The Illinois supreme court overturned the conviction of former Empire star Jussie Smollett on Thursday, saying that prosecutors had unlawfully refiled charges against him after entering into an agreement to drop them.
Smollett was convicted of five counts of disorderly conduct in December 2021 after he was charged for lying about a 2019 attack in Chicago by two men who yelled homophobic slurs and put a noose around his neck. The two men later testified Smollett hired them to conduct the attack.
