“If I had done something like this it would mean that I had stuck my fist in the pain of Black Americans in this country for over 400 years," Jussie Smollett said in a new interview. "It would mean that I stuck my fist in the fears of the LGBTQ community all over the world."
Jussie Smollett spent six days in Cook County jail before an appellate court granted his defense team's motion to release the actor on bond while the appeal of his conviction plays out in the legal system.
A judge will also have to weigh in potential risks of COVID-19 to the actor's compromised immunity when deciding whether or not Jussie Smollett can be released from the county jail.
Just days after former "Empire" star Jussie Smollett was sentenced for orchestrating a fake hate crime, his brother Jocqui took to social media to say his sibling was being unfairly labeled at-risk.
The former "Empire" star was convicted in December of five felony counts of disorderly conduct related to a false report he filed about a supposed hate crime in 2019.
Former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett's sentencing is set to take place on Thursday in Chicago. The actor could face up to three years in prison, a fine and/or restitution.
