Jussie Smollett is back in the spotlight seven years after his alleged hate crime.
Smollett, 42, got his first taste of fame in the popular children's hockey film The Mighty Ducks. He went on to play Jamal Lyon in the popular FOX drama series Empire from 2015 to 2019 alongside Taraji P. Jenson and Terrence Howard. While Smollett has done his best to lay low in recent years, the actor was back on the red carpet this week to attend the press night performance of "Sea Witch" at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London, England.
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Smollett's Alleged Attack
Smollett claimed he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood in 2019. However, police and city officials later said he orchestrated the hoax hate crime against himself, NBC News reported. The city of Chicago went on to sue Smollett, accusing him of submitting a false police report, saying he knew his attackers and planned the attack. They also sought $130,000 in expenses spent on the police investigation. Smollett filed a countersuit denying that he orchestrated the attack, and he denied making a false police report.
By 2025, the city and Smollett told the court they had settled “but need more time to finalize documentation, NBC continued.
Last year, Smollett shared a post on Instagram that stated he made a $50,000 donation to the Building Brighter Futures Center for the Arts, a Chicago-based non-profit that nurtures self-expression, creativity, and exploration of the arts for Chicago youth. He shared he would also make a $10,000 donation to the Chicago Torture Justice Center, which helps those healing from the violence of the Chicago Police Department.
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Last year, a new documentary examined the incident with never-before-seen footage and new interviews with Smollett and the two men who reported to police that they were hired to attack him, brothers Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo, Netflix reported. The film marked the first time Smollett spoke publicly about the incident since he was interviewed by Robin Roberts in 2019.
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