DETROIT – The city’s former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is still calling the text message scandal that led to his ouster after an affair with an aide a personal vendetta, also blaming racism and hatred for his scandals in an interview with a journalist for the Nation of Islam’s newspaper.
Sitting down with Ashahed Muhammad of The Final Call in an interview posted on YouTube on Saturday, Kilpatrick also says he still loves former chief of staff and lover Christine Beatty, a friend since the... 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
The former chief of staff to ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was released from jail early Monday after serving 69 days for obstruction of justice. Christine Beatty, accompanied by her attorney, pastor and others, walked out of the Wayne County Jail in downtown Detroit about 12:10 a.m. Monday. "I'm just anxious to go home and be with my children," Beatty told a handful of reporters and several dozen onlookers, some of whom applauded as she walked out the jail doors. "I'm very happy and I'm... Read Full Story
Kwame Kilpatrick, Sprung from Jail. Detroit Free Press Photo Guess who got sprung this morning? Your favorite former mayor and former lawyer Kwame Kilpatrick. According to the Detroit Free Press, it was a little after 12:30 a.m. when Kilpatrick walked from the Wayne County Jail a short way down one of the grimmest streets in Detroit to a clean, dark Chevy Suburban with “Mr. Muhammad” written in small script on the back. Is he a Muslim now? Kilpatrick was subdued and uncharacteristically... Read Full Story
Disgraced ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's remaining days in Detroit may be short. A judge ruled Tuesday that Kilpatrick is allowed to leave Michigan for a software sales job just north of Dallas that is expected to pay him an estimated $120,000 per year. He'll likely need the cash: Wayne County Circuit Court Judge David Groner has ordered Kilpatrick to pay $6,000 per month over the first six months of employment toward his $1 million restitution to the city. Kilpatrick attorney James Thomas had... Read Full Story
I can't say I feel sorry for embattled Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, but it is a shame that for the first time in Detroit's 307-year history a sitting mayor has been imprisoned. All this could have been avoided if he had only told the truth about his relationship with Christine Beatty under oath. He has now tarnished his reputation, his name, the office and has put his family under undue stress and embarrassment just for being a pig. There is more drama. According to the Detroit Free Press... Read Full Story
SOURCE:( LS ) Imprisoned ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his wife, Carlita, have sold their Tallahassee, Fla vacation home in the Summerbrooke subdivision following the text-message scandal that exploded last January. The brick home was sold earlier this month for a loss, mirroring the housing woes of northern Florida and the rest of the country. The Kilpatricks bought the 3,050-square-foot house in June 2007 for $430,000. But real estate broker Gary Bartlett confirmed the home sold... Read Full Story
SOURCE:( LS ) Imprisoned ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his wife, Carlita, have sold their Tallahassee, Fla vacation home in the Summerbrooke subdivision following the text-message scandal that exploded last January. The brick home was sold earlier this month for a loss, mirroring the housing woes of northern Florida and the rest of the country. The Kilpatricks bought the 3,050-square-foot house in June 2007 for $430,000. But real estate broker Gary Bartlett confirmed the home sold... Read Full Story
Detroit, your long local nightmare is over. Kwame "Lady Killer" Kilpatrick has come to his senses : DETROIT - Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded guilty to felony charges Thursday in a sex-and-misconduct scandal and will step down after months of defiantly holding onto his job leading the nation's 11th-largest city. He was ordered jailed for four months and fined $1 million. The plea deal brings to an end a seven-months-long ordeal that led to felony charges against Kilpatrick and plunged the... Read Full Story
Judge Rules Detroit Mayor Didn't Violate Bond DETROIT (AP) — Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's third trip to court in a week turned into a victory Tuesday when a judge threw out prosecutors' claim that a visit with his sister violated the terms of his bail in an assault case. Judge Ronald Giles agreed with the mayor's attorneys that a no-contact order didn't include Ayanna Kilpatrick, who is listed as a witness in the assault case. "I don't see the issue," the judge said. "I really don't. There isn't... Read Full Story
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