Comedian sues couple who would not sell him home

Attorneys for Chicago radio personality and comedian George Willborn have filed a $100 million discrimination lawsuit stemming from his failed attempt to buy a house in the city's Bridgeport neighborhood for $1.7 million.

Willborn and his wife, Peyten, who are black, contend that they were discriminated against when the home's owners, Daniel and Adrienne Sabbia, backed out of a verbal agreement to sell it.

The lawsuit filed Thursday is against the Sabbias, real estate agent Jeffrey Lowe and Prudential Rubloff Properties. Attorneys for the defendants were not immediately available for comment.

Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development filed a federal housing discrimination complaint against the defendants.