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Jussie Smollett Is Suing The City Of Chicago For Malicious Prosecution

<p>Whew Chile&excl; Jussie Smollett had his day in court&comma; but it looks like he isn&&num;8217&semi;t satisfied with how his case turned out&period; So much so&comma; Jussie and his legal team have filed a counter-suit against the city of Chicago&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As we previously reported&comma; the city of Chicago filed a lawsuit against Jussie&comma; seeking the money they spent to investigate his alleged attack&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;B5F&lowbar;nzOhwoM&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;web&lowbar;copy&lowbar;link">Jussie&&num;8217&semi;s attorney&&num;8217&semi;s<&sol;a> are firing back&comma; saying Jussie was a victim of a malicious prosecution that cause humiliation and extreme distress&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"B5F&lowbar;nzOhwoM" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Back in January&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;the-911-calls-from-the-night-jussie-smollett-was-allegedly-attacked-is-released&sol;">Jussie reported<&sol;a> that the was the victim of a violent attack by two men in masks as he was walking home from a Subway sandwich shop&period; Jussie claimed the attack was racially charged&comma; and motivated by him being gay&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In February&comma; authorities determined that Jussie Smollett was attacked by Abel and Ola Osundairo&comma; who were close with Jussie on the set of &&num;8216&semi;Empire&&num;8217&semi;&period; They were also seen on surveillance video purchasing the items they allegedly used during the attack&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After an intense investigation&comma; prosecutors concluded Jussie had staged the entire attack with the help of the Osundairo brothers&period; They say Jussie paid the brothers to play a part in the attack&period; The case was dropped in March&comma; but Jussie maintained his innocence&comma; and let the authorities keep his &dollar;10&comma;000 bail&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Shortly after&comma; the city of Chicago hit Jussie with a lawsuit&comma; seeking the hundreds of thousands of dollars they spent to investigate the alleged incident&period; Jussie was also charged with filing  false police report&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Now&comma; Jussie is seeking for the City of Chicago to drop its lawsuit against him claiming the &dollar;10&comma;000 he was mandated to pay is enough reimbursement for the city&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>What are your thoughts&comma; Roomies&quest; Should Jussie have to pay the city what he owes for the cost of investigating his case&quest; Let us know in the comments&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"54649" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;jussie-smollett-suing-the-city-of-chicago-for-malicious-prosecution&sol;" data-secure&equals;"73f3d8639b"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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