Jussie Smollett verdict: City of Chicago will ‘continue to pursue its lawsuit’ against the ‘Empire' actor

On Friday, the director of public affairs for the City of Chicago confirmed to Fox News that it intends to continue pursuing its lawsuit against the fallen actor.hate crime hoax trial"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," read the statement.

After a contentious week of witness testimony, counsel arguments and deliberation, the jury found the 39-year-old guilty on the first five counts, and he was acquitted on a sixth count of lying to a detective weeks after Smollett said he was attacked. 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.

Brothers Olabinjo Osundairo, right, and Abimbola Osundairo, appear outside the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago, Feb. 24, 2020.

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