We are now in agreement Jussie SmollettCriminal trial.

The Cook County Circuit Court reported that the jury found the former Thursday, December 9. EmpireActor guilty of five counts of disorderly behavior for filing false police reports. In January 2019, he admitted to investigators that he had been the victim of an alleged hate-crime and battery.

On the sixth charge, he was not found guilty. He had made a false report to police that he was an aggresed battery victim.

The verdict came a day after the jury was sent to deliberation on Wednesday, Dec. 8, following a week of testimonies—including one from Smollett himself.

Smollett’s lawyers denied that Smollett was paid by two brothers during the trial. AbimbolaAnd Olabinjo OsundairoTo gain sympathy from the public, you will need to pay $3,500 for a hate crime.

The trial saw both brothers swear that they were paid for staging a hoax attack. Meanwhile, Smollett said in his testimony that he paid Abimbola for training and fitness advice.