Late Thursday night Jussie Smollett’s fate was decided during his hate crime hoax trial in Chicago.

After a contentious week of witness testimony, counsel arguments and deliberation, the jury found the former “Empire” actor guilty on the first five counts, and he was acquitted on a sixth count of lying to a detective weeks after Smollett said he was attacked.

Lara Yeretsian, a criminal defense attorney who didn’t work on the case, told Fox News she wasn’t surprised by the verdict and doesn’t believe Smollett’s celebrity status helped him at all.