The ruling centered around a question of whether attorney Nenye Uche has a conflict of interest in the case, and should be disqualified from representing Smollett.

Nenye Uche was hired as Smollett’s lead defense attorney earlier this year, but Special Prosecutor Dan Webb objected, saying he had spoken with the Osundairo brothers before, and therefore, had ...

Defense attorney Nenye Uche said he feels 100 percent confident that this case will be won on appeal. On the night of the attack, Smollett sent text messages to Abimbola.

Nenye Uche, center, a defense attorney for Jussie Smollett, speaks to the media outside the Cook County Jail in Chicago on March 16, 2022, after his client was released pending an appeal. Terrence ...

During a mostly behind-closed-doors virtual hearing in Chicago Friday, Judge James Linn allowed one of the newest members of Smollett's sprawling team of defense lawyers, Nenye Uche, to plead for ...

Smollett's attorney, Nenye Uche, confirmed this in a news conference after the former "Empire" star was released from Cook County Jail in Chicago, Illinois. "Ice water, that’s been his food and ...

Jussie Smollett was released from jail Wednesday night, after an Illinois appeals court granted an emergency motion by his defense attorneys. Smollett’s legal team is looking to delay his ...

Defense attorney Nenye Uche called the Osundairo brothers intelligent criminals, interested only in going after a famous celebrity’s money and their own fame. “They lied to this court, they ...

Nenye Uche, center, a defense attorney for Jussie Smollett, speaks to the media outside the Cook County Jail in Chicago on March 16, 2022, after his client was released pending an appeal.

Smollett’s lead attorney, Nenye Uche claimed that the devision to prosecute Smollett in the first place was a “travesty of justice. ...

Special prosecutor Dan Webb told Judge James Linn he learned that attorney Nenye Uche may have had contact with two key witnesses in the state’s case against the actor — Abimbola and Olabinjo ...