Jussie Smollett’s lawyers have said in a recently filed a motion that even though their client is innocent of staging a hoax attack, there was nevertheless no need for the police to undertake such a “sprawling investigation” and therefore it is “ridiculous and a stretch” that Smollett should cover its costs.
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, attorneys for Smollett filed the motion as a bid to get a city lawsuit against him dismissed before it goes to trial in federal court. The City of Chicago has demanded in the suit that Smollett pay more than $130,000 to cover a range of costs associated with the investigation into what is perceived to have been an orchestrated hoax.
