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) -- The charges against former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett are now in the jury's hands as the trial wrapped up Wednesday. Both prosecution and defense gave their closing arguments ...

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 ...

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, ...

CHICAGO (AP) — A jury has reached a verdict in the trial of actor Jussie Smollett on charges he staged a racist, anti-gay attack on himself and lied to Chicago police about it. It is expected to be ...

*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.

In the Netflix documentary “The Truth About Jussie Smollett?”, police, lawyers, journalists, investigators, and Smollett rehash the events of January 29, 2019 — the infamous day when the former ...

*Jussie Smollett is doubling down on his claim that he was the victim of a real hate crime in 2019—and says Netflix is about to back him up. While speaking to a small group of community leaders and ...