Overview

• Jussie Smollett has agreed to donate $60,000 to two Chicago-based charities as part of a settlement with the City of Chicago over investigation costs tied to his 2019 hate crime claim.
• The settlement includes a $50,000 donation to the Building Brighter Futures Center for the Arts and $10,000 to the Chicago Torture Justice Center.
• Smollett continues to assert his innocence, stating the settlement does not constitute an admission of guilt and criticizing officials for what he calls a 'false narrative.'
• The Illinois Supreme Court overturned Smollett's 2021 conviction on legal grounds in 2024, citing a violation of his Fifth Amendment rights.
• Special prosecutor Dan Webb clarified that the overturned conviction did not challenge the evidence presented at trial or the jury's unanimous guilty verdict.