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Jussie Smollett’s legal battle in Chicago finally over as he agrees to pay $50k to charity for hoax

Jussie Smollett’s legal battle in Chicago finally over as he agrees to pay $50k to charity for hoax

Jussie Smollett has reached a settlement with Chicago, agreeing to pay $50,000 to a charity to cover the cost of the inquiry into his claims of hate crime.  In January 2019, Smollett, a Black man who is gay, said two men in Chicago attacked him, swore at him, and threw a noose over his neck. …

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