The new date is Dec 9, 2021.
The actor was found guilty of disorderly conduct for staging a fake hate crime against himself.
The jury will begin deliberations on December 8, 2021, in Chicago, Illinois.
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The jury in Illinois state court found the actor guilty on five counts of disorderly conduct and not guilty on a sixth count.
Prosecutors argued that the brothers were hired to beat him up and yelled "MAGA country" at him, and that he lied to police about it.
The jury took nine hours to deliver a verdict after they were given the case.
According to the New York Times, the count he was acquitted on was related to a police report that was filed 16 days later.
According to the Times, Judge James B. Linn said that he can await sentencing outside of prison.
During the week-and-a-half long trial, the actor said there was no hoax. The actor, who is black and openly gay, was attacked by the Osundairos according to his lawyer.
The key background.
The Osundairo brothers were arrested shortly after the incident, but when it was discovered that they knew about the attack, police turned their attention to the actor. The brothers were released. The charges against him were dropped a month later, and he was indicted on the charges in February 2020.
During the trial, Chicago Detective Michael Theis testified that during the initial investigation into the attack, he refused to take a DNA sample or hand over his cell phone, because he was not comfortable with it. He said that he is a Black man in America. I don't trust the police. Theis said that the threatening letter was received by the studio where Empire was filmed and that executives did not take it seriously enough. He paid the brothers for their services after he asked them to fake beat him up. When he took the stand, he denied that he paid for personal training or nutrition advice. In addition, he claimed that he and Abimbola had a romantic relationship before the attack.
What to watch for.
A sentencing date has not been set, but it could be three years in prison.
During the Hate Crime trial, Jussie said there was no hoax.
Jussie wouldn't help the police during the investigation of his hate crime allegations.
