Friday, May 02, 2025

Jussie Smollett Settles with the City of Chicago


Last year actor Jussie Smollett's felony disorderly conduct conviction was overturned after taking his hate crime hoax case all the way to the Illinois Supreme Court [click here if you missed that]. 

Now Jussie and the city of Chicago have officially reached a settlement...

The city of Chicago and former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett have reached a settlement six years after the city sued the TV star.
The city sued Smollett in April 2019, three months after he claimed he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood.
However, police and city officials later said he orchestrated the hoax hate crime against himself. The city's suit accused him of submitting a false police report on Jan. 29, 2019, saying he knew his attackers and planned the attack, and it sought $130,000 in expenses spent on the police investigation.
Smollett had filed a countersuit denying that he orchestrated the attack, and he denied making a false police report.
On Monday, the city and Smollett told the court they have settled “but need more time to finalize documentation.”
The details of the settlement were not disclosed.
A status hearing set for this week has been reset for May 29, according to the court docket.

6 comments:

Jcee said...

Cuz sir stop the foolishness

Anonymous said...

His foolishness will never end. He'll write a book but he won't say how much he paid the city of Chicago. I bet he paid at least 75K and insisted on a NDA.

Anonymous said...

But I thought he didn't do it. Duh.

Anonymous said...

Will y'all give him a break. He was really auditioning for a TPerry movie. LOLO

R in NYC said...

Liar liar pants on fire.

Anonymous said...

He must be ready to get back to work

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