Empire actor Jussie Smollett was flanked by bodyguards as he walked out of Cook County Jail in Illinois late Wednesday night on a $150,000 bond, followed by his attorneys saying there is “no room for politics in our court system.”
Smollett’s attorneys praised the Illinois appeals court that ruled Smollett should be released on bond pending an appeal of his guilty verdict for staging a hate crime, but they argued he was unfairly sentenced twice, having already paid a $10,000 fine and performed community service.
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