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Kwame Kilpatrick. The Kilpatrick and Beatty text-messaging scandal was a political sex scandal in the United States emerging from a whistleblower lawsuit involving former Detroit Police chief Gary Brown, Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his former chief of staff and paramour Christine Beatty.
The text messages appear to contradict testimony that Kilpatrick and Beatty gave at a trial in 2007 in regards to whether they had an affair and had fired an officer for investigating the mayor's behavior. The City of Detroit settled the lawsuit for $8.4 million based on the recommendation of Kilpatrick and the City of Detroit law department. [1]
Kwame Malik Kilpatrick (born June 8, 1970) is an American former politician and convicted felon who served as the 72nd mayor of Detroit from 2002 to 2008. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented the 9th district in the Michigan House of Representatives from 1997 to 2002.
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announced his support ... for the people of Detroit and am confident they will send me back to Washington for another term," he wrote in a text message to the Free Press. ...
The Free Press steered away from the 8-Mile angle but made it clear Young had ordered criminals to leave Detroit. Mayor Coleman Young enters his office for the first time on Jan. 3, 1974 at the ...
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan will run for Michigan governor in the 2026 election as an independent. Here's what to know about his background. ... Detroit Free Press City Hall Reporter Dana Afana ...
Christine Rowland Beatty (born May 1970) served as the Chief of Staff from 2002 to 2008 to Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.. In January 2008, Beatty resigned amid an emerging political sex scandal and criminal charges of perjury related to a whistleblower trial for lying under oath about her extramarital affair with Kilpatrick.
Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press March 7, 2024 at 1:44 PM Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan on Thursday proposed that officials focus on six areas as he proposed his $2.7 billion budget for fiscal 2025 in ...