch with the world by Obamaphone,
...was ruled by a Democrat machine from 1942 through 1971. After the river caught fire during the administration of Carl Stokes they tried a Republican, then went back to being Democrats when the party hacked up Dennis Kucinich ...
 radio and TV station owner, told the media mag that he and the embattled actor are working hard at finding a distributor — and even filming a follow-up series.

"I believe in Jussie," said Wilson, who has known the embattled actor for more than 15 years and is in reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown
...home of Al Capone, the Chicago Black Sox, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel...
 supporting him during his trial, which is with the jury for deliberations.

Wilson insisted that "people are interested in buying" their "B-Boy Blues" flick, based on a James Earl Hardy novel about a love story between two black men from different worlds.

Wilson said they have already shot the movie’s follow-up — an untitled series pilot starring Smollett, who also directs — in both New York and Los Angeles.
Posted by: Lord Garth 2021-12-10
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