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2021-12-10 -Lurid Crime Tales-

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 00:00|| || Front Page|| [22 views ] Top

#1 Starring role in a new biopic: Hoopin' Dreams: The Blessed Martyr George Floyd

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2021-12-10 02:12|| 2021-12-10 02:12|| Front Page Top

#2
5 Felonies, BUT will he serve real time?
Time that the Average Joe would be slapped with?

Question: Because he staged a race based crime that caused numerous related race based incidents against innocent persons even elderly Whites? Can the victims sue him for the riots related to his Racial Hate Crime?

Posted by NN2N1 2021-12-10 06:57|| 2021-12-10 06:57|| Front Page Top

#3 Ancient (2019) history, but these tools need tuning up:
Former Obama White House BFF Valerie Jarrett and communications and political consultant Hilary Rosen are hosting a private D.C. dinner Monday to honor their close friend Tina Tchen as the new president and CEO of Hollywood’s Time’s UP, an advocacy organization fighting gender discrimination and sexual harassment in the entertainment industry.

So?

Um, dinner host Tchen, former chief of staff to first lady Michelle Obama and whose top adviser was Jarrett, is the one who weighed in via phone to Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx acting on behalf of the “concerned” family of “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett.
Backshot: Smollett’s incendiary story of racial assault took a dramatic turn when the cops began eyeballing him as the probable puppet master of his own publicity stunt.
Buckshot: Foxx then reached out to Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson to inform him of the Smollett family’s concerns and eventually recused herself from the case because of the contact she had via the Smollett family. The case was then turned over to the Feds.

So?

Posted by Frank G 2021-12-10 07:07|| 2021-12-10 07:07|| Front Page Top

#4 Kamala Harris on Smollett.

Now watch the evil SOB receive a Presidential Pardon.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-12-10 07:26|| 2021-12-10 07:26|| Front Page Top

#5 ..was it a federal court?

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-12-10 08:22|| 2021-12-10 08:22|| Front Page Top

#6 Seen elsewhere: I just hope Jussie Smolette doesn't beat himself up over the verdict.

Posted by badanov 2021-12-10 10:29|| 2021-12-10 10:29|| Front Page Top

#7 Related

Posted by badanov 2021-12-10 10:45|| 2021-12-10 10:45|| Front Page Top

#8 ...not just French...

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-12-10 11:05|| 2021-12-10 11:05|| Front Page Top

#9 I'm sure Jessie will enjoy prison and think of the street cred he'll have.

Prison will be good for him and might teach him that sometimes, you get the justice you deserve.

The real question is, who will his prison pimp be?

Posted by Silentbrick 2021-12-10 12:43|| 2021-12-10 12:43|| Front Page Top

#10 Biden, Harris Tweets Backing Jussie Smollett Remain Up After Guilty Verdict

We Are Ruled By Repulsive and Ridiculous Morons

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2021-12-10 12:47|| 2021-12-10 12:47|| Front Page Top

#11 The smirking little butt boy won't do any prison time.

Reed Hastings will prolly give him an eight-figure Netflix deal -- see his ma$$$ive payoffs to Soetoro and Big Mike, or to Meghan Minx and Harry Cuckex...

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2021-12-10 12:50|| 2021-12-10 12:50|| Front Page Top

#12 I'm not advocating it or anything but it WOULD be funny if Jessie got like a month of jail time and gets shanked on day one.

I know it's cruel but I freely admit to a dark sense of humor. I grew up watching things like Monty Python and John Wayne movies.

Posted by Silentbrick 2021-12-10 14:54|| 2021-12-10 14:54|| Front Page Top

#13 ^ Even better if it's a white gang does it.

His gravestone would read 'I told youz!'

Posted by Dron66046 2021-12-10 14:58|| 2021-12-10 14:58|| Front Page Top

#14 He is toast. He should never have called the two Nigerians liars.

Posted by Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 2021-12-10 15:48|| 2021-12-10 15:48|| Front Page Top

#15 He should never have called the two Nigerians liars.

Or tried to make folks think that nefarious MAGA hoodlums were hiding in an alley (or somewhere) just waiting to pounce on a gay liberal person walking the streets at that time of the night when it was about -20 degrees below zero.

Or leave the supposed 'noose' on himself for two hours after getting home.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2021-12-10 16:17|| 2021-12-10 16:17|| Front Page Top

#16 I don't care if he never spends a day in jail so long as he has a felony conviction that takes away his vote. That's beautiful justice for someone who pulled a stunt to stir up hatred for political purposes.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2021-12-10 18:03|| 2021-12-10 18:03|| Front Page Top

#17 Never try and scam Nigerians. They are professionals.

Posted by Airandee 2021-12-10 18:17|| 2021-12-10 18:17|| Front Page Top

#18
I nominate #6 best snark of the day.

#16 to many states are now allowing convicted felons to vote .

Posted by NN2N1 2021-12-10 20:22|| 2021-12-10 20:22|| Front Page Top

#19 #6 is a Mod. He gets a speshul nod, because it is a classic

Posted by Frank G 2021-12-10 20:31|| 2021-12-10 20:31|| Front Page Top

#20 badanov at #6 is quoting someone else’s cleverness. But we don’t require originality here, though cleverness is always appreciated.

Posted by trailing wife 2021-12-10 22:37|| 2021-12-10 22:37|| Front Page Top