The city of Chicago wasn’t messing around when they sent Jussie Smollett a bill for $130k.
He refused to pay it and now he’s really gonna pay:
CBS CHICAGO – Jussie Smollett will soon be facing a civil lawsuit from the City of Chicago, which is demanding the actor pay for the cost of investigating his allegedly made-up story about a racist attack.
The lawsuit is being drafted by the city’s Law Department and will be filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, spokesman Bill McCaffrey said.
Thursday was the city’s deadline day for the “Empire” actor to reimburse the city more than $130,000 for the cost of the investigation into the alleged racist and homophobic attack that police determined was a hoax.
The March 28 letter said, if Smollett does not pay within seven days, the city could prosecute him for making a false statement, and take him to civil court to seek up to three times that amount as damages, plus court costs and attorney’s fees.
I truly hope the City of Chicago rakes him over the coals in this lawsuit. I know they said they would only sue for three times the cost of their investigation plus attorney’s fees, but they really should up it to 10x the cost.
He needs to be taught a lesson and if the state isn’t going to teach him one, the city should do it.