Bad news for Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. He pleaded guilty to felony obstruction charges in the sex-and-misconduct scandal this morning. Kilpatrick will be stepping down from his position as Mayor and bring an end to the political chaos that plagued the city for the past seven months. As part of the deal, Kilpatrick is to serve FOUR months in jail, and five years probation along with paying a $1 Million fine in restitution over the five-year probationary period. WOW!

Do you think he got what he deserved?

The Detroit News is reporting that Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is offering to plead guilty to one or two felonies, leave office, pay a fine and restitution and perform community service – all on the condition that he does not go to jail, a source close to his legal team said.

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Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was accused for violating his bond AGAIN. Kilpatrick was spending time with his sister over the weekend, which is a violation as she is one of the 11 witnesses listed by authorities. In a court filing, the mayor had been ordered to have no contact with witnesses, not even his sister. Jeez.

Kilpatrick and Ayanna Kilpatrick were together at their mother’s house Saturday. This was a day after he was released from jail for violating bond in a separate perjury case. (more…)

A judge has ordered Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick jailed after determining he violated terms of his bond by taking an unauthorized trip to Canada last month. The City of Detroit Mayor apologized, but a federal judge ordered him jailed for violating terms of his bond. (more…)

The plot thickens in the Hip Hop Mayor’s case. More steamy text messages sent between Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his former top aide Christine Beaty were “XPOSED” in an 18 page document that was ordered Tuesday morning by the Judge working the case. The Wayne County Judge ordered the papers recovered from the personal computer of Michael Stefani, an attorney who represented the three police officers who were fired last year because of an internal probe into the mayor’s personal actions. The firing was a violation of the whistleblower law thus the case settled last year for $8.4 million.  The controversial relationship was XPOSED between the married mayor and the now-divorced Christine Beatty was the reasoning behind those lawsuits and has led to public embarrassment, felony charges and possible prison time for both. On March 24, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy charged Kilpatrick and Beatty with a total of 12 criminal counts including obstruction of justice, conspiracy, misconduct in office and perjury.

According to a Sept. 23, 2002, text message from Beatty to the mayor, she wrote: “I love you so much man! Thank you for showing what it’s like to be head over heels in love.”
On Sept. 15, 2002, Beatty described a sex act she wanted to perform on the mayor but said she didn’t know how to ask him to let her do it. He replied: “Next time, just tell me to sit down, shut up and do your thing!”   (more…)