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Jussie Smollett Faces Decades Behind Bars After Being Charged With 16 Felonies In Hate Crime Hoax

Things just went from bad to worse for the Empire actor.

After being charged for falsifying a police report for claiming to be assaulted in a racist, homophobic attack, the grand jury in the case has decided to charge the 36-year old openly gay actor for each lie that he told in the initial police report and police interview.

Jussie’s total number of charges has now reached 16. All of the charges are felonies.

“Jussie Smollett knew that at the time… there was no reasonable ground for believing that such offenses had been committed,”

the jury’s document says.

One of the felonies carries a maximum sentence of three years, so Smollet could possibly spend almost 50 years in prison if he receives the maximum penalty.

Smollett’s arraignment is set for March 14.

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Drake’s Dad: R. Kelly And Jussie Smollett Are Friends Of Mine

Dennis Graham, father of actor/rapper Drake, made some startling comments about some of urban culture’s current, controversial personalities in an interview that is sure to put more pressure on his son to get his dad out of the spotlight.

Graham said in an exclusive interview with Variety Magazine that both disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly and fibbing Empire actor Jussie Smollett have his support. Kelly, who has been charged with 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse and Smollett, who is charged with a filing a false police report have been getting slayed in the court of public opinion but the elder Graham says that he stands behind both men 100%.

As for Kelly, Graham says the singer is a good friend of his and, “I wish him the best. I hate that it’s happening to him. There’s a reason why women come out after the fact. He has my support 100%.”

With the situation with Smollett, Drake’s dad says, “Jussie has been misunderstood. As a matter of fact, they know that. That story that came out about Jussie in Chicago is not true about Jussie. Jussie is a friend of mine, also. They have totally reconstructed his story.”

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‘Empire’ May Suspend Jussie Smollett Following Felony Indictment

Prior to the criminal charges, reps for the Fox series Empire made statements that Jussie Smollett’s character would not be removed from the show, but after being charged with filing the false police report in the created and rehearsed hate attack, Smollett maybe removed from the TV drama.

Sources close to the show’s producers say that the producers have cut Smollett’s season 5 episode scenes back and are considering suspending him after receiving the news of his arrest.

Chicago PD have placed Smollett under arrest for today(February 21) for filing a false police report and is scheduled for a court hearing at 2:30 pm EST.

TheSource.com will bring you updates on this story as it develops.

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