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. EPA / Tannen Maury ...

Attorney Nenye Uche will be allowed to remain on Jussie Smollett’s defense team. The ruling puts Uche in an unusual position: a lead defense attorney unable to cross-examine two of the ...

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 ...

Jussie Smollett only consumed ice water in the six days he spent in jail before he was released on Wednesday. Smollett's attorney, Nenye Uche, confirmed this in a news conference after the former ...

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 ...

That’s what happened.” Defense attorney Nenye Uche called the Osundairo brothers intelligent criminals, interested only in going after a famous celebrity’s money and their own fame.

Attorney Nenye Uche But after that selection was made public last week, two key prosecution witnesses said they had talked with Uche early in the case about possible representation — which, if ...

Disgraced actor Jussie Smollett has had his conviction for lying about a fake racist and homophobic attack in downtown Chicago thrown out by the Illinois Supreme Court.

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 ...