The actor also denies staging the hate crime attack to advance his career.
“It’s like finding out that someone is exactly the opposite of who they claim to be.
If I had done this, I’d be a piece of shit.
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“My family took my phone.
I did not have my phone.
I was not allowed to get on social media.”
Oh, she said that?
A month later,prosecutors charged Smollettwith filing a false report, beforedropping the charges in March 2019.
In February 2020,Smollett was indicted again on similarcharges.
He was also ordered to pay $120,000 in restitution to the city of Chicago.
A few days after his sentencing, anappeals court agreed to release Smollettpending the appeal of his conviction.
Smollett has consistently denied any wrongdoing, telling the jury in March that “there was no hoax.”
Watch Smollett’sSway in the Morninginterview above.
