DEPARTMENT OF LAW
CITY CHICAGO
March 28, 2019

Jussie Smollett

c/o Riley Safer Holmes Cancila LLP
70 W. Madison Street, Suite 2900
Chicago, IL 60602

Re: Repayment of Investigation Costs for False Police Report
Dear Mr. Smollett,

The City of Chicago and the Chicago Police Department take seriously those who make false
statements to the police, thereby diverting resources from other investigations and undermining the criminal
justice system. On January 29, 2019, you made a police report in which you falsely claimed that two men
had attacked you while yelling racial and homophobic slurs. The Chicago Police Department conducted an
extensive investigation into this report. Over two dozen detectives and police of?cers participated in the
investigation, ultimately spending weeks investigating your false claims, including a substantial number of
overtime hours. As part of this investigation, Chicago police reviewed video and physical evidence and
conducted several interviews, expending resources that could have been used for other investigations.
Ultimately, the Chicago police investigation revealed that you knowingly ?led a false police report and had
in fact orchestrated your own attack.

In an attempt to resolve this matter without further legal action, the City requires immediate payment
of the $130,106.15 expended on overtime hours in the investigation of this matter. Please submit a money
order or certi?ed cashier?s check payable to ?City of Chicago? to the following address within seven (7) days
of the date of this letter:

City of Chicago Department of Law
Attn: Edward Siskel, Corporation Counsel
121 N. LaSalle, Room 600
Chicago, IL 60602

If the amount is not timely paid, the Department of Law may prosecute you for making a false
statement to the City under section l?21?010 of the Municipal Code of Chicago or pursue any other legal
remedy available at law. A violation of the false statement ordinance imposes a ?ne of not less than $500.00
and a maximum of $1,000.00, plus up to three (3) times the amount of damages the City sustains as a result
of the violation. The City may also seek to recover court costs, collection costs, and attomey?s fees. If you
have any questions, please call me at (312) 744?0220.

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Edward N. Siskel
Corporation Counsel

121 NORTH LASALLE STREET, 600, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60602