Jussie Smollett
American actor
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| 2024 | Jussie Smollett directed and co-wrote the film 'The Lost Holliday' alongside Jerrell Chesney. |
| November 21 2024 | The Illinois Supreme Court reversed Smollett's conviction, stating that retrying him after accepting community service and a bond dismissal was a violation of his due process rights. |
| 2023 | The docuseries 'Jussie Smollett: Anatomy of a Hoax,' featuring Jussie Smollett as himself, aired on Fox Nation. |
| December 1 2023 | The court upheld Smollett's conviction for felony disorderly conduct related to the hate crime hoax. |
| March 1 2023 | Smollett's attorney filed an appeal regarding the 150-day sentence he received for the felony disorderly conduct conviction. |
| 2022 | Discovery documentary series aired a 47-minute special episode titled 'Faking It – Jussie Smollett', featuring expert analysis of Smollett's footage and interviews using body language, linguistics, and forensic psychology. |
| March 16 2022 | An Illinois appeals court ordered Smollett's release from jail after he posted a $150,000 personal recognizance bond, pending the appeal of his conviction. |
| March 10 2022 | Smollett was sentenced to 150 days in county jail and two and a half years on probation, along with restitution of over $120,000 to the city of Chicago. |
| 2021 | Smollett directed the movie B-Boy Blues, based on the 1994 novel by James Earl Hardy, which was released in November. |
| December 9 2021 | Smollett was found guilty of five out of six counts of felony disorderly conduct. |
| November 2021 | Trial for Smollett began regarding the charges of felony disorderly conduct. |
| June 12 2020 | A judge rejected Smollett's claim that his February indictment violated the principle of double jeopardy. |
| February 11 2020 | Special prosecutor Dan K. Webb announced new charges against Jussie Smollett, with Smollett being indicted on six counts of felony disorderly conduct for lying to the police, stemming from four separate false reports. |
| February 11 2020 | Smollett was indicted again by a Cook County grand jury on six counts of felony disorderly conduct for making four false police reports. |
| 2019 | Fox announces Empire will be canceled at the end of Season 6. |
| December 6 2019 | A Cook County Circuit Court judge signed search warrants ordering Google to turn over Smollett's emails, photos, location data, and private messages from November 2018 to November 2019 as part of the special prosecutor's investigation. |
| November 2019 | Smollett filed a countersuit against the city of Chicago, claiming he was a victim of public ridicule and harm and resisting reimbursement of investigation costs. |
| October 22 2019 | Federal judge Virginia Kendall denied Smollett's motion to dismiss the lawsuit, rejecting his argument about unpredictable investigation expenses. |
| August 23 2019 | Dan K. Webb was assigned as special prosecutor to review Jussie Smollett's case, investigating the original charges and the circumstances surrounding the dropped charges against Smollett. |
| April 2019 | Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot publicly stated that the Smollett case was not a matter of importance to her, dismissing its significance amid other pressing city issues. |
| April 30 2019 | Fox studio removes Jussie Smollett's character from the final two episodes of Empire and announces there are no plans for the character to return. |
| April 30 2019 | Fox Entertainment announced that Smollett's contract had been extended for the sixth season of Empire, although his character would not appear. |
| April 23 2019 | The Osundairo brothers filed a federal defamation lawsuit against Smollett's legal team. |
| April 12 2019 | The city of Chicago filed a lawsuit against Smollett for $130,105.15, to recover costs incurred during the investigation into the hoax. |
| March 27 2019 | The Chicago Police Department released redacted police reports related to Smollett's case. The hearing to expunge Smollett's record was also delayed on this date. |
| March 26 2019 | All charges against Smollett were dropped after he performed 16 hours of community service and forfeited a $10,000 bond, as part of a deal with prosecutors. |
| March 14 2019 | Smollett pleaded not guilty to the charges. |
| February 21 2019 | Smollett surrendered himself at the Chicago Police Department's Central Booking station, was arrested, and released on a $10,000 bond after Judge John Fitzgerald Lyke Jr. set bail at $100,000. He was required to surrender his passport. |
| February 20 2019 | A grand jury charged Smollett with a class 4 felony for filing a false police report regarding the alleged attack. |
| February 19 2019 | Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx recused herself from the investigation due to 'familiarity with potential witnesses', delegating the case to a subordinate and acknowledging prior contact with a member of Smollett's family. |
| February 16 2019 | Police sources revealed evidence suggesting Smollett paid the Osundairo brothers $3,500 to stage the attack. Financial records showed the brothers purchased rope and other items used in the alleged attack. |
| February 15 2019 | The Osundairo brothers were released from police custody without being charged, with police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi citing 'new evidence' from interrogations. |
| February 13 2019 | Chicago police raided the home of Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo, two persons of interest who were extras on Empire. Police recovered bleach and other items, and the brothers were held in police custody on suspicion of battery. |
| January 30 2019 | Public figures, including entertainment industry personalities Shonda Rhimes and Viola Davis, expressed support for Smollett on social media following his claimed hate crime attack. Democratic senators Kamala Harris and Cory Booker described the incident as an 'attempted modern-day lynching' and urged passage of a federal anti-lynching bill. |
| January 30 2019 | President Donald Trump commented on the Smollett attack during an interview with April Ryan of AURN, stating, 'I think that's horrible. It doesn't get worse.' |
| January 29 2019 | Jussie Smollett reported a staged hate crime to Chicago Police Department, falsely claiming he was attacked by two unknown individuals with racial and homophobic slurs, including a reference to 'MAGA country'. |
| January 29 2019 | Jussie Smollett reported a physical attack outside his apartment, alleging the use of racial and homophobic slurs. He was treated at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and released. |
| January 22 2019 | A threatening letter addressed to Jussie Smollett arrived at the Chicago studio of his employer, containing a drawing of a hanging stick figure, racist and threatening magazine-cut messages reading 'Smollett, Jussie you will die' and 'MAGA', and a white powder later determined to be Tylenol. |
| 2018 | Jussie Smollett appeared as himself in the episode 'Whose History?' of America Divided. |
| March 2 2018 | Jussie Smollett released his album 'Sum of My Music' under the label Music of Sound/Human Re Sources. |
| 2017 | Jussie Smollett portrayed Ricks in the short film 'Alien: Covenant – Prologue: Last Supper'. |
| 2017 | Jussie Smollett played Langston Hughes in the film 'Marshall'. |
| 2017 | Smollett directed an episode of the fourth season of Empire. |
| 2017 | Jussie Smollett reprised his role as Jamal Lyon in the Empire episode 'The Winner Takes it All.' |
| 2017 | Jussie Smollett reprised his role as Ricks in the film 'Alien: Covenant'. |
| 2016 | Jussie Smollett played Josey in 2 episodes of Underground and guest hosted six episodes of Live! with Kelly. |
| 2016 | Jussie Smollett released the song 'F.U.W.' |
| 2016 | Jussie Smollett played the role of John in the short film 'The Tale of Four'. |
| 2016 | Jussie Smollett won three NAACP Image Awards for his work in Empire, including Outstanding New Artist. |
| 2016 | Jussie Smollett continued to release music featured in the 'Empire' soundtrack, including tracks from 'Empire: Original Soundtrack Season 2 Volume 2' and 'Empire: Season 3'. |
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