On Friday June 22, 2019, embattled star Jussie Smollett has been suspended from Empire show and will not appear in last two episodes (this was after he pleaded in person to entire Empire cast that he was innocent and he was sorry that this was causing such a disruption for the show). This is happening on the heels of him turning himself in to avoid arrest. He posted his $10,000 for his $100,000 bond and has to turn over his passport so he could be released from jail. His new lawyer by the way is Mark Geragos (Chris Brown and Colin Kaepernick lawyer) . He is being charged with disorderly conduct and filing false police report and could face 3 years in prison if found guilty. This does not include what he could face if FBI finds he sent the threatening letter to the Empire Fox studio.

So what is next for Jussie? Contrary to popular belief, an indictment is not a guilty charge. It is much easier to present evidence of probable cause to get an indictment from a Grand Jury than getting a guilty verdict in a court of law where the prosecution will have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Jussie paid the brother suspects to get a guilty conviction. Jussie has already admitted that he had hired the brothers in the past for personal services like physical training. So the prosecution will have to prove that this $3500 check was specifically used to hire them for this assault for hire. They also haven’t presented any evidence that he sent threatening letter to studio prior to his assault. If they can’t prove these things then they can’t prove the assault was fake and therefore they can’t say Jussie’s filed report about his assault was false. It’s like a domino effect. PERIOD. The only way Jussie gets a guilty verdict if he confesses or Jury goes against legal instructions and convicts him even though there is clear reasonable doubt. Stay tuned….