Actor Jussie Smollett’s lawyer suggested his client might take legal action after Chicago prosecutors dropped charges against the “Empire” star on Tuesday.

ABC’s George Stephanopoulos asked attorney Tina Glandian if she was “going to sue" in an interview Wednesday.

“We’re weighing our options now,” Glandian said.

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

Glandian didn't go into specifics about whom Smollett’s legal team could target in a lawsuit.

In a shocking turn of events Tuesday, Chicago prosecutors dropped all charges against Smollett after he had been indicted by a grand jury earlier this month on 16 felony counts of lying to authorities, prompting backlash from Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and police.

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Smollett, 36, claimed he was attacked earlier this year in downtown Chicago by two masked white men who shouted racist and homophobic remarks at him on Jan. 29. Smollett, who is black and gay, claimed they put a noose around his neck and threw what he believed was bleach on him.

In February, the Chicago Police Department announced there was significant evidence that Smollett orchestrated a hoax attack, which was initially investigated by police as a hate crime. According to police, Smollett paid two brothers $3,600 to carry out the assault, and did so to advance his career.

Smollett has consistently said he is innocent.

“This has been an incredibly difficult time, honestly one of the worst of my entire life. But I am a man of faith and I am a man that has knowledge of my history and I would not bring my family, our lives, or the movement through a fire like this. I just wouldn't,” Smollett said in a statement after the charges were dropped Tuesday.

“Now, I’d like nothing more than to just get back to work and move on with my life but make no mistakes I will always continue to fight for the justice, equality, and betterment of marginalized people everywhere,” he said.