Empire Actor Jussie Smollett is in a 'psych ward' at the Cook County Jail, said his family, who want him released on bond.
CHICAGO -- Four days into a 150-day sentence, Jussie Smollett remains in protective custody at the Cook County Jail. And his family remains steadfast in their support of the former TV star who was convicted for lying to police about a hate crime hoax.
Smollett's youngest brother visited him Sunday at the jail where Smollett is in a cell by himself and being monitored in the medical wing. Smollett's attorney filed an emergency motion to get Smollett out of jail, attaching an affidavit from a doctor saying COVID poses a health risk to Smollett. "We are up against serious, homophobic people, serious racists," Jocqui Smollett said."It's clear in the threats that we get. I get all types of nooses DM'd to me, all types of pictures of my brother with a noose around his neck."
Smollett was found guilty in December on five counts of disorderly conduct for making false statements to police when he reported he was the victim of a hate crime attack near his Streeterville apartment in 2019.
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