Jussie Smollett

Jussie Smollett is an American actor and singer. He began his career as a child actor in 1987, acting in films including The Mighty Ducks (1992) and Rob Reiner's North (1994). From 2015-2019, Smollett portrayed musician Jamal Lyon in the Fox drama series Empire, a role which was hailed as groundbreaking for its positive depiction of a black gay man on television. Smollett has also appeared in Ridley Scott's science fiction film Alien: Covenant (2017) as Ricks and in Marshall (2017) as Langston Hughes.

Smollett was indicted on February 20, 2019, for disorderly conduct consisting of allegedly paying two men to stage a fake hate crime assault on him and filing a false police report. Smollett's defense team reached a deal with prosecutors on March 26, 2019, in which all charges were dropped in return for Smollett performing community service and forfeiting his $10,000 bond.

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