Jussie Smollett Says He Didn’t Stage Hate Crime In Court
Jussie Smollett took to the witness stand on Monday to testify in his own defense, after he was charged with six counts of felony disorderly conduct for lying to Chicago police about a hate crime that occurred in 2019. The gay and black Empire actor has denied allegations that he staged the January 2019 hate crime, which included two men putting a noose around his neck, pouring an unknown substance on him and yelling “MAGA” (a reference to former President Donald Trump‘s Make America Great Again slogan), homophobic and racist slurs. Last week, the two black men who were allegedly involved in t...