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Jussie Smollett Settles with Chicago & Donates $10K + to Police Violence Survivors! #jussiesmollett · The Demia Avery Show

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  Hello everyone. This is Deia Avery of
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  the Deia Avery Show. So, I have a little
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  story here about Jesse Smlette. There is
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  some good that comes out of this. Um,
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  whether he's exonerated or forgiven or
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  whatever, I'm going to read it to you
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  anyway, and you be the judge. So, uh,
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  Jesse Smlette resolved his civil dispute
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  with Chicago and donated $10,000 to a
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  police violence support group following
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  his 2024 exoneration.
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  Jesse Smlette closed a chapter in his
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  yearslong legal saga on Tuesday, May
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  21st, by settling a lawsuit with the
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  city of Chicago and announcing a $10,000
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  donation to a nonprofit that supports
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  survivors of police violence. The former
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  Empire actor, 41 years old, agreed to
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  pay
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  $5,000 to Building Brighter Future
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  Center for the Arts, a Chicago based
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  group that
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  mentors underserved youth through
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  creative programs. payment resolves a
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  civil case brought by city officials
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  seeking reimbursement for the cost of
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  investigating Smlette's widely
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  publicized 2019 assault claim, which
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  police later alleged was staged. Smlette
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  also revealed he made a separate $10,000
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  contribution to the Chicago Torture
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  Justice Center, an organization that
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  provides mental health and legal support
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  to victims of police misconduct.
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  The donation came with a pointed
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  message. He says, "I'm grateful to have
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  had the resources to defend myself. So
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  many do not. They are backed into
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  corners to take deals or confess to
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  crimes they did not actually commit."
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  Smlette wrote in a statement posted to
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  Instagram. Though I was exonerated by
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  the Illinois Supreme Court in a
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  unanimous decision and the civil case
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  will now be dismissed, I am aware that
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  it will not change everyone's mind about
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  me or attack what I've experienced," he
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  added. So, you know, Smlette's legal
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  troubles began in January 2019 when he
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  told police he was the victim of a
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  racist and homophobic homophobic assault
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  in downtown Chicago. So, that's the news
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  for him, guys. So, do do we forgive him
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  yet or or what? So, anyways, guys, I'll
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  talk to you later.