Hollywood actor, Jussie Smollett has filed new documents asking the court to overturn the guilty verdict of the jury against him in December 2021.
According to TMZ, his legal team is requesting a new trial unless the judge reverses the verdict and finds him not guilty of disorderly conduct for faking the police report.
Smollett claimed his constitutional rights were violated after his legal team was blocked from participating in the juror selection process.The actor was found guilty by the jurors of five of the six felony charges against him.
Smollett, 39, is in court for lying to police when he toldcops that admirers of former President Trump had beat him up for being black and gay in January 2019.
He’s to be sentenced on March 10.
