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Jussie Smollett completes a five month rehab program for substance abuse... after appealing his conviction for hate crime hoax kidnapping


Jussie Smollett has completed a five month stint in rehab for substance abuse. The former Empire star, 41, finished the outpatient program earlier this month.

Smollett's attorneys filed legal documents with Illinois Supreme Court detailing the deal, which involved him doing community service and forfeiting his bond in return for charges being dropped. He is arguing he shouldn't have been charged with felony disorderly conduct in December 2021 because prosecutors made a deal to dismiss the first indictment; Seen in Cook County jail booking photograph in 2022 The brothers were held in a Cook County detention cell for 47 hours before they cracked and owned up to taking part in Smollett's strange plot for the first time - which they said the actor designed with the ultimate goal of being viewed as a hero for not only the LGBTQ community, but to black people as well.

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