Jussie Smollett’s Attorney Ready for War with City of Chicago

Jussie Smollett's Attorney Ready for War with City of Chicago

Jussie Smollett doesn’t car that the City of Chicago is about to sue his @ss for allegedly faking the “attack.”

Why? Because Jussie Smollett attorneys have declared war with the City of Chicago. Read on…

Jussie Smollett's Attorney Ready for War with City of Chicago

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CelebNMusic247.com reports that the Empire star Jussie Smollett and the City of Chicago are NOT done brawling it out in court over the alleged racial attack.

See the City of Chicago fired off a letter to Jussie’s people, demanding $130,000 for the cost of investigating the case. Jussie’s people told the City to go pound sand. The City had to wait 7 days before filing a civil lawsuit against the actor. Well the 7 days has now passed, and the City has made its intentions clear

Chicago is going forward with the lawsuit. – Take a look at the court doc here…

A spokesman for the City says:

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 County. Once it is filed, the Law Department will send a courtesy copy of the complaint to Mr. Smollett’s L.A. based legal team.

For Chicago to win the case, the City must prove that it’s more likely than not that Jussie faked the “attack.”

The lawsuit follows the State’s Attorney decision to drop the criminal case against Jussie where he faced 16 felony counts.

Now,  FOX News reports Jussie Smollett’s legal team threaten the City of Chicago if the follow through:

Jussie Smollett’s legal team has basically declared WAR on Chicago if they follow through with its threat to sue the “Empire” actor to reimburse the city for the cost of investigating his controversial case.

Smollett’s attorney isn’t playing, Geragos said if the city follows through with its threat Thursday to sue Smollett, he’ll demand sworn depositions from Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson. He will also demand sworn depositions by the two brothers who told police Smollett paid them to “attack” him. It is an effort to see if the perger themsleves so he can have them held in contempt and arrested.

Geragos letter reads:

Mr. Smollett vehemently denies making any false statements. Your claim that Smollett filed a false police report and orchestrated his own attack is false and defamatory.

The letter concludes:

Mr. Smollett’s preference remains, however, that this matter be closed and that he be allowed to move on with his life.

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