Jussie Smollett's lawyer says the actor won't be 'intimidated' into paying Chicago more than $130,000 for resources the police department used to investigate an alleged racist and homophobic attack on him.
Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Jussie Smollett's lawyer says the"Empire" actor won't be"intimidated" into paying the city of Chicago more than $130,000 for resources the police department used to investigate anLast month, the City of Chicago Department of Law sent Smollett a letter demanding he pay $130,106.15 to cover the costs of the police investigation.
Actor Jussie Smollett talks to the media before leaving Cook County Court after his charges were dropped on March 26, 2019, in Chicago.for allegedly filing a false police report on Jan. 29 when he told officers that two masked men hurled racist and homophobic slurs before attacking him, putting a noose around his neck and pouring what he said was bleach on him.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, right, and Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson at a news conference in Chicago on March 26, 2019.During an interview a day after prosecutors dismissed the charges, Emanuel said Smollett's paying the city back for what it spent on the police probe would —"in a small way" — beThe city's law department said Thursday that because it had not received the requested funds they were planning to sue.
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