Jussie Smollett juror says panel didn’t buy actor’s hate crime claim
https://nypost.com/2021/12/12/jussie-smollett-juror-says-panel-didnt-buy-hate-crime-claim/
A juror at the Jussie Smollett trial said the 12-member panel didn’t think he was a very good actor when he took the witness stand.
The unidentified juror said the panel knew the “Empire” actor was lying when he testified at his disorderly conduct trial — and found two brothers who claimed the actor paid them to stage a hate crime more credible.
She said the jury even felt they were doing the actor a favor by finding him guilty on only five of the six counts of felony disorderly conduct he was facing, she told the Chicago Sun-Times.
“It wasn’t an easy decision,” the juror told the outlet. “You’ve got the mother sitting there. You feel bad. We didn’t know what the penalty would be. Are we sending this guy to jail?”