Court orders Jussie Smollett be released from jail during appeal
in December of five counts of lying to police about the attack but has maintained throughout his extensive legal battles that it was real.
At another point, the judge excoriated Smollett's behavior, saying,"You're just a charlatan pretending to be a victim of a hate crime, and that's shameful." But during the trial, police and prosecutors alleged that Smollett paid brothers Abel and Ola Osundairo $3,500 to stage the attack. The brothers testified that Smollett asked them to carry out a fake attack.
The prosecution also read a victim impact statement from the Chicago Police Department, which claimed Smollett's false report took money and time from the department that could have been used to solve crimes and harmed"real" victims of hate crimes. The department also requested $130,106 in restitution from Smollett for the cost of the investigation.
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