Jussie Smollett indicted on 16 felony counts

A Chicago grand jury has indicted Empire star Jussie Smollett on 16 felony counts of disorderly conduct for filing a false police report, reports TheHollywoodReporter.com.

Chicago Police had already arrested Smollett last month and charged him with one count of falsifying a police report, but the Cook County grand jury on Friday counted each part of his story separately — meaning that the actor could face up to 64 years in prison if convicted, with each of the 16 charges carrying a possible sentence that ranges from probation to four years in jail.

Smollett’s attorney Mark Geragos called the indictment “vindictive” and “prosecution overkill.”