Overview

• Jussie Smollett has agreed to donate $50,000 to the Building Brighter Futures Center for the Arts to settle a civil lawsuit filed by the City of Chicago in 2019.
• The city sought over $130,000 in restitution for police overtime spent investigating Smollett's discredited 2019 hate crime claim.
• Smollett maintains his innocence and will not admit wrongdoing as part of the settlement agreement.
• An additional $10,000 donation will be made by Smollett to the Chicago Torture Justice Center, which supports victims of police violence.
• The agreement has been signed by both parties but requires a judge's approval to be finalized.