![]() ![]() Smollett should have had immunity, his lawyers argued. Webb, was called in to look at the handling of case, over criticism Smollett received special treatment, and a new, six-count indictment was filed. In February 2020, special prosecutor, Daniel K. That's because charges of faking the assault were initially brought against Smollett in February 2019 and then dropped two months later by the Cook County State's Attorney's Office citing the TV star's record of community service and agreement to forfeit his $10,000 bond to the city of Chicago. Smollett, who's Black and gay, paid two brothers to stage a racist and homophobic attack against him on a Chicago street because he wanted attention, according to prosecutors.Īttorneys for Smollett, who maintains his innocence, argued in the appeal that his conviction, on five counts of disorderly conduct for falsely reporting a crime, should be invalid due to double jeopardy concerns. In the March 1 filing, the defense said it's seeking a new trial with a new judge to revisit the events related to the Jan. Widell, filed that appeal in Illinois 1st District Appellate Court, just hours before the final deadline after five extensions. Last week, Smollett's legal team, helmed by Nenye E. The Empire actor and musician, who was given a 150-day jail sentence on Maonly to be released six days later pending an appeal of the December 2021 conviction, continues to wade through the legal process - now four years after this legal saga began. ![]() Jussie Smollett's life remains in a holding pattern one year after being sentenced to jail time for staging a hate crime against himself. ![]() With that sentence, it brings things to a full stop.Jussie Smollett is appealing his hate crime hoax conviction - and remains out on bond one year after he was sentenced. Speaking afterwards, the younger brother said: “It’s a great relief. Sentencing Black to five years in prison, he said he would suspend the final two years on condition that the defendant have no unauthorised contact with anyone under 18 on his release. Judge Quinn said Black had engaged an “a continuous series of sexual abuse over a protracted period of time which destroyed the innocence of two little boys”. Counsel for Black, Eoin Gallagher BL, said his client fully apologised and acknowledged the pain and upset he had caused.Ī probation report assessed Black as being at a moderate risk of re-offending and said he had a limited understanding of the impact of his offences on his victims. The older brother told the court that he felt he had failed to protect his younger and more vulnerable brother from Black’s evil actions which he claimed would “remain forever like a stain on my soul”.īlack, who is now estranged from his family, insisted that there were no other victims of his abuse apart from the three males whose cases had come before the courts. The boy’s quick thinking by accelerating off at speed prevented more serious abuse. The court heard Black assaulted the older brother one night when they were stopped in a car while out hunting rabbits by trying to open his victim’s trousers. Judge Patrick Quinn observed that the offences involved “a high level of grooming”. Another time, Black was interrupted by the boy’s older brother when he was in a bedroom with the victim during a party in their family home, while their parents and others were downstairs. On another occasion, the boy was abused in Black’s bedroom after being invited to stay overnight in his house. When questioned by gardaí about the abuse reported by the brothers, Black confessed and revealed he had been abused as a child.ĭet Garda Kevin Donnegan gave evidence that the first offence against the younger brother, then aged nine, occurred at a hall in Co Wexford during a Boys’ Brigade camp in around 1976.ĭet Garda Donegan said Black put his hand inside the boy’s pyjamas while he was asleep and touched his penis before taking his victim’s hand and placing it on his own penis. ![]()
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