As Twitchy reported earlier, Jussie Smollett had until the end of the day to cough up $130,000 to cover the overtime Chicago police put in investigating his alleged homophobic and racist attack by Trump supporters.
The deadline has come and gone, and now Smollett will face a civil suit against the city, where the standards for proving Smollett staged the attack will be lower than criminal court.
BREAKING: Chicago says city will file civil lawsuit against actor Jussie Smollett after he refuses to pay for investigation costs
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 4, 2019
That actually makes sense and is a lower bar to win.
— matchpenalty (@matchpenalty1) April 4, 2019
Sounds fair
— Sheila (@sheyfranco) April 4, 2019
This dude is unbelievable. Literally ?
— Brigette (@Brigette912) April 4, 2019
Good, he has plenty of money
— Gail Meisner (@gameisner) April 4, 2019
Let’s hope the City of Chicago does not settle this in the background.
— Scott Feldman (@scottfeldman123) April 4, 2019
we must find the two maga suspects still on the lam!
— ian (@ianfursman) April 4, 2019
the DRAMA ???
— browne (@nezdrow) April 4, 2019
— Jim Koester (@Koester733) April 4, 2019
Seems like a stand-up guy. Surprised the city doesn’t take him for his word. ?
— Cas (@Caspappas) April 4, 2019
did he refuse because he was out of checks?
— Gilbert Petersun (@GilbertPetersun) April 4, 2019
This just gets better every day.
— K (@k__douglas) April 4, 2019
— Jimbo (@jimusamaga) April 4, 2019
This is farce. Maybe they shouldn't have dropped the criminal charges before getting an actual plea deal.
— Mash milks Devin Nunes' Cow (@thisismash) April 4, 2019
Chicago needs to get its act together!! Charges should never have been dropped against him in the first place!
— De'Plorable Afro Fats❌• GOD?FAMILY?COUNTRY?? (@FatsDomino1970) April 4, 2019
Reinstate the charges and proceed with trial.
— Fred Potter (@FredPotter02889) April 4, 2019
Just get a new prosecutor and send Smollett to trial.
— Bob (@bobtnine) April 4, 2019
Or just charge him, like you should have.
— Voiceofreason (@Voiceof49606662) April 4, 2019
The new mayor is not a fan, you may be looking at more charges
— Jonathan Behenna (@JonathanBehenna) April 4, 2019
Looks like the truth will come out
— Mike Spangler (@DirtDoe77) April 4, 2019
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Update:
A rep from #JussieSmollett legal team if he paid the $130K to the city of #Chicago and @Chicago_Police: “no comment at this time”. https://t.co/2Lt1HqzVuW
— Rafer Weigel (@RaferWeigel) April 4, 2019
City of #Chicago moving forward with a civil suit against #JussieSmollett after he “refused to reimburse the city for the cost of police OT spent investigating his false police report”. The suit will be filed in the “near future” and will seek full measure of damages allowed. https://t.co/nF07A0z0rM
— Rafer Weigel (@RaferWeigel) April 4, 2019
Related:
'OMG. Absolutely outrageous'! Jussie Smollett's team is 'quadrupling down' with this insane response to Rahm Emanuel and CPD https://t.co/ZHRGlM1c3z
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 28, 2019
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