Detroit seems to be of two minds regarding the latest moves against Kwame Kilpatrick by Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy. Clearly, Kilpatrick is flirting with disaster; it takes a real...
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Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick just got a left jab to the stomach. The Detroit Free Press is reporting that the Michigan Court of Appeals upheld a ruling that requires the City of Detroit to release all remaining secret documents that were part of an $8.4-million police whistle-blower settlement last October. This is clearly another legal blow to Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his lawyers in their bid to keep some details of the deal private. In the settlement with the cops, the mayor sought to... Read Full Story
Il y avait eu l’affaire Spitzer, le gouverneur de New York obligé de démissionner après la révélation qu’il était le “client numéro 9″ d’un réseau de prostitution de luxe. Certains démocrates étaient persuadés que l’enquête avait une origine politique. Le FBI maintient que ce sont des banques - qui ont leurs propres raisons pour ne pas porter le “justicier de Wall Street” dans leurs coeurs - qui l’ont alerté sur les transactions suspectes du gouverneur. Il s’avère que Roger Stone, un... Read Full Story
DETROIT, Dec. 1 (UPI) --
Christine Beatty, former chief of staff to jailed former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, has pleaded guilty to two felonies, prosecutors said Monday.
Beatty will serve 120 days in jail as a result of the guilty plea, which she made during a tearful confession before Wayne County Circuit Judge Timothy Kenny, the Detroit Free Press reported.
I lied under oath, Beatty told the judge, who accepted her plea deal and set a sentencing date of Jan. 5, when she will... Read Full Story
It has been confirmed that former Chief of Staff to Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, Christine Beatty has turned herself in to the Wayne County Sheriff's department. She was charged earlier today with seven counts , for her part in the sex and text scandal, by Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy. She arrived at the Westland post is currently being processed. More details to come.
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The Detroit Free Press is reporting that two police officers with whom the City of Detroit was looking to settle with in a suit filed against city officials for slander is being reconsidered. The officers, Zack Weishuhn and Patrick Tomsic, sued the city, Kilpatrick and Detroit Police Chief Ella Bully-Cummings for making what they called disparaging comments about them after a 2004 traffic stop of Kilpatrick's Chief of Staff, Christine Beatty. In light of the most recent allegations of... Read Full Story
Contrary to their denials made in court it's now reported that Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick did have a liaison with his aid Christine Beatty . Christine Beatty photo on right. But lots of texts have now come to light such as: Oct 3, 2002 From Kilpatrick I'm madly in love with you. Reply From Beatty I hope you feel that way for a long time. In case you haven't noticed, I am madly in love with you, too! April 8, 2003 From Beatty And, did you miss me, sexually? Reply From Kilpatrick Hell yeah... Read Full Story
The fallout from Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's text message scandal with Christine Beatty continues. City Council members have called for his resignation and he has vowed not to step down. Some City Council members began moving toward the unprecedented action of removing the mayor from office if he doesn't quit. Ouch, that could be pretty tough and if they succeed, equally embarrassing for Kilpatrick, who has suddenly found God again. Kilpatrick, in radio interviews and brief sessions... Read Full Story
This is totally ridiculous and shows how low the right wing will go to smear Barack Obama. For everything untoward that happens to people Obama knows, somehow he gets blamed. The latest smear campaign comes courtesy of a conservative organization, Freedom’s Defense Fund, which is already airing this ad that makes an explicit connection between Barack Obama and the disgraced Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. According to Newsweek, 16 months ago, as Obama was launching his campaign for president... Read Full Story
