The City of Chicago is moving forward with its lawsuit against Jussie Smollett after he was found guilty of plotting his hate crime among other offenses.
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Officials confirmed in their statement that they continue pursuing the lawsuit against Smollett. “The City filed a civil lawsuit against Jussie Smollett to recover costs incurred by the Chicago Police Department investigating what the City believed to be Smollett’s false police reports that he was a victim of a hate crime. While using a different standard of proof, the jury’s finding of guilt convicting Jussie Smollett of criminal charges stemming from the incident confirms that the City was correct in bringing its civil lawsuit,” the statement reads.
“The City intends to continue to pursue its lawsuit to hold Smollett accountable for his unlawful actions and to demand that he compensate the City for costs incurred by the Chicago Police Department which took his false claims of harm seriously,”
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The actor was found guilty of falsifying a hate crime and filing the police report along with telling investigators that he was a victim of a hate crime. He was not charged with telling a detective that he was the victim of aggravated battery.
Smollett has maintained his innocence in the situation and said the two-day trial was not enough to prove that he was guilty of the crimes.
SOURCE: FOX News