CLEVELAND (WJW) – The FOX 8 I-Team has uncovered a firestorm over a man wrongfully convicted of murder.
The City of Cleveland just asked a court to throw out his federal lawsuit, arguing he does not deserve any city tax dollars.
A court declared Ru-El Sailor wrongfully convicted, but now the City of Cleveland calls him a chronic liar who has played the system.
The city wants a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Sailor against the police.
Late Thursday, we reached him by phone.
“They’re saying you’ve lied for so long in so many ways they can’t straighten it out,” the I-Team said.
“It’s the same lie,” Sailor responded. “I didn’t put myself in prison. I didn’t arrest myself. I was never at the scene at all. They don’t want to pay me.”
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Sailor spent 15 years in prison. Ultimately, he was cleared of murder, but he did admit to perjury, lying about his case. Still, a court declared him wrongfully convicted.