Jussie Smollett ‘will not be intimidated into paying’ $130,000 to Chicago for investigation, lawyer says

Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images(CHICAGO) — Two days after prosecutors in Chicago unexpectedly dropped all charges against Jussie Smollett, city officials gave the “Empire” actor a week to pay back $130,000 used to investigate a hate crime in January that officials said was bogus. Smollett missed the deadline, and the city threatened a lawsuit on Thursday. A …

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