Jussie Smollett has agreed to pay $50,000 to a local nonprofit to settle a civil lawsuit brought by the City of Chicago over the cost of investigating his 2019 hate crime hoax.

According to TMZ, the actor has agreed to pay $50,000 to the Building Better Futures Center for the Arts, a local nonprofit that supports underserved youth through mental health resources, music, acting, and art programs. 

The payment settles a civil lawsuit brought on by the city, which sought to recover the more than $120,000 it spent investigating Smollett’s staged attack. As previously reported, in 2021, Smollett was convicted on five felony counts of disorderly conduct tied to the false report. 

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However, in 2023, the Illinois Supreme Court overturned the conviction following a plea agreement he reached with Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx, which included community service and forfeiture of his $10,000 bond.

“Make no mistake—today’s ruling has nothing to do with Mr. Smollett’s innocence,” Special Prosecutor Dan K. Webb said at the time. “The Illinois Supreme Court did not find any error with the overwhelming evidence presented at trial... or the jury’s unanimous verdict.” As part of this new agreement, the ‘Empire’ actor is not required to admit any guilt. Instead, the city accepted the charitable donation in lieu of continued litigation.

Smollett has long maintained his innocence, telling “Sway in the Morning” in a 2022 interview that, “I’d be a piece of s—t if I did what I was accused of.”