Jussie Smollett is 'placed in jail psych ward' after court outburst

The brother of says the Empire actor has been placed in a psych ward at the Cook County Jail, where he was sentenced to 150 days on Thursday for lying to the police about an alleged hate in 2019.

'So Jussie is currently in a psych ward at the Cook County Jail. What's very concerning is that there was a note attached to his paperwork today and put in front of his jail cell saying that he's at risk of self-harm,' said Jocqui Smollett in a video posted to his brother's account Sunday morning

Jocqui urged supporters to flood social media with posts hash-tagged #FreeJussie. He also directed them to directly tag the Cook County Jail.

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