CHICAGO (AP) - A city official says Chicago is seeking $130,000 from "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett to cover the costs of the investigation into his reported beating, which police say was staged. Bill McCaffrey, a spokesman for the city government's legal department, confirmed the amount Thursday, hours after Mayor Rahm Emanuel said the city would try to recoup the money it spent on the investigation. Cook County prosecutors on Tuesday dropped all of the charges against Smollett, who was accused of lying to police about being the victim of a homophobic and racist attack in downtown Chicago on Jan. 29. Emanuel and the police department blasted the decision to drop the charges, saying they stand by their belief that Smollett hired two friends to help him stage the attack because he was unhappy about his salary and wanted publicity. Smollett has maintained throughout that he is innocent.
On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 3:02 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > The problem with dismissing all charges is that it leaves the door open > for a possible federal prosecution. When they want to protect cops from > federal excessive force charges they have them plead guilty to a > misdemeanor in state or county/city court and the protects from federal > charges because of double jeopardy. Then, in a few years, after the statue > of limitations has expired, they seal the misdemeanor case and the cop can > continue like nothing happened. If all the charges are dismissed, Smollett > could face federal charges of some sort. > > > On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 12:56 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Now come the bigger questions.... >> >> Will Empire somehow work JS back into the show, presuming the Fox split >> doesn't complicate its renewal? >> >> And what if the Feds do decide to get involved? >> >> >> https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/charges-against-jussie-smollett-dropped-fox-options-1203172982/ >> (link) >> >> B >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
