On Thursday evening a Chicago court sentenced "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett to 30 months felony probation with the first 150 days to be spent in jail, starting immediately. In addition he received a $25,000 fine and an order to pay restitution to the city of Chicago in the amount of $120,106. Upon hearing his sentence Smollett made an emotional statement to the judge saying he's "not suicidal," and that if anything happens to him in jail, it's not because of anything he did to himself.
During the sentencing trial Judge James Linn heard statements from a variety of people in Smollett's life including his grandmother, 92-year-old Molly Smollett, who said "I ask you, judge, not to send him to prison ... "If you do, send me along with him, OK?"
