CHICAGO (WLS) -- Former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett returned to the witness stand Tuesday in his own defense and his defense team rested their case after questioning another witness. Closing ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- After two brothers spent hours telling a jury how Jussie Smollett paid them to carry out a fake racist and anti-gay attack on himself in downtown Chicago, the former "Empire" actor ...

CHICAGO -- After two brothers spent hours telling a jury how Jussie Smollett paid them to carry out a fake racist and anti-gay attack on himself in downtown Chicago, the actor took the stand to ...

CHICAGO - Jussie Smollett "is a real victim" of a "real crime," his attorney said in opening statements at the ex-"Empire" actor’s trial Monday, rejecting prosecutors’ allegation that he staged a ...

Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett has testified that claims he staged an anti-gay, racist attack on himself are “100% false.” Two brothers testified last week that Smollett, who is gay and Black, ...

The attorney for actor Jussie Smollett has spoken out after his 2021 convictions for allegedly staging a hate crime were ...

*Jussie Smollett is heading to trial next month over his racist and homophobic attack in Chicago in 2019 — an incident that the police claim he made up. The former “Empire” actor attempted to have the ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Jussie Smollett is going on trial this week, accused of lying to police when he reported he was the victim of a racist, homophobic attack in downtown Chicago nearly three years ago.

*It’s finally come. We’re talking about the criminal case against former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett. It began today (11/29/21) in Chicago with jury selection. The case is all about Smollett being ...

CHICAGO -- The jury in Jussie Smollett's trial started deliberating Wednesday after a prosecutor said there is "overwhelming evidence" that the former "Empire" actor lied to police about being the ...