Jussie Smollett to pay $50K to charity in settlement with city of Chicago after false report of alleged Streeterville hate crime
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CHICAGO (WLS) — Details of a settlement reached between the city of Chicago and actor Jussie Smollett have now been released.

The video in the player above is from a previous report.

The city was suing Smollett to recoup what it spent investigating Smollett’s false claims that he was attacked.

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Back in 2019, Chicago’s Law Department initiated a lawsuit against Smollett after he ignored the city’s demand to pay over $130,000 related to the allegedly orchestrated incident.

In 2019, Smollett contributed $10,000 to the city. He has now agreed to donate an additional $50,000 to the “BBF Building Brighter Futures Center for the Arts,” a Chicago-based organization offering community, health, and educational services to underprivileged youth, as per a Thursday statement from Chicago’s Department of Law.

The statement added, “The City considers this settlement to be a fair, constructive, and definitive conclusion, enabling all involved parties to put this six-year-old issue behind them and progress.”

READ ALSO | Illinois Supreme Court overturns former ‘Empire’ actor’s conviction

RELATED | Jussie Smollett’s attorney says actor was ‘harmed substantially’ by conviction

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