police officers by reporting it as an actual hate crime. now, the jury, which was made up of six men and six women, deliberated for more than nine hours over two days. smollett took the stand in his own defense in this case telling the jury he was the actual victim of a hate crime. he told the jury that back in january 2019 that his attackers yelled racial and homophobic slurs, doused him with bleach and draped a rope around his neck. but the brothers also took the stand telling a much different story, saying they were paid $3,500 to carry out the attack and that smollett planned the entire stopt because he wanted publicity. prosecutors poked holes in smollett's testimony mainly that he didn't cooperate with certain aspects of the investigation. again, a jury here in cook county finding jussie smollett guilty on five of the six disorderly conduct charges that he is now facing. we expect it here from both prosecutors and the defense in