Video obtained by FOX 32 Chicago through a FOIA request shows the moments actor Jussie Smollett was booked into the Cook County Jail after his sentencing hearing last month.
On March 10, the ex-'Empire' actor was sentenced to 150 days in jail for staging a hate crime against himself in January 2019 and lying to Chicago police., with 150 days served in Cook County Jail.After receiving the sentence, Smollett erupted in the courtroom, yelling numerous times that he was "innocent" and "not suicidal."
Smollett's lawyers immediately requested for the jail sentence to be suspended in light of them filing an appeal, but the judge denied that request. After receiving his sentence, body-cam video obtained by FOX 32 shows Smollett walking down a hallway with several law enforcement officials before being searched.
Smollett is then seen on video getting his mugshot and fingerprints taken by Cook County authorities.