Jussie Smollett has lost an appeal over his disorderly conduct conviction.
The former Empire actor previously appealed after he was jailed for falsely claiming that he was the victim of a hate crime.
However, the Illinois Appellate Court decided to uphold his conviction.
According to the CNN, it was ruled that the 40-year-old wasn’t denied due process in his legal battles, and that ‘re-prosecuting was not fundamentally unfair’, with the decision announced after a 2-1 vote.
His team can now argue this decision to the Illinois Supreme Court, who will then decide whether to hear the case.
He will have to finish his 150-day jail sentence, after he previously spent six days behind bars.
A jury found Smollett guilty in December 2021 of five out of six felony counts of disorderly conduct for making a false report to police.
He was sentenced in March 2022 to 30 months of felony probation, including 150 days in jail, and ordered to pay restitution of more than $120,000 and a fine of $25,000 for making false reports to police.
Smollett was released from jail less than a week later, after an Illinois appeals court granted an emergency motion by his attorneys to delay his sentence and grant him bail until their appeal is resolved.
