Disgraced ‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett has been released from jail after just six days behind bars so he can appeal his conviction for faking a hate crime – with his lawyer saying the 39-year-old was refusing food behind bars, and had ‘nearly given up’.
Smollett did not speak as he left the Cook County Jail, and was flanked by bodyguards as he walked out and into a waiting SUV.
He was freed after he posts the required $150,000 personal recognizance