UPDATE: We’ve just obtained Jussie’s mugshot, he's stone-faced. As the judge said during the hearing, he will begin his sentence immediately.
just handed down the sentence ... which also includes 30 months felony probation, $120,106 restitution to the city of Chicago and will pay a $25,000 fine.
Judge Linn says Jussie wasn't motivated by money ... he did it because he craved the attention and thought he could boost his profile by tapping into the social justice movement in America. He said he just wanted to make himself more famous, throwing himself a"national pity party." The judge made it clear he was not sentencing Jussie to satisfy public opinion ... it was purely a matter of what Jussie did. The judge said there was nothing he could do that would be worse than what he did to himself, saying Jussie destroyed his life by his shenanigans.Play video contentJussie's 92-year-old grandma got on the stand to plead for leniency, and she launched on the media for not reporting the story accurately.
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