“He’s out,” Jussie Smollett’s attorney announced Wednesday evening, just hours after the former “Empire” star was ordered released from jail as he appeals his conviction for lying to Chicago police about a staged 2019 attack.
With TV news crews transmitting the video live, Smollett was escorted to a waiting car by a group of bodyguards around 8 p.m. Central Time. The actor did not speak as reporters shouted out questions.
Moments later, his attorney Nenye Uche held a news conference outside the jail and said Smollett should never have been locked up. He blamed racism for the way the actor was treated.