Chicago police release 500 pages of reports in Jussie Smollett case
By: Chicago Tribune, policeone.com
CHICAGO — On the day in late February when Jussie Smollett was indicted on 16 felony charges that he allegedly faked a hate crime against himself, a top Cook County prosecutor told Chicago police she believed the case would end with the “Empire” actor paying restitution and doing community service.
It would be nearly a month before prosecutors in a surprise hearing dropped all charges in what they later said was in exchange for Smollett forfeiting his $10,000 bail and as credit for volunteer work he had already performed.
The detail about one of State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s top prosecutors, Risa Lanier, informing a detective about Smollett’s likely fate in late February was buried in hundreds of pages of reports released Thursday in the Chicago Police Department’s investigation of Smollett.
