AT: TV actor Jussie Smollett is going to pay for perpetrating a hoax on the Chicago Police Department, even though all charges against him have been dropped and the records sealed.
The city announced that it has filed a lawsuit against Smollett, looking to recover costs for the intense investigation it undertook to find Smollett’s “attackers.”
The City of Chicago’s Law Department filed the suit after Smollett failed to meet a city-demanded deadline to pay more than $130,000 into that allegedly staged attack.
City attorneys write in the suit, “Defendant knew his attackers and orchestrated the purported attack himself. Later, when police confronted him with evidence, he still refused to disclose his involvement.”
The lawsuit was filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County and seeks money “included, but not limited to $130,105.15.” The suit also asks Smollett be found liable to the city for $1,000 “for each false statement he made to the city, in addition to three times the amount of the damages that the city sustained, as well as litigation and collection costs, and attorneys’ fees.”
“They’ve got a case on the face of it,” said ABC7 Legal Analyst Gil Soffer. “Whether they win is a different story, but they’ve got a case.”
Soffer said through the process called discovery the public could see a lot.
“Lawyers for the city will get evidence that exists,” Soffer explained. “They’ll get tape recordings. They’ll get video surveillance, they’ll get phone records and they’ll take depositions. And transcripts will be made of those depositions. And then if it goes through to a trial we’ll see all of this come out in the open. You’ll see Jussie Smollett take the stand and testify.”
Smollett had better think twice about not paying what he owes. If all of that comes out and becomes part of the public record, he will be a laughingstock for claiming innocence of the hoax. more
I’d like to see him try to fight this. Don’t know about the laws, but wouldn’t him fighting this lawsuit enable the city to get access to the records; sealed or not?
Get the money now, before he ends up in Jail for this or something new.
they ought to sue that prosecutor of theirs too
He can always wash the Patrol Cars for 3 years, that’s a start.
That’s racist… isn’t it? We haven’t heard from the professional race grievance committee yet…
What does he have to worry about? He is his mother’s son and wouldn’t do anything to …
#1st rule when you beat the rap: don’t brag about it and mock the people if they can’t get you in a criminal court there is always the civil court. Think “OJ” when he started doing victory laps about how he was going to keep the search for the real killers… never go full OJ.
Let Chicongo pound sand. They’re after chimp change, and are simply acting a bit part. You’re a star Smollett, move on to bigger fish.
Charge Cook County IG Kim Foxx with obstruction of justice…
Attention! The mayor that is involved Rahm is on the way out the door. The new black female lesbian Gayor will not continue down the white man’s path. Game Set Match to the black male homosexual.
“he will be a laughingstock for claiming innocence of the hoax.”
Jesus Christ, he already is a laughingstock!
And if it goes to court, it is going to be a second one where an Obama is brought up in discovery.
Chicago is a dem shithole that I avoid at all costs, and is bho’s launching pad, so I expect he and the rest of the dems will fuck the Police on this one too.
How can the Prosecutor seal and expunge his records? I thought only a judge could do that. How will the PD obtain the evidence for the lawsuit, if the prosecutor has “sealed” them?
….and after they successfully sues his ass, they’re gonna bring him up on federal charges – and convict him and everyone who took part in this, including gorilla-face Michelle Obama.
No shame.
Hell has a special place for these people.
@Anonymous; I don’t think the new Mayor will deep six this one. She knows the cops are as mad as hell and a lot of the ADA’s are pissed too. If she tries to stop a civil suit trying to get the money back wasted on this ratfuck she’ll make too many enemies. In addition at some point all those white voters out there will finally realize they’re an endangered species in Chicago and will start looking at the alternatives. The good Mayor has to realize acting like a lefty racist (which she is) could result in a push at the state level to allow a Mayoral recall vote.
“Desk Sergeant: Before you go any further, pal, I gotta tell ya it’s cash up front. A thousand bucks a day for a full investigation, another thou’ if the assailant is caught. Do you understand?
Harry Canyon: Yeah. Hey, here’s a dollar. Thanks for nothin’.
Desk Sergeant: Think you can do better?… Punk.”
“Heavy Metal”, 1981