Smollett's little tantrum wasted a lot of valuable Police and FBI time - from the Chicago Sun-Times:
‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett indicted on 16 counts of disorderly conduct
A Cook County grand jury has formally indicted Jussie Smollett, heaping 16 felony counts of disorderly conduct on the “Empire” actor for allegedly staging a hoax hate-crime attack on himself in January.
Smollett, who was arrested last month on a criminal complaint with a single count of disorderly conduct, will be arraigned on the new charges on Thursday.
The indictment, which was made public on Friday, cites Smollett with disorderly conduct for each crime he said he had suffered, with separate counts related to statements he made the night of Jan. 29 to a police officer, and then for repeating the same account to a detective the same night. The charges all are Class 4 felonies, the lowest category of felony offense under Illinois law.
He will certainly plea down but I hope he does not walk - he needs to spend a couple months in the slammer just to set an example for other whiny bitches out there contemplating a similar career-killing move. Also, this is just the County Grand Jury - the Federales were also very much involved in this investigation and they have not weighed in yet.
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