Jussie Smollett is engaged on himself.
Based on TMZ on Wednesday, a rep for the 41-year-old actor revealed he entered an outpatient rehab facility for remedy after an “extraordinarily tough” couple of years. The rep mentioned in a press release:
“Jussie has had a particularly tough previous few years. He has quietly been working very onerous for a while now and we’re happy with him for taking these needed steps.”
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It’s unknown what he’s getting remedy for at the moment. However this information comes amid his ongoing attraction in his legal case in Chicago. As you almost certainly know, the Empire alum was discovered responsible of 5 counts of felony disorderly conduct for mendacity to the police about being a sufferer of a 2019 hate crime. Jussie was sentenced to 150 days in jail and ordered to pay the town of Chicago $120,106 in restitution, plus a $25,000 nice.
However in a stunning flip of occasions, he ended up being launched for his attraction after solely spending six days behind bars! Jussie has since been noticed out and about and even directed a movie mission with Vivica A. Fox whereas the authorized course of performs out. And now he seems to be in rehab to get some assist.
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