Ask Jussie Smollett
You may remember Jussie Smollett from “Empire,” a locally shot Fox series on which he played a musician. Smollett was indicted in February for disorderly conduct. Smollett allegedly paid two Nigerian-American men to stage a fake assault on him, then filed a false police report for a hate crime. After much of the drama played out in public, the City of Chicago sent a letter to his attorneys, requesting that he pay $130,106.15 to offset the costs of police overtime needed to investigate the incident. (Tanner Woodford)
Best of Chicago 2019
