Former “Empire” star Jussie Smollett could be taken into custody after his sentencing hearing on Thursday — or allowed to walk out of a Cook County courtroom with an order to perform community service.
Smollett, 39, faces a maximum three-year prison sentence for his conviction on disorderly conduct charges that stemmed from a hoax racist and homophobic attack against the actor in 2019 that Smollett was accused at trial of orchestrating.
