And it sounds like the new mayor might be supportive of the effort.
Via NBC:
The city of Chicago was drafting a lawsuit Thursday against “Empire” star Jussie Smollett seeking repayment for the cost of a police investigation into what authorities called a staged attack against the actor.
“Mr. Smollett has refused to reimburse the City of Chicago for the cost of police overtime spent investigating his false police report on January 29, 2019,” the city’s Law Department said in a statement. “The Law Department is now drafting a civil complaint that will be filed in the Circuit Court of Cook Country. Once it is filed, the Law Department will send a courtesy copy of the complaint to Mr. Smollett’s Los Angeles-based legal team.”
The suit will be filed in the “near future,” officials said, and will seek the full measure of damages allowed under the ordinance.