Actor Jussie Smollett just can’t seem to get a break, not that he deserves one. On Friday, the Illinois appeals court upheld Smollett’s disorderly conduct conviction related to the hate crime hoax he pulled in 2019. The jury found him guilty of five out of six charges of disorderly conduct in 2021 and the actor’s team indicated it would appeal the verdict.

Apparently, the appeal did not go too well.

An Illinois appeals court upheld actor Jussie Smollett's conviction for a staged hate crime in an opinion filed Friday.

The decision was 2-1, with Justice David Navarro and Justice Mary Ellen Coghlan agreeing. Judge Freddrenna Lyle dissented, according to court documents obtained by Fox News Digital.

Smollett's legal team will file an appeal with the Supreme Court.

"We wish to highlight that the decision was divided, with Justice Lyle offering a detailed analysis in favor of Smollett," his rep Holly Baird told Fox News Digital." We are preparing to escalate this matter to the Supreme Court, armed with a substantial body of evidence."

Smollett, who is a gay black man, created the controversy when he told Chicago police that he had been beaten by racist and homophobic assailants who happened to be supporters of former President Donald Trump. “This is MAGA county,” the actor claimed his attackers said while beating him.

What started out as a manhunt for the alleged attackers soon shifted to an investigation of Smollett himself. This led to his arrest on charges of orchestrating the attack and deceiving police.

The failed appeal means Smollett will have to finish his 150-day sentence in jail. He had only spent about six days imprisoned before being released while his appeal was pending. His lawyers claimed he was the victim of a racist justice system and political concerns.

Others seem to agree:

Appellate Judge Freddrenna Lyle said she would have thrown out Smollett’s convictions. Lyle said it was “fundamentally unfair” to appoint a special prosecutor and charge Smollett when he had already performed community service as part of a 2019 deal with Cook County prosecutors to drop the initial charges.

“It was common sense that Smollett was bargaining for a complete resolution of the matter, not simply a temporary one,” Lyle said.

Smollett’s case has been a notable topic of conversation and an object of ridicule when it comes to discussions on race, sexuality, and bigotry. His hoax was likely the most well-known false hate crime ever perpetrated in the United States. At first, folks on the left defended the actor, but once it became clear that he was full of bovine excrement, they jumped off the Smollett bandwagon.

Others on both sides of the political spectrum criticized the actor’s behavior, noting that it only makes things harder for real victims of hate crimes. While the actor continues to deny that he faked the attack, the evidence overwhelmingly shows that he did, which has only made the situation worse.

His legal team indicated that they would take Smollett’s case to the Supreme Court. But even if the highest court in the land agreed to hear the case, it is doubtful that the outcome would be any different.