As deputies led him from the courtroom, Smollett shouted “I am innocent,” raising his first- “I could have said I am guilty a long time ago”
Smollett was convicted on five felony charges that he faked a hate crime and was responsible for orchestrating it
Smollett is facing six counts of disorderly conduct, a class 4 felony which carries a potential sentence of up to three years in prison
Actor Jussie Smollett appeared in a Chicago courtroom Monday, February 24, to plead not guilty to six new charges related to his alleged staging of a...