- Posted December 17, 2025
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Courtesy Cook County Sheriff’s Office
After less than a week behind bars, Jussie Smollett was released from jail Wednesday.
The release comes after an appeals court, in a two-one decision, agreed that the former Empire star should be released on bond pending the appeal of his conviction for lying to police about a racist and homophobic attack.
Smollett’s attorneys had argued that he would have finished the sentence by the time the appeal process was completed and that Smollett could be in danger of physical harm if he remained locked up in Cook County Jail.
Smollett was let out on a personal recognizant bond of $150,000, which did not require