Court orders Jussie Smollett is RELEASED from jail during his appeal

Disgraced ‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett will be released from jail after just six days behind bars.

Judges ruled that he should go free while his lawyers work on the appeal of his conviction on five felony counts of lying to police about a racist and homophobic attack. 

He will be released from the Cook County Jail on a $150,000 personal recognizance bond.

Smollett, who  has been serving his time in psychiatric care, was sentenced to 150 days behind bars.

On Tuesday, the fallen actor was moved out of the psych ward where he had been forced to sleep on a ‘restraint bed’ and into general population in the detention center. 

The actor’s lawyers had argued to the panel of judges that his sentence would be fully served by the time the appeals process was completed.

Smollet’s release is just another bizarre twist on a strange story of an bit actor trying to raise his profile by fabricating a hate crime against himself.

 In January 2019, Smollett, who is black and gay, told Chicago police that he was attacked by two men wearing ski masks making racist and homophonic remarks. 

More to come…