The actor Jussie Smollett took the stand Monday in his criminal trial for allegedly filing a false police report in 2019 — tied to an attack that prosecutors say he orchestrated for his personal ...

Jury selection in the trial involving Jussie Smollett began on Monday, putting the spotlight back on a case in which the former "Empire" actor faces accusations that he falsely reported a racist ...

Nearly six years after actor Jussie Smollett was accused of staging a hate-crime hoax in downtown Chicago and lying to police, the Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday overturned his conviction over ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Jussie Smollett is going on trial this week, accused of lying to police when he reported he was the victim of a racist, homophobic attack in downtown Chicago nearly three years ago.

The jury in the Jussie Smollett trial could get the case as early as Wednesday. Smollett is accused of faking a racist and homophobic attack in January 2019. The "Empire" returned to the stand on ...