Last year actor Jussie Smollett was sentenced to 150 days in jail after his conviction on felony disorderly conduct charges for staging a hate crime hoax in Chicago [click here if you missed that].
Jussie, who was released pending appeal, has just entered rehab...
Jussie Smollett has entered into a rehab treatment facility ... TMZ has confirmed with a rep from Smollett's camp.
The rep tells us, "Jussie has had an extremely difficult past few years. He has quietly been working very hard for some time now and we are proud of him for taking these necessary steps."
Smollett's rehab stint comes amid his ongoing appeal in his Chicago criminal case. As we've reported, Jussie was found guilty of lying to cops about an alleged attack back in 2019 where he claimed two masked Trump supporters attacked him and put a noose around his neck.
Jussie was sentenced to 150 days in jail for the incident, but was released from jail for his appeal a short time after the sentence. He's been spotted working on film sets here in California as the legal process plays out -- including a project with Vivica A. Fox -- where he seemed to be directing.
JS has also been hanging out with his former "Empire" costar, Taraji P. Henson, spotted on a hike in L.A. -- so, he hasn't necessarily been trying to lay low ... even hitting the BET Awards last year, catching a bit of flack from folks who were shocked to see him attend.
Though we don't know exactly what he's getting treated for ... drug use was mentioned quite a bit during his trial. The Osundairo brothers -- who claimed Jussie hired to be his attackers -- took to the stand to claim they were also his dealers ... and they supplied him with illegal substances for him on a number of occasions.
12 comments:
Absolute overkill with the use of the em dash in that excerpt. It’s upsetting.
2019?! If he would have just shut up and done his time already, he could have moved on, and that would have just been a blip on his screen. The appeal is for his bruised, fragile ego.
Miss Juicy needs to chill and get himself together.
Wil Somebody Please Tell This Attention Wh0re To, PLEASE GO AWAY?!!! And Keep His Personal/Private Business To Himself...
No one asked.
Miss Jussie who?
Move on to what? He can't act and he can't capitalize on that light skink in the acting world anymore. What's he gon do? He should change his name and get a job at Home Depot. That might work.
...Jussie...Jada have several seats
When will he admit he made the whole stunt up and lied?
His ego won't let him admit it.
10:07 Don’t forget he can’t sing either. He yodels like Trey Songz. Smh. Anyhow, best of luck to him I guess.
Sad case that they don’t have rehab for liars
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