{"id":1112772,"date":"2021-12-12T21:29:12","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T02:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1112772"},"modified":"2021-12-12T21:29:14","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T02:29:14","slug":"chicago-to-still-go-after-convicted-hate-crime-hoaxer-jussie-smollett-for-130k-in-police-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-to-still-go-after-convicted-hate-crime-hoaxer-jussie-smollett-for-130k-in-police-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago To Still Go After Convicted Hate Crime Hoaxer Jussie Smollett For $130K In Police Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchicago-to-still-go-after-convicted-hate-crime-hoaxer-jussie-smollett-for-130k-in-police-costs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1112772&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The City of Chicago said last week that it will still go after convicted hate crime hoaxer Jussie Smollett, a felon, for more than $100,000 in costs incurred by the city\u2019s police department during their investigation into the hate crime that he staged on himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 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\u2019s false police reports that he was a victim of a hate crime,\u201d the city <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/jussie-smollett-verdict-chicago-lawsuit\">said<\/a> in a statement. \u201cWhile using a different standard of proof, the jury\u2019s finding of guilt convicting Jussie Smollett of criminal charges stemming from the incident confirms that the City was correct in bringing its civil lawsuit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement continued,&nbsp;\u201cThe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smollett was found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/jussie-smollett-100-confident-court-will-overturn-5-felony-convictions-for-staging-hate-crime-hoax\">guilty<\/a> on Thursday of five Class 4 felonies for telling police officers and detectives myriad lies from the staged hoax that he tried to blame on purported Trump supporters. A Class 4 felony carries a maximum prison sentence of 3 years per count.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/jussie-smollett-verdict-alleged-hate-crime-hoax-trial\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>Count 1 accused him of telling responding Chicago Police Officer Muhammed Baig at around 2:45 a.m., some 45 minutes after the purported attack, that he was the victim of a hate crime. He said two attackers put a rope around his neck. Count 2 referred to Smollett telling the same officer he was a victim of a battery, describing attackers beating and pouring bleach on him.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Counts 3 and 4 stemmed from Smollett making the same claims but to a different officer, Kimberly Murray, later that morning, just before 6 a.m.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Count 5 accused Smollett of again telling Murray at around 7:15 p.m. that he was the victim of a battery. Count 6 referred to Smollett reporting on Feb. 14, 2019, to detective Robert Graves that he\u2019d been a victim of an aggravated battery.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Speaking with reporters following the verdict, Nenye Uche, lead attorney for Smollett, said that the now-convicted felon was \u201c100 percent confident\u201d that he would be found innocent on appeal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe feel 100 percent confident that this case will be won on appeal,\u201d Uche said. \u201cUnfortunately, that\u2019s not the route we wanted but sometimes that\u2019s the route you have to take to win, especially a case where we remain 100 percent confident in our client\u2019s innocence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a human being; he\u2019s disappointed \u2014 but I will tell you this: I am very proud of him. I\u2019m very, very proud of him,\u201d he added. \u201cHe\u2019s holding up very strong; he\u2019s committed to clearing his name and he\u2019s 100 percent confident that he\u2019s going to get cleared by the appellate court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The City of Chicago said last week that it will still go after convicted hate crime hoaxer Jussie Smollett, a felon, for more than $100,000 in costs incurred by the city\u2019s police department during their investigation into the hate crime that he staged on himself.\u201cThe 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\u2019s false police reports that he was a victim of a hate crime,\u201d the city said in a statement. \u201cWhile using a different standard of proof, the jury\u2019s finding of guilt convicting Jussie Smollett of criminal charges stemming from the incident confirms that the City was correct in bringing its civil lawsuit.\u201dThe statement continued,\u00a0\u201cThe 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.\u201dSmollett was found guilty on Thursday of five Class 4 felonies for telling police officers and detectives myriad lies from the staged hoax that he tried to blame on purported Trump supporters. A Class 4 felony carries a maximum prison sentence of 3 years per count.Fox News\u00a0reported:Count 1 accused him of telling responding Chicago Police Officer Muhammed Baig at around 2:45 a.m., some 45 minutes after the purported attack, that he was the victim of a hate crime. He said two attackers put a rope around his neck. Count 2 referred to Smollett telling the same officer he was a victim of a battery, describing attackers beating and pouring bleach on him.Counts 3 and 4 stemmed from Smollett making the same claims but to a different officer, Kimberly Murray, later that morning, just before 6 a.m.Count 5 accused Smollett of again telling Murray at around 7:15 p.m. that he was the victim of a battery. Count 6 referred to Smollett reporting on Feb. 14, 2019, to detective Robert Graves that he\u2019d been a victim of an aggravated battery.Speaking with reporters following the verdict, Nenye Uche, lead attorney for Smollett, said that the now-convicted felon was \u201c100 percent confident\u201d that he would be found innocent on appeal.\u201cWe feel 100 percent confident that this case will be won on appeal,\u201d Uche said. \u201cUnfortunately, that\u2019s not the route we wanted but sometimes that\u2019s the route you have to take to win, especially a case where we remain 100 percent confident in our client\u2019s innocence.\u201d\u201cHe\u2019s a human being; he\u2019s disappointed \u2014 but I will tell you this: I am very proud of him. I\u2019m very, very proud of him,\u201d he added. \u201cHe\u2019s holding up very strong; he\u2019s committed to clearing his name and he\u2019s 100 percent confident that he\u2019s going to get cleared by the appellate court.\u201dRelated:The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1112772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1112772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1112772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1112772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1112772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1112772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1112772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}