Controversy Over Mayor's Incriminating Text Messages
A judge allowed raunchy text messages between Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and Chief of Staff Christine Beatty to be released. One of the mayor’s attorneys, Jim Thomas, is arguing that the release of these messages is a violation on Kilpatrick’s right to privacy. Thomas stated that it was “improper to print it at this time,” and that the release of the messages would “affect his(Kilpatrick) ability to have a fair trial.”
The Detroit Free Press printed some of these messages which blew the lid off a scandal involving the Mayor lying under oath when asked if having an affair with Ms. Beatty. The messages fist appeared in 2007 when Michael Stefani, attorney for a fired Detroit police officer, arrived at a whistle-blower lawsuit settlement with an envelope containing the messages. The messages contained exchanged confessions of love between Mayor Kilpatrick and Beatty; along with evidence of the Mayor and Chief of Staff working behind the Chief of Police’s back to punish and fire officers who “refused to look the other way”.
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/16057009/detail.html
posted by JWelch at 7:57 PM
1 Comments:
That a interesting story and its unfortunate you didn't state your opinion on the matter. It seems to be that a mayor is a public official and is not as subjective to privacy of text messages. The mayors text messages revealing him lying under oath, justifies invading his privacy even more. Mayors are public officials and if it were up to me all their affairs would be public, not just their relations with woman. They represent their community and should their for stand as role models. Its just sad to always hear stories about mayors and governers cheating, and lying.
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