Actor Jussie Smollett’s conviction on charges that he staged a racist and homophobic attack against himself in downtown Chicago in 2019 and lied to police was overturned Thursday over prosecutorial issues in an Illinois Supreme Court decision that did ...

The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday overturned former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett's conviction for allegedly staging a hate crime against himself in Chicago in 2019.The state's highest court did not weigh in on the merits of the case against Smollett,

The brothers who have admitted to helping actor Jussie Smollett stage a hoax for media attention, responded to a recent decision in the actor's case on Fox News.

Actor Jussie Smollett had his conviction related to a false report of a hate crime overturned by the Illinois Supreme Court. The conviction was overturned because of a deal that had been made between Smollett and prosecutors. Smollett faced prosecution after the deal, which the Illinois Supreme Court said shouldn't have happened.

Nearly six years after actor Jussie Smollett was accused of staging a hate-crime hoax in downtown Chicago and lying to police, an Illinois Supreme Court decision overturned his conviction over prosecutorial issues,

Smollett had been accused of orchestrating a racist and homophobic attack on himself in downtown Chicago in 2019.

The Illinois Supreme Court overturned the actor's conviction in connection with a 2019 hate crime he was found to have staged against himself.

The court overturned the case based on the procedural issue of a due process violation during the years of high-profile legal wrangling.