The Mayor of the Motor City is getting rolled out of town like a flaming tire, all disgraced and humiliated-like. At least he had some fun with his mistress(es?) on his way down to political hell...
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was charged with perjury, obstruction of justice and official misconduct on Monday, stemming from a sex scandal and the prominent Democrat's handling... of a whistle-blower lawsuit against the city.
For weeks, the City Council had called for his resignation and the commoners echoed this with demands for his head. Kilpatrick had been busted for lying on the stand during a lawsuit brought by two police officers who were allegedly fired for whistleblowing/cooperating in an investigation over the Mayor's use of tax dollars to fund extramarital affairs. The affairs, meanwhile, were all apparently with one woman: his chief of staff, Christine Beatty. Ouch.
In court, Kilpatrick and Beatty denied having an intimate relationship, but [recently discovered] text messages reveal that they carried on a flirty, sometimes sexually explicit dialogue about where to meet and how to conceal their trysts. [AP/Yahoo]
Compared to this guy, Eliot Spitzer is a pansy and David Paterson his drunk-ass wingman. These political offices make Hooksexup HQ look like a Focus On The Family picnic, only with fewer hot chicks and more firearms.
In case you missed last week's New Yorker, check out Paul Slansky's "Carry On: The Scandal Quiz," which should bring you up to date on all our popularly-elected perverts.