Yeah - that guy is in the news again. From Legal Insurrection:
Jussie Smollett Sues City of Chicago for “Malicious Prosecution”
Guy concocts faux hate crime to gin up national press attention, gets busted, Chicago insists he pay for cost of investigating bogus crime and now guy is suing for “malicious prosecution,” basically.
Back in April, the city of Chicago filed a civil complaint against actor Jussie Smollett, seeking approximately $130,000, which they claim is the price tag for investigating Smollett’s “false police report.”
Now, Smollett is counter-suing.
From the WaPo:
This week, Smollett filed a counterclaim against the city of Chicago after its April lawsuit demanding that he pay $130,000 to make up for the 1,836 hours of police overtime spent looking into the alleged hate crime. In that suit, the city stated its intention to also seek attorneys’ fees and a civil penalty of $1,000 for each of Smollett’s alleged lies. But the actor’s lawyers claimed the city “is not entitled” to any of this.
“Having agreed to accept $10,000 from Mr. Smollett as payment in full connection with the dismissal of the charges against him,” the counterclaim filed Tuesday stated of his bond, “the City cannot seek additional recovery from Mr. Smollett under the doctrine of accord and satisfaction.”
The city sued him for $130K but settled for $10K - I bet they are going to come down on him like a ton of bricks. Should have left well enough alone. Discovery is going to be very interesting.
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