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Actor Jussie Smollett ends hoax crime legal dramas with $60,000 donation

Summary by OUTInPerth | LGBTQIA+ News and Culture
Actor Jussie Smollett has reached a settlement with the City of Chicago over claims he filed a false police report when he claimed he had been attacked and assaulted back in 2019. The Empire star received a wave of community and celebrity support in January after he claimed to have been attacked, burned with chemicals and had a rope tied around his neck by two men shouting “This is MAGA country” – a reference to Donald Trump’s ‘Make America Grea…
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OUTInPerth | LGBTQIA+ News and Culture broke the news in on Sunday, June 1, 2025.
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