Jussie Smollett won't be 'intimidated' into reimbursing city of Chicago, lawyer says
Marc Geragos, one of the lawyers representing Jussie Smollett, says demands for the “Empire” actor to reimburse the city of Chicago more than $130,000 were made “maliciously and in bad faith.”
“In light of their vested interest in the matter, we are confident that Mayor Emanuel and Superintendent Johnson will not object to providing their testimony under oath,” he wrote. Geragos’ letter comes just over a week after the city of Chicago demanded that Smollett pay $130,106.15 for allegedly making false statements to the police. In a letter to Smollett obtained by PEOPLE, the city contended that Smollett made up the story “in which you falsely claimed that two men attacked you while yelling racial and homophobic slurs.”
Smollett, 36, had faced 16 counts of disorderly conduct for allegedly fabricating details of an assault that occurred around 2 a.m. local time on January 29 on a street in his Chicago neighborhood. The black, openly gay actor claimed the two masked men who attacked him hurled racist and homophobic insults, doused him with a chemical, and slipped a rope around his neck, which Smollett still had on when later interviewed by police.
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