Attorneys will go to court Tuesday to try and get Jussie Smollett's convictions overturned.
Former Empire TV star Jussie Smollett's legal challenges continue as the Illinois Appeals Court hears oral arguments Tuesday his conviction for staging a racist, homophobic attack on himself in 2019 and then lying about it to police should be thrown out.
In a lengthy written appeal, Smollett's lawyers claim that his conviction violated his fifth amendment rights against double jeopardy. RELATED: Jussie Smollett back to work, making directorial debut after convicted for faking Chicago hate crime Double jeopardy is a legal protection which keeps people from being punished for the same crime twice. The special prosecutor's disagrees in his response.
In 2021, a jury convicted Smollett, who is African-American and gay, of disorderly conduct after authorities said he paid two men he who worked on his TV show to stage a racist, homophobic attack against him.A judge sentenced him to 30-months of felony probation, 150-days in Cook County jail, over $120,000 in restitution and a $25,000.
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