Associated Press, jurors deliberated for over nine hours yesterday (December 9) and found the former Empire actor guilty on five counts of disorderly conduct pertaining to a police report he filed on January 29, 2019 – the same day the alleged attack took place.Smollett was acquitted of one further count of disorderly conduct, relating to a later police report he filed the following February.Smollett faces up to three years in prison for disorderly conduct, which is a class four felony, though experts have reportedly said the actor is more likely to be put on probation and ordered to do community service.Smollett’s lawyer Nenye Uche said that he would appeal the conviction, adding that his client was “committed to clearing his.
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