Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick filed a lawsuit Wednesday against a lawyer who leaked racy text messages to the Detroit Free Press and kicked off a scandal that brought down Kilpatrick's administration and sent him to jail. The lawsuit, filed in Wayne County Circuit Court, cites recent testimony by attorney Mike Stefani before a disciplinary board that he leaked the messages to the newspaper. The suit says Stefani violated a confidentiality agreement requiring him to turn over all... Read Full Story
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick filed a lawsuit Wednesday against a lawyer who leaked racy text messages to the Detroit Free Press and kicked off a scandal that brought down Kilpatrick's administration and sent him to jail. The lawsuit, filed in Wayne County Circuit Court, cites recent testimony by attorney Mike Stefani before a disciplinary board that he leaked the messages to the newspaper. The suit says Stefani violated a confidentiality agreement requiring him to turn over all... Read Full Story
Former Detroit mayor released from jail Embattled former Detroit, Michigan, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was released from jail early Tuesday.
Kilpatrick, his beard overgrown and bushy, was escorted out of Michigan’s Wayne County jail as he dodged a crowd of reporters before getting into a car and was driven away, according to television footage from CNN affiliate WXYZ. Kilpatrick spent 100 days in jail as part of a plea agreement connected to a sex scandal that rocked Detroit and caused the... Read Full Story
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last year, you have heard about Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s affair and public ousting from office. Yesterday, his lover, other woman, whatever you want to call her, was released from jail after serving 70 days of her 90 day sentence. With her lawyer and pastor at her side, Christine Beatty was released with 5 years probation and a $100,000 debt to Detroit for obstruction of justice. To recap: Christine and Kwame were having an affair. They... Read Full Story
They will not leave this brother alone. Kwame Kilpatrick has seen his share of drama in the last few years. Being removed from his position of mayor of Detroit over scandal has cause some emotional scars, and now more drama. NewsOne roports that Wayne County prosecutor’s office wants a warrant out for Kilpatrick.... The Wayne County prosecutor’s office is claiming former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has violated his probation in a criminal case that led to jail time and his removal from... Read Full Story
They will not leave this brother alone. Kwame Kilpatrick has seen his share of drama in the last few years. Being removed from his position of mayor of Detroit over scandal has cause some emotional scars, and now more drama. NewsOne roports that Wayne County prosecutor’s office wants a warrant out for Kilpatrick.... The Wayne County prosecutor’s office is claiming former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has violated his probation in a criminal case that led to jail time and his removal from... Read Full Story
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DETROIT, Aug. 12, 2008
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Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick sits in court during an emergency bond appeal hearing in front of Judge Thomas... Read Full Story
Some people don't know when to leave the party. And by "people," I mean Detroit's Thug-4-Life mayor, Mr. Kwame Kilpatrick . As you may have heard on a TV set or read in a blog or news site near you, Kilpatrick violated the terms of his bond recently by attending to some city business in nearby Canada. He didn't notify the authorities that he was stepping out of the country for a bit, so the judge treated him like any other criminal and sent him to jail. It was while watching this unfold it... Read Full Story
The last casualty of the train wreck that was Kwame Kilpatrick’s career:
Between sobs and sighs Monday morning, Christine Beatty accepted her share of guilt in the text message scandal that has gripped metro Detroit for almost 12 months and made felons of her and her former boss, ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.
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“I lied under oath,” Beatty said shakily as part of her guilty pleas before Wayne Circuit Judge Timothy Kenny. She admitted lying to jurors and seeking to... Read Full Story
Five lawyers have been accused of misconduct for their roles in the settlement of lawsuits that ultimately led to the conviction of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, including the attorney who got the $8.4 million deal from the city. Mike Stefani, who represented police officers in the settlement, "engaged in conduct that is contrary to justice, ethics, honesty or good morals," the Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission said in a nine-page complaint. He had obtained a trove of text... Read Full Story
