Actor Jussie Smollett is asking the Illinois Supreme Court to
review a ruling that upheld his Cook County conviction
for lying about an alleged hate crime,
.
In December, an Illinois appeals court upheld Smollett’s disorderly conduct conviction.
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The Illinois Supreme Court could hear the case, refuse to hear the case or send it back to the appellate court for review.
The appeals court voted 2-1 in favor of upholding the conviction.
In 2021, the former “Empire” TV star was convicted of faking a racist and homophobic attack in 2019 and then lying to police about it. His attorneys appealed that conviction, arguing that he should not have been punished for the same crime twice.
Back in 2019, he and Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx had reached an agreement to drop the charges against him in exchange for $10,000 bond and community service. The special prosecutor was then appointed in 2020.