As we told you yesterday, Jussie Smollett blew off the deadline to reimburse the City of Chicago over $130,000 for the money spent investigating the alleged “hate crime.” The statement from the actor’s attorneys shows that he’s going to stick to his original story no matter what:

Jussie Smollett "will not be intimidated into paying" $130,106.15 to reimburse Chicago for investigating his claim he was the victim of a hate crime, his attorneys say https://t.co/7QjpzE2Awd — CNN International (@cnni) April 5, 2019

Letter from #JussieSmollett lawyer Mark Geragos to Chicago Dept of Law: “it appears that your threats were made maliciously and in bad faith and without an honest belief that a cause of action against Mr #Smollett exists, even under the lesser preponderance of evidence standard.” pic.twitter.com/SJ3JIJUbCF — Rafer Weigel (@RaferWeigel) April 5, 2019

Wow!

He's really doing this. Alright. https://t.co/bl7PecNkzy — Jay Tee Ell Oh Ell (@jtLOL) April 5, 2019

Apparently that’s the direction Smollett and his legal team want to take this:

What is wrong with this guy? — R U kidding Me (@RUkiddi09839349) April 5, 2019

FAIRY tales are expensive. — Steve Reo (@a1amerikan) April 5, 2019

The gall and arrogance. He should have gone to prison for what he did. Jussie is a disgrace to the LGBTQ community and he deserves no sympathy. I don't believe for a second that he is innocent. — John Bata (@johnnyatab) April 5, 2019

The sheer arrogance of this man. https://t.co/v2OI98RNA4 — Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) April 5, 2019

So this guy lies about me getting attacked , is lucky enough to get away with it , and won't even pay a fine , damn jussie is something else ??? https://t.co/5UXgy9El6v — Williz (@waeil_bashir) April 5, 2019

Good, let’s get all the facts out there during the court case. — Ragnar (@Ragnar21354558) April 5, 2019

A civil suit filed against Smollett by the City of Chicago appears to be where this is all headed.

Iowahawk has a backup idea for the city:

They should send the bill to Kim Foxx. — David Burge (@iowahawkblog) April 5, 2019

Perfect.