CHICAGO (WLS) -- Former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett returned to the witness stand Tuesday in his own defense and his defense team rested their case after questioning another witness. Closing ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- After two brothers spent hours telling a jury how Jussie Smollett paid them to carry out a fake racist and anti-gay attack on himself in downtown Chicago, the former "Empire" actor ...

CHICAGO -- After two brothers spent hours telling a jury how Jussie Smollett paid them to carry out a fake racist and anti-gay attack on himself in downtown Chicago, the actor took the stand to ...

NOTE: The video in the player above is from September 2024 when the Supreme Court heard Smollett's appeal The Illinois Supreme Court has overturned the criminal conviction of actor Jussie Smollett, ...

Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett has testified that claims he staged an anti-gay, racist attack on himself are “100% false.” Two brothers testified last week that Smollett, who is gay and Black, ...

CHICAGO - Jussie Smollett "is a real victim" of a "real crime," his attorney said in opening statements at the ex-"Empire" actor’s trial Monday, rejecting prosecutors’ allegation that he staged a ...

CHICAGO (AP) — A jury has reached a verdict in the trial of actor Jussie Smollett on charges he staged a racist, anti-gay attack on himself and lied to Chicago police about it. It is expected to be ...

*Jussie Smollett was recently indicted on new charges related to his ‘hoax’ attack in January 2019, and the lawyer for his alleged accomplices says they are prepared to testify at the trial. Last year ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Jussie Smollett is going on trial this week, accused of lying to police when he reported he was the victim of a racist, homophobic attack in downtown Chicago nearly three years ago.