Jossi Smollett settle the lawsuit, deny the claims and donate 60 thousand dollars

Jossi Smollett He maintains his innocence while settling his civil lawsuit caused by his 2019 alleged attack.

“More than six years ago, after reporting that I jumped, city officials in Chicago set out to persuade the public that I deliberately put an attack on myself. This wrong narration left a disgrace to my personality that will not disappear soon.” A joint statement via Instagram Friday, May 23. “These officials wanted my money and wanted to confess to something I did not do. Today, it should be clear … they did not receive.”

He continued, “The decision to settle the civil lawsuit was not the most difficult. After it has repeatedly refused to pay the city, I had an opportunity to provide a charitable donation in exchange for the expulsion of the case. Despite what happened there, Chicago was often their home for more than 5 years, and people became my family.

the empire Star went on to unveil that he made a $ 50,000 donation to the center of the most brighter artistic building, a institution that supports the disadvantaged youth.

“This organization was my choice while I was comfortable because there is at least one winner of this experience,” he continued in the statement. Smollett also shared that he donated an additional $ 10,000 to the Chicago Torture Center “which provides resources for societies that meet the violence of the Chicago Police Department.”

The Justice Center in Chicago torture confirmed the actor’s donation Instagram post Friday.

“This generous donation of Mr. Smollett is very useful and with a profound impact as we celebrate and honor the tenth anniversary of the historical compensation judge in Chicago,” he read the post in part. “This tenth anniversary provides us with a moment of reflection on what is possible when we stand together and imagine a better future for our societies. A world that appreciates recovery and reform, rather than punishment and imprisonment.”

The post concluded, “Once again, we are very grateful to Mr. Smolit and every donor supports this necessary work.”

Smollett stated that he was a victim of an alleged hate crime in January 2019, claiming that two men faced him with racist and homosexual insult before wrapping a rope around his neck and pouring bleaching on him.

However, police and city officials claimed that the actor was behind the crime of hatred in a trick, accusing him of submitting a false report to the police and claiming to know his attackers, brothers. Obies and Abimola Olydouve, Those who claimed that they were pushed by Smolit to organize the attack. The city filed a lawsuit against the actor for $ 130,000 regarding the police investigation into the alleged attack. Smollett denied the claims and decision.

Smolite was convicted of five charges related to uncontrolled behavior in December 2021 and was sentenced to 150 days and 30 months in prison in March 2022. After two years, in November 2024, the Supreme Court of Illinois canceled the conviction, citing the public prosecution cases.

In his statement on Saturday, Smollett maintained his innocence, saying that while “the Supreme Court in Illinois is absolved in a unanimous decision (N) the civil case will now be rejected, as I realize that he will not change everyone’s opinion about me or the attack that I witnessed.”

“However, despite the arduous and expensive attempts of my disabled, I am innocent in the eyes of God and our criminal justice system,” the statement continued. “What I must do now is to go forward. I will continue to create a technician, fight enthusiastically for reasons, and defend my integrity and the name of my family in fact.”

He concluded his supporters over the years, saying that “their prayers and their faith in me means more than what the words can express correctly.”