Smollett’s Defense Attorney Says He Will Appeal Guilty Verdict, Claims ‘Empire’ Actor is “100% Innocent” (VIDEO)
Lead Smollett defense attorney Nenye Uche
A verdict was reached in the Jussie Smollett hate hoax trial on Thursday evening.
Smollett was found guilty on 5 charges of disorderly conduct – one count for each time he lied to police following the hoax ‘attack.’
Smollett was found not guilty on a 6th count of lying to a detective.
Defense attorney Nenye Uche said he will appeal the guilty verdict.
“Unfortunately we were facing an uphill battle where Jussie was already tried and convicted in the media and then we had to somehow get the jury to forget or unsee all the news stories that they had been hearing that were negative for the last three years,” Uche told reporters in front of the courthouse.
