Chicago Police had already arrested Smollett last month and charged him with one count of falsifying a police report.
Jussie Smollett
A Chicago grand jury has indicted Empire star Jussie Smollett on 16 felony counts of disorderly conduct for filing a false police report, reports TheHollywoodReporter.com.
Chicago Police had already arrested Smollett last month and charged him with one count of falsifying a police report, but the Cook County grand jury on Friday counted each part of his story separately — meaning that the actor could face up to 64 years in prison if convicted, with each of the 16 charges carrying a possible sentence that ranges from probation to four years in jail.
Smollett’s attorney Mark Geragos called the indictment “vindictive” and “prosecution overkill.”
( Source : Agencies )
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