Sunday 22 May, 2022
Smollett was also ordered to pay $120,106 in restitution to the city of Chicago.
Smollett was found guilty of five counts of disorderly conduct for falsely telling police he was the victim of a hate crime in 2019.
Smollett is facing charges accusing him of staging a racist, anti-gay attack on himself and lying to Chicago police about it.
Abimbola Osundairo said the actor asked him and his brother ‘to fake beat him up’.
A former detective told a court he initially viewed Smollett as the victim of a homophobic and racist attack.
Francis Wayne Alexander would have been 21 or 22 years old when Gacy killed him sometime between early 1976 and early 1977.
A judge has banned a police union president from making public statements on the city’s Covid-19 policy.
He was selling them for $10 each.
Footage reveals 13-year-old Adam Toledo dropped a handgun and raised his empty hands.
Smollett was previously charged with lying to police but they were subsequently dropped.
Shots were fired just after 12.30am (6.30am Irish time).
Kelly was 27 when he married a then 15-year-old R&B singer Aaliyah in 1994.
The Empire actor says the city should not seek payment from him to cover the cost of the investigation into his claim that he was a victim of a racist and homophobic attack.
Ireland scrum-half Conor Murray underlined the confidence within Joe Schmidt’s squad.
Mo Farah finished 8th in the men’s race.
Three children and two adults died in the fire in April.
Police don’t believe Chantell Grant or Andrea Stoudemire were the intended targets of last Friday’s shooting.
The singer was arrested last week on suspicion of having sex with underage girls and recording it.
The counts include child porn, enticement of a minor and obstruction of justice.
Police say his mother, who was nine-months pregnant, was strangled.
Some charges carry a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison, making them the most serious against him.
The judged ordered that the file be unsealed but it has not yet been released.
The 19 year-old went missing in Chicago almost four weeks ago.
Since 1837, Chicago voters have elected only one black mayor and one female mayor.
The Athea native captured the hearts of the nation with his Late Late Show appearance last September.
Jussie Smollett achieved notoriety after being accused of fabricating a hate crime.
Smollett’s lawyers released a statement today confirming the charges had been dropped.
This time last week, Varadkar was somewhat overshadowed at the Chicago St Patrick’s Day parade.
Varadkar says Ireland is as prepared as any other country for a terror attack.
Varadkar finished off the final leg of his US trip walking in the Chicago parade and taking a boat trip down the river.
Varadkar said he and Pence have very different views on social issues, but says it’s better to engage with people rather than boycott them.
Government officials were left surprised at McGregor’s appearance at the parade.
Earlier this month, the Taoiseach said he supported school students going on strike.
Police say Smollett staged the attack in a bid to gain publicity and a more pay.
Leo Varadkar will also travel to Chicago this year.
In a statement to the media, Smollett’s attorney Mark Geragos criticised the charges as “prosecutorial overkill”.
Bail for the R&B star has been set at $1 million.
Two more women have also accused R Kelly of sexually assaulting them as teens.
The show’s producers said they are placing their trust in the legal system.
Police said today that the Empire actor also sent himself racist and homophobic hate mail.
