The "Empire" actor was found guilty on five of the six counts of disorderly conduct for lying to police about being attacked by two white supporters of President Trump.

Each of the five counts carries a possible three-year prison sentence but court analysts consider a 15-year term, or any significant time behind bars, to be very unlikely.

In a case that divided the nation on racial and political grounds, Mr. Smollett told Chicago Police Department twice that two White men yelled racist and homophobic slurs and put a noose around his neck while beating him up and telling him that Chicago was "MAGA country."