The state's highest court ruled a special prosecutor's decision to re-indict Smollett violated his constitutional rights after Cook County prosecutors previously dropped charges against him.

The Osundairo brothers, Abel and Ola, have broken their silence after Jussie Smollett's hoax conviction was overturned

Smollett had been accused of orchestrating a racist and homophobic attack on himself in downtown Chicago in 2019.

Jussie Smollett was found guilty on five counts of felony disorderly conduct in 2021 after prosecutors said he lied in a police report.

The two brothers who admitted to helping actor Jussie Smollett stage the actor’s 2019 assault declared the Illinois Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the actor’s conviction is a “real injustice.” “We were taken aback initially,

The brothers who helped Jussie Smollett stage an elaborate hoax in which he claimed to be the victim of a racist and homophobic attack said they’re not surprised his conviction was overturned. What shocks Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo is that the actor still won’t own up to what he did.

In 2021, Smollett was found guilty of five counts of disorderly conduct after it turned out he set up the attack.