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Time of India
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Jussie Smollett documentary ‘The Truth About Jussie Smollett?' to release on Netflix; release date, key details inside
Actor Jussie Smollett will appear in the Netflix documentary 'The Truth About Jussie Smollett?' which covers the hate crime incident he was accused of staging in 2019. The documentary will include Smollett's interview and shed light on the fallout from the ex-"Empire' star's claim that he was the target of a racist and homophobic attack in Streeterville in 2019. According to DEADLINE, Netflix is expected to release 'The Truth About Jussie Smollett?' on August 22, 2025. The documentary will run for 90 minutes. Later, Chicago police and prosecutors stated that the actor staged the attack, and he was charged with 16 felony counts of disorderly conduct for hiring men to pretend to beat him up. Explore courses from Top Institutes in Please select course: Select a Course Category CXO Degree MBA healthcare Data Analytics Design Thinking Public Policy Project Management Leadership Healthcare Others MCA Management Cybersecurity others Digital Marketing Technology Data Science Product Management Artificial Intelligence Operations Management Data Science Finance PGDM Skills you'll gain: Digital Strategy Development Expertise Emerging Technologies & Digital Trends Data-driven Decision Making Leadership in the Digital Age Duration: 40 Weeks Indian School of Business ISB Chief Digital Officer Starts on Jun 30, 2024 Get Details Skills you'll gain: Operations Strategy for Business Excellence Organizational Transformation Corporate Communication & Crisis Management Capstone Project Presentation Duration: 11 Months IIM Lucknow Chief Operations Officer Programme Starts on Jun 30, 2024 Get Details Skills you'll gain: Customer-Centricity & Brand Strategy Product Marketing, Distribution, & Analytics Digital Strategies & Innovation Skills Leadership Insights & AI Integration Expertise Duration: 10 Months IIM Kozhikode IIMK Chief Marketing and Growth Officer Starts on Apr 7, 2024 Get Details Skills you'll gain: Technology Strategy & Innovation Emerging Technologies & Digital Transformation Leadership in Technology Management Cybersecurity & Risk Management Duration: 24 Weeks Indian School of Business ISB Chief Technology Officer Starts on Jun 28, 2024 Get Details Smollett gave up his $10,000 bond and completed 15 hours of performance as community service in return for prosecutors dropping the case. However, in 2022, a special prosecutor brought him to trial, and he was convicted on five counts, serving six days of a 150-day sentence while awaiting appeal. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Arima: Unsold Furniture Liquidation 2024 (Prices May Surprise You) Unsold Furniture | Search Ads Learn More Undo The conviction was overturned in 2024 when an Illinois Supreme Court judge decided he should not have been recharged by the special prosecutor. In May 2025, the city's Law Department announced it had settled with Smollett, and the actor said he was giving $50,000 to the BBF (Building Brighter Futures Center for the Arts). The documentary is set to feature interviews with police, lawyers, journalists, and investigators who claim to have found new evidence pertaining to the case, according to DEADLINE. Live Events Jussie Smollett donates $50,000 Smollett, in May 2025, had revealed that he had donated $50,000 to a Chicago charity to settle the lawsuit by the city about his claim that he had been the victim of a hate crime. Back in 2022, a jury convicted Smollett of felony disorderly conduct for filing a false police report after he said he had been attacked in downtown Chicago by two men who hurled racist and homophobic slurs at him. Smollett shared details of his settlement with the city in a statement posted to Instagram on Friday, saying that he had made a $50,000 donation to the Building Brighter Futures Center for the Arts. According to its website, the organization's mission is to "improve the quality of life for underprivileged youth and their families by providing safe, stable and nurturing experiences." The City of Chicago had sued Smollett six years ago, seeking more than $130,000 to cover the costs of its police investigation. It said the settlement with Smollett required the charitable contribution. "The city believes this settlement provides a fair, constructive and conclusive resolution, allowing all the parties to close this 6-year-old chapter and move forward," a city spokesperson, Kristen Cabanban, said in a statement, as quoted by NYT News Service. She said that Smollett also made a $10,000 payment to the city in 2019, and that he had faced additional accountability through his criminal trial. Smollett had also announced that in addition to the settlement, he had also donated $10,000 to the Chicago Torture Justice Center, an organization that "seeks to address the traumas of police violence and institutionalized racism," according to its website.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Jussie Smollett Speaks in Netflix Doc ‘The Truth About Jussie Smollett?'
Jussie Smollett is participating in a forthcoming Netflix documentary about his infamous hoax case. From Raw, the producers of true-crime hits Don't F**k with Cats, Tinder Swindler and the streamer's Trainwreck series, The Truth About Jussie Smollett?, which is coming to the streamer on Aug. 22, is described as 'a shocking true story of an allegedly fake story that some now say might just be a true story.' More from The Hollywood Reporter Netflix Greenlights K-Pop Drama 'Variety' Starring Son Ye-jin and Jo Yu-ri Netflix Results Draw Share Price Target Hikes, Muted Stock Reaction as Focus Turns to Second Half of Year Netflix's Most Viewed Series for 2025's First Half Is ... Not 'Squid Game' Tom Sheahan and Tim Wardle are executive producers. Along with the Smollett sitdown, the 90-minute doc features interviews with police officials, lawyers, journalists and investigators who claim to have uncovered new evidence about the case and that 'with Jussie himself, this compelling documentary invites the audience to decide for themselves who is telling The Truth About Jussie Smollett?' Director Gagan Rehill said in a statement, 'This story is a thrilling ride, and we were lucky enough to have access to the key players. I wanted this documentary to balance their competing narratives and to also use their compelling, colorful testimonies to thread the light and shade of the story through the film. But much more than that, I wanted this film to speak to the particular moment of rapid cultural change when this takes place in 2019; when, as a society, we were becoming more combative, more polarized, more divergent over our shared reality — when we began to lack a common singular Truth.' Smollett, who broke out on Fox's Empire, was famously accused of faking a homophobic attack in Chicago in 2019. He was found guilty in December 2021 by a jury for felony disorderly conduct for falsely reporting to police that he was the victim of a hate crime. He served six days of a five-month jail sentence in 2022 before he was released pending an appeal. In November 2024, he then had his conviction overturned by the Illinois Supreme Court, with a judge ruling that a second prosecution after the case had already been resolved was a violation of his right to due process. Smollett has maintained his innocence in interviews, as he returned to the film industry. Best of The Hollywood Reporter 'The Studio': 30 Famous Faces Who Play (a Version of) Themselves in the Hollywood-Based Series 22 of the Most Shocking Character Deaths in Television History A 'Star Wars' Timeline: All the Movies and TV Shows in the Franchise Solve the daily Crossword
