CHICAGO — At the conclusion of a three-year firestorm of allegations he faked a hate crime attack on himself, Jussie Smollett was sentenced to 30 months of probation Thursday for his conviction in the hoax — and he must spend the first 150 days of the sentence in Cook County Jail.
After the sentence, Smollett stood up and stated over and over in court that he is not suicidal and that he is innocent.
“If anything happens to me when I go in there I did not do it to myself,” he said.
