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A lawyer for Jussie Smollett on Wednesday left open the possibility that the “Empire” star — who Chicago prosecutors acknowledged had lied about being a hate crime victim — may now sue over the alleged attack.

Tina Glandian appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America” to address prosecutors’ stunning decision the day before to drop all 16 felony counts against the actor.

“We’re weighing our options now,” Glandian said in response to co-host George Stephanopoulos’ question, “Are you going to sue?”

“For Jussie, what’s really important is he really just wants his career and his life back,” the lawyer continued. “Again, he did not ask for any of this, he was a victim of a crime.”

It was not immediately clear whom Smollett would sue.

In a whirlwind of events, the 36-year-old actor was arrested in late February and charged with filing a false police report for allegedly staging a homophobic and racist beatdown outside his apartment on Jan. 29.

A grand jury in Cook County eventually indicted him on 16 counts of disorderly conduct.

All the while, Smollett, who is gay and black, maintained his innocence — and insisted he’s a victim as his story continued to unravel.

On the same day the TV star surrendered to police, Chicago’s top cop, Superintendent Eddie Johnson, accused him of staging the attack “to further his own public profile.”

Johnson’s scathing remarks also included a demand that Smollett apologize to the city of Chicago for dragging its reputation “through the mud.”