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Jussie Smollett LEAVES Chicago jail flanked by bodyguards just six days after he was sentenced to 150 days for faking hate crime: Judge ruled he should remain free during appeal and set bond at $150,000
 [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Disgraced 'Empire' actor Jussie Smollett has been released from jail after just six days behind bars so he can appeal his conviction for faking a hate crime - with his lawyer saying the 39-year-old was refusing food behind bars, and had 'nearly given up'. Smollett did not speak as he left the Cook County Jail, and was flanked by bodyguards as he walked out and into a waiting SUV. He was freed after he posts the required $150,000 personal recognizance bond. Nenye Uche, Smollett's lawyer, said that the actor put his hands on the glass separating him from his client when the news was broken to him, and reacted with 'shock'. 'He was shocked,' said Uche. 'He had nearly given up.' Smollett spent just two of his days with the general jail population, and four in a psychiatric unit over fears for his mental wellbeing. Judges ruled that he should go free while his lawyers work on the appeal of his conviction on five felony counts of lying to police about a racist and homophobic attack. He was jailed for 150 days.Uche, his lawyer, told the waiting press: 'Obviously the Smollett family are very, very happy about this. We are elated.' He then criticized the judge who presided over Smollett's December trial, and who sentenced him on Thursday. Uche accused Judge James Linn of having politicized the trial, and responded to the intense public interest in the case. Read the rest at the link Related: Jussie Smollett: 2022-03-15 Jussie Smollett Claims He Received Harsher Sentencing Just Because He 'Created A Hoax And Tried To Start A Race War' Jussie Smollett: 2022-03-11 Cruel: Jussie Smollett Will Be Forced To Share A Jail Cell With His Attacker Jussie Smollett: 2022-03-11 Jussie Smollett Sentenced to 150 days Posted by: 746 2022-03-17 |
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