Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett and his attorneys lost their bid, Tuesday, to toss out a civil case, filed by the city of Chicago seeking to recoup around $130,000 spent investigating Smollett’s alleged hoax hate crime.
A Federal judge told Smollett’s attorneys that the case can move forward into discovery and the court set a loose timeline for trial, tabling litigation until early 2020.
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