Jussie Smollett is moving forward after his six-year legal battle with the city of Chicago was settled. The ordeal began after he reported that he was the victim of an alleged hate crime in 2019. The Empire actor, who is gay and Black, claimed that two men had attacked him outside of his apartment building, using slurs.

Jussie Smollett continues to defend his account of the alleged hate crime, despite the Osundairo brothers claiming he paid them to stage it.