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“Empire” actor Jussie Smollett is in court in Chicago Thursday afternoon where a judge will announce Smollett’s sentencing in connection to a falsely reported hate crime in January 2019.

Smollet was convicted in December on five of six counts of felony disorderly conduct for lying to police officers about what Smollett claimed was a racist hate crime against him.

Watch the live stream of the sentencing hearing:

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