Smollett missed the deadline, and the city threatened a lawsuit on Thursday. A day later, a lawyer for the actor responded by saying Smollett "will not be intimidated into paying the demanded sum."
"Mr. Smollett vehemently denies making any false statement to the City of Chicago, or to any individuals investigating" the alleged attack, attorney Mark Geragos said in a statement addressed to Chicago's Department of Law on Friday. "All criminal charges against Mr. Smollett from this incident have been dismissed and his record has been sealed. Thus, your claim that Mr. Smollett filed a false police report and orchestrated his own attack is false and defamatory.
Geragos' letter followed a statement from Bill McCaffrey, a Department of Law spokesperson, issued Thursday night that said: "Mr. Smollett has refused to reimburse the City of Chicago for the cost of police overtime spent investigating his false police report on January 29, 2019. The Law Department is now drafting a civil complaint that will be filed in the Circuit Court of Cook Country.
The lawsuit would be filed "in the near future" and the city "will pursue the full measure of damages allowed under the ordinance," McCaffrey concluded.
Another instance of where I BEG Twitter to add a laughing emoji. Better to pay up Mr. Smollett than to be sued. It please, sue him Chicago. And we need the FBI to investigate this hate crime and Foxx. Who fixed this case, because SOMEONE did. WHO?
Pay the money, Jessie! Everyone knows you did it!!
Jussie should be locked up. It’s a shame our Judicial system dropped charges. Faking the hate crime is a bad as doing it !
From a rational pov, if he pay means he is guilty . Since his case was dropped he can maintain his innocent. He is not gonna sue the police because he is not that stupid. Rich getting a get out of free jail card.
Yes he will
So... everyone got paid off but the city
let’s let a judge intimidate him
JussieSmollett you are done! You did it to yourself! Stop lying and playing the victim. You are the perpetrator!
Lol. What a POS.
Rod Serling should introduce each one of these reports.
Be a good lawyer and learn to compromise. No one ever gets everything they want, but to end it, just pay this reasonable cost to close the matter. Stubborness is not a good quality for resolution.
Why isn’t he shouting from the rooftops to find the people who did this to him.
Sure, why would he pay up. He already got away with it.
He doesn’t have $130,000.
Let’s hope the city doesn’t quietly drop the suit like they did the 16 felony counts. It is Chicago you know. Crook County.
Good for OJ ni mean Jessie Uh oh never mind
Pay hell, he should be on jail. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
How does this dude still show his face in public. Dude has no shame
Then go ri jail you fuckin skumbag you ain't no better than anyone else so in that case maybe all you assholea should free the other asshole that said he was a missing boy it's no better than what you have done scum
Just go away already. Complete arrogance. Pay the overtime and get on with your life dude. Find a way to earn forgiveness by doing good deeds. Sadly Kim destroyed her career on one lame individual. Today I am sure she is kicking herself.
Damn dude u already should be in jail. Pay the money u got off lucky
Shameless JussieSmollett
😳
Chicago is a shit town
He doesn't want to show is guilt by paying.
sounds like he already is ...
He has learned that he can thumb his nose at the law and get away with it
Expensive detective work. Read the details. Lots of manpower taken from real crimes! Sue sue sue. America is watching....
Goose? Meet gander. Gander? This is goose.
Why is anyone paying any attention to this 'attention demanding' person?
Who?
Probably doesn’t have it after paying his way out of trouble...
He’ll be changing his tune “jailhouse Rock”
I’m kinda curious how much he’s going to end up paying this lawyer to help him not reimburse the city. $130k might look awfully cheap by the time it’s all said and done.
Two time loser!!! Soon to be a three time loser when FBI looks into his recent acts
He does know if the city files a civil suit all those records will be unsealed right?
Let the discovery begin!
And Kim Fox is interested in fighting for justice & fairness(sounds like a protester). No where in her statement does she say anything about upholding THE LAW!!!
$130,000 is easy to spend in Chicago.
Idiot
Big difference between being intimidated and doing lawfully what’s right. He continues to thumb his nose at the justice system. How can that show still keep him is beyond me.
Crash & Burn!
I doubt any director would cast him to a commercial after his “attack”.
Good, sue him!!
Why waste any more ink on Smollette... A Real Loser...Maybe only one thing he may be 'juicy' about..!!
Absolutely no dignity or respect
50 bucks that in the course opf this thing smollet claims that police attacked him or retaliated
Of course not. Who would of thought reporting a fake Hate Crime about a bunch of Low Life Peckerwood Cracker Trump Supporters would actually be investigated? So that's on Chicago for doing the right thing
JussieSmollett best settle this quickly out of court. Nothing in law stopping anyone from pursuing a matter in the civil courts instead of the criminal court & bro you don’t want a civil court making a finding on this overwhelming evidence with its much lower burden of proof.
ABC this Smollett guy thinks he's real smart but I bet Chicago Police will prove their case this feels like extortion!
Jerk!
What a loser. He better hope he doesn’t need police assistance in the near future.
I C A court date in his future....... 130k x 3 = 390K he may become liable for......😮 I feel no more for him than those Scheming Parents Bribing universities. Nail them all........
This is great. It will unseal all the evidence that the corrupt Foxx had sealed
Jussie Smollett 'will not be intimidated into paying' $130,000 to Chicago for game of clue, lawyer says.
What hes beating himself up over this
How dare he not be put in prison for many years for paying someone thousands of dollars to beat his ass, and then being fined for the same thing... I mean he should at least have gone away for LIFE.. For a crime that he is the only victim of..
Why not? Whatever went down here is scamful. He should pay his part.
He knows his career is over and will need that $130k to live off of for a short time. He will continue to leech off of his families close ties to survive after that.
Message out. Fake a hate crime and it becomes a win-win. If you succeed the scam, the media/left/Hollywood will devour you with sympathy and adulation for your bravery. You may get a raise at work. If you get caught, nothing happens. You can even play victim by blaming Trump.
bwawahahahaa Pay up, loser.
Lol don't think they got your back anymore Jussie...
lock him up for 30 years ,bet he would like to change his mind then .
🤦♀️
Intimidation should be the last thing he's concerned with... If these cops want to get him they're going to get him... One Way Or Another... You don't Shit all over their shoes and just walk away...
What intimidation? Everybody else would have to pay! Jussie is not special!
It's like he wants to end his entire acting career and work a normal job like most of us.
Well then garnish his unemployment check.
Well damn.
15:01
I don't see how he can avoid it...
Hoax boy
😂
I see Nigerian porn in his near future.
Save the moral indignation. You should have been sent to prison. Paying a fine is getting off easy.
Where is Rev Al and Jesse to pay for this .... you know his big supporters
You misspelled his name, it starts with a 'P'
Doesn't Geragos need to go back and handle some more business with MichaelAvenatti ?
Shame
My inside sources say the Obama’s will pay it .
Shame
what a d-bag.
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