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Lawyer and Law Student of the Day: Kwame Kilpatrick and Christine Beatty

Kwame Kilpatrick Mayor Kwame M Kilpatrick Above the Law blog.jpgThe great state of Michigan, recent host to presidential primaries, is also the home of our Lawyer of the Day. A correspondent writes:

The mayor of Detroit was sexing up his chief of staff, who just happened to be a Wayne State Law Student. The mayor happens to be married with three kids. They may have perjured themselves.

No, not the kids -- Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his lover. From the Detroit Free Press:

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his chief of staff lied about their relationship last summer at a police whistle-blower trial that has cost the cash-strapped city more than $9 million, according to records obtained by the Free Press.

The false testimony potentially exposes them to felony perjury charges, legal experts say.

Kilpatrick and chief of staff Christine Beatty denied during testimony in August that they had a sexual relationship. But the records, a series of text messages, show them engaged in romantic banter as well as planning and recounting sexual liaisons.

Dirty details, below the fold.

From the Free Press:

The newspaper examined nearly 14,000 text messages on Beatty's city-issued pager. The exchanges, which the Free Press obtained after the trial, cover two months each in 2002 and 2003.

Fourteen thousand text messages? Apparently the mayor of Detroit is a fourteen-year-old girl.

The text messages cover a range of issues, from the daily minutiae of city business to political gossip to the latest doings on "American Idol." Kilpatrick and Beatty, both 37, exchanged personal messages almost daily, including romantic notes.

"I'm madly in love with you," Kilpatrick wrote on Oct. 3, 2002.

"I hope you feel that way for a long time," Beatty answered. "In case you haven't noticed, I am madly in love with you, too!"

Other texts contain sexual content, like this exchange on April 8, 2003:

Beatty: "And, did you miss me, sexually?"

Kilpatrick: "Hell yeah! You couldn't tell. I want some more."

One would expect better writing from a lawyer and a law student. Show, don't tell. Provide details, not just generalities. (Then again, the Free Press isn't quoting the juiciest messages: "The Free Press is not publishing some of those exchanges because of their explicit nature.")

Kilpatrick, a lawyer, could also face discipline if the state Attorney Discipline Board finds he lied in court. Lying under oath is one of the worst sins a lawyer can commit -- akin to stealing a client's money, legal experts said....

Beatty, a Wayne State law student, may face hurdles to obtaining a law license if she lied to or deceived a court.

Lying under oath -- not exactly a plus on the character-and-fitness part of the bar application.

Anyone remember this insanity? It seems that some Wayne State law students may be their own worst enemies.

Mayor Kilpatrick, chief of staff lied under oath, text messages show [Detroit Free Press]
About the Mayor: Kwame Kilpatrick [City of Detroit - official website]

Earlier: Tier Four Law Students: They Can Be Pissy Bitches, Too


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I'm innocent... it's just the racist media trying to keep me down...

Check out all the controversies Kwame has been involved with:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwame_Kilpatrick#Controversies

This guy is a disaster... probably the worst mayor in the country.

LOL LOL! Damn that. Never busted. Busted is what you see!

Wayne State might be the worst law school in the country. Go Wildcats.

Isn't this the same guy that leased his wife an Escalade and charged it to the police department several years ago?

Wayne State to 190k!

8:21 - yes, it is.

The Freep is all over this story like white on rice.

Detroit is so hosed it's not funny. A once-great city has turned to complete crap. The Detroit of "Robocop" is not all that far from reality.

Don't disparage Wayne just because of a few bad apples that come out of it. I'm willing to bet these individuals are morons to begin with. I did my first year at Wayne and I can tell you it is one hell of a law school.

The city of Detroit would make for a good case study on the evils of labor unions.

I spent some time in Detroit years ago, and Kwame wore what appeared to be a diamond earring all the time back then, including in front of the press. If he wore a grill, it came out before he stepped to the mike. I'd love to see Bloomberg rock some ice on the subway.

Don't hate the player, hate the game.

http://www.kilpatrick2005.com/images/Christine-Beatty.jpg

he looks like a poor in this picture.

This never would have happened to a Detriot Mercy student like Judge Greg Mathis

Kwame demonstrates the evils of Michigan State University College of Law.

GO BLUE!!!!!!

8:32,

I completely agree. I've worked with several Wayne Law grads, and have always been impressed. I don't know where the morons written about on this website came from, but they're certainly not representative of the student body as a whole.

I moved to Detroit from California, and I must say it's not as bad as everyone thinks. However, Kwame is a clown and everyone knows it. Detroit has enough problems without this douche at the helm.

I'd hit it

Jeez, people. If you lie under oath, but it's about sex, it doesn't matter. Are you reading outdated casebooks or something?

Oh, and Barack Obama is the biggest fairy tale, drug using douchebag ever. Elect my wife, dammit!

Didn't Kwame have a former girlfriend disappeared?

@ 9:21

No, he had a stripper/hooker who was at a party (which allegedly never took place) at the mayor's mansion "disappeared" as you put it.

And by 9:21 I mean 9:27

I'm from Detroit and practiced there for about 4 years before going on to a true BIGLAW market. Kwame is going DOWN (and not on Christine Beatty, this time)!! LOL!!!LOL!!

Never busted, eh?

Apparently, as of this morning (Friday AM), Mayor Kilpatrick and Christine Beatty are being investigated for perjury by the county prosecutor. See link below.

http://www.wxyz.com/default.aspx

I wonder if the dean at Wayne State's law school would suspend Beatty pending the outcome of the investigation, or would the dean allow her to continue to attend school throughout the investigation. It's a public school, so I guess they don't have the same latitude that a private school might...

The newspaper examined nearly 14,000 text messages on Beatty's city-issued pager. The exchanges, which the Free Press obtained after the trial, cover two months each in 2002 and 2003.

Fourteen thousand text messages? Apparently the mayor of Detroit is a fourteen-year-old girl.

Lat, the mayor is named Kilpatrick. The Chief of Staff is Beatty, and the article says Beatty's phone had 14,000 text messages.

Dumbass.

I should add that the article gives no reason to think that ALL 14,000 messages on Beatty's phone were from Kilpatrick. As the chief of staff, my guess is she had plenty of people calling & texting her phone for all kinds of reasons. The paper examined the total number and, yes, found a large number to/from Kilpatrick.

10:59pm = 8:32pm

8:32pm, 10:59pm - If WSU was so great, why did you get the heck out of there after one year? Nice try. I'm sure it's one of the finest law schools in Detroit, however. LOL

No jury in Detroit will convict this ass-clown. They elected him mayor, and then re-elected him. Also, this is the same town that repeatedly re-elected Coleman Young for 30 years.

This is the tip of the iceberg with this joker.

/ Kwame Killed My City

No jury in Detroit will convict this ass-clown. They elected him mayor, and then re-elected him. Also, this is the same town that repeatedly re-elected Coleman Young for 30 years.

This is the tip of the iceberg with this joker.

/ Kwame Killed My City

1) Beatty is a 1L this year - so she did not attend Wayne at the time these text messages were sent. Believe me, her peers are not happy about this mess. As for what the school will do - who knows? She should grow a pair and drop out, since she won't pass C&F now.

2) Wayne State has a good reputation in Michigan. As our esteemed exiting Dean loves to say, "Wayne graduates dominate the bench and the bar" in Michigan. Many students who can't get into UM Law or elsewhere go to Wayne State their first year and transfer, if they get the grades. Some of us went to Wayne and ended up staying. There's really no need for you all to make fun of us, but I am happy enough with my degree and my job that I can take it. :)

I hate to say this because I am from Detroit, but it's a total SHITHOLE. I moved to NYC 3 years ago because things were just to bad there. There are no real businesses there and the legal community is pathetic. The quality of work/cases is a total joke. One interesting thing though, is that I have a lot of friends who made partner in 6 years at two top flight Michigan firms. Butzel Long and Miller Canfield. The bottom line is that the city has been in trouble for years and a GHETTO ass Mayor is not helping the cause. The fact that he was re-elected is astounding. I don't feel bad for the people of the City of Detroit because they are getting what they deserve for electing a CRIMINAL. That guy is like Slick Willy - Bill Clinton. No matter how many times he is caught lying, it doesn't even phase people. He's gotten off on so many charges it's not even funny. He did used to wear this princess cut diamond earring in his left ear for a long time. It was so ghetto and he was proud of it. He used to say that he was hip and the "peoples" Mayor. Oh thanks much dumb ass...so you are saying that your people are ghetto then? I mean he his wife nearly beat a stripper to death. Both of those girls by the way went missing and one was found dead a few weeks later. Too bad they could not testify against that scum bag. Detroit no longer has an industry. The Big 3 are imploding and you can't get jobs in that shithole town. I think their unemployment rate is 8%. That's pretty pathetic when the national average is something like 3%. There is no hope for that town. To be fair to the current ghetto Mayor, Coleman Young helped kill the city with 30 years of corruption.


The only good thing about Detroit, is the PISTONS!!!

GO DETROIT BASKETBALL...

12:21,

Comparing Kwame to W.J. Clinton is absurd. They both got play and lied about it, but the similarities end there. You're right, Detroit isn't the best town, but you're being way too harsh.

Both CB and KK will lose Law licenses, or in CB's case, she won't pass character and fitness, if her profs at Wayne don't flunk her out first. Plus, the alleged perjury happened while she had just started her 1st semester, or around that time.
But the main issues involve the party at the Manoogian Mansion (which allegedly never happened according to AG Mike "cock" Cox), 2 dead strippers who were rumored to have arrived at the party only wearing mink coats and who allegedly were performing head on KK when his wife allegedly busted in on the action and beat 1 stripper to death with a bat (after the party, one stripper was "found" dead in Detroit and the other was found dead in Atlanta...their deaths are a mystery today), the 2 cops who were at the party who were fired after they went public about it, their whistleblower suit, KK and CB's apparently false testimony on the stand not only about them screwing, but also about their decision to fire the 2 cops (the records were published by one of the local papers recently), and the 9MM verdict that resulted from the trial which is now owed by the city's citizens (the city didn't appeal).
I also heard that KK contacted the County prosecutor right before the paper exposed the blackberry records and told her that he would "remain neutral" in the upcoming election.
The city had been trying to block the blackberry records from being disclosed.
I hear that CB is in hiding and KK is now at a spa in WV...
SMH.....

KWAME, come on now, did you and your whore think you wouldn't be found out, texting on city issued phones? a lawyer and law student, you two can't represent yourselves, let alone a city. since you two are so stupid open your minds to advice, CAREER CHANGE. both of you need the book thrown at you for the lie under oath. kwame this isn't your first marital affair nor is it the whores first time sleeping with a married man, we're all adults here, you both needed to admit responsiblity lawfully. i'm not versed in law but i know this, it's not against the law to cheat in your marriage but it is against the law to lie under oath. i wonder if wsu will admit me to their law school.

Wayne State Law School at its best is below average. I finished Harvard and I am from Southeastern Michigan. I would never come back to Michigan to live or work at one of the law firms.

kwame im ashamed @ your representation of the residents of deroit..you continue to lie..i can't wait for the text messages regarding the strippers murders, yes it was 2 strippers, that ended up murdered..i don't understand why no one is inquiring about the other stripper other than tamara, i think her name was nicole..the investigation should start at the top and im sure detroit will need a whole new team of people in charge...

the party was in 2002.tamara greene shot in 2003(I hate to say this because I am from Detroit, but it's a total SHITHOLE. I moved to NYC 3 years ago because things were just to bad there. There are no real businesses there and the legal community is pathetic. The quality of work/cases is a total joke. One interesting thing though, is that I have a lot of friends who made partner in 6 years at two top flight Michigan firms. Butzel Long and Miller Canfield. The bottom line is that the city has been in trouble for years and a GHETTO ass Mayor is not helping the cause. The fact that he was re-elected is astounding. I don't feel bad for the people of the City of Detroit because they are getting what they deserve for electing a CRIMINAL. That guy is like Slick Willy - Bill Clinton. No matter how many times he is caught lying, it doesn't even phase people. He's gotten off on so many charges it's not even funny. He did used to wear this princess cut diamond earring in his left ear for a long time. It was so ghetto and he was proud of it. He used to say that he was hip and the "peoples" Mayor. Oh thanks much dumb ass...so you are saying that your people are ghetto then? I mean he his wife nearly beat a stripper to death. Both of those girls by the way went missing and one was found dead a few weeks later. Too bad they could not testify against that scum bag. Detroit no longer has an industry. The Big 3 are imploding and you can't get jobs in that shithole town. I think their unemployment rate is 8%. That's pretty pathetic when the national average is something like 3%. There is no hope for that town. To be fair to the current ghetto Mayor, Coleman Young helped kill the city with 30 years of corruption.


The only good thing about Detroit, is the PISTONS!!!

GO DETROIT BASKETBALL...

Posted by: Detroit Sucks | January 25, 2008 12:21 PM

12:21,

Comparing Kwame to W.J. Clinton is absurd. They both got play and lied about it, but the similarities end there. You're right, Detroit isn't the best town, but you're being way too harsh.

Posted by: Not from the D, but have lived there for the last couple years | January 25, 2008 02:32 PM

Both CB and KK will lose Law licenses, or in CB's case, she won't pass character and fitness, if her profs at Wayne don't flunk her out first. Plus, the alleged perjury happened while she had just started her 1st semester, or around that time.
But the main issues involve the party at the Manoogian Mansion (which allegedly never happened according to AG Mike "cock" Cox), 2 dead strippers who were rumored to have arrived at the party only wearing mink coats and who allegedly were performing head on KK when his wife allegedly busted in on the action and beat 1 stripper to death with a bat (after the party, one stripper was "found" dead in Detroit and the other was found dead in Atlanta...their deaths are a mystery today), the 2 cops who were at the party who were fired after they went public about it, their whistleblower suit, KK and CB's apparently false testimony on the stand not only about them screwing, but also about their decision to fire the 2 cops (the records were published by one of the local papers recently), and the 9MM verdict that resulted from the trial which is now owed by the city's citizens (the city didn't appeal).
I also heard that KK contacted the County prosecutor right before the paper exposed the blackberry records and told her that he would "remain neutral" in the upcoming election.
The city had been trying to block the blackberry records from being disclosed.
I hear that CB is in hiding and KK is now at a spa in WV...
SMH.....


Posted by: anon3s | January 26, 2008 08:38 AM

KWAME, come on now, did you and your whore think you wouldn't be found out, texting on city issued phones? a lawyer and law student, you two can't represent yourselves, let alone a city. since you two are so stupid open your minds to advice, CAREER CHANGE. both of you need the book thrown at you for the lie under oath. kwame this isn't your first marital affair nor is it the whores first time sleeping with a married man, we're all adults here, you both needed to admit responsiblity lawfully. i'm not versed in law but i know this, it's not against the law to cheat in your marriage but it is against the law to lie under oath. i wonder if wsu will admit me to their law school.

Posted by: kymestry | January 27, 2008 08:47 PM

april 30 at 340am)in detroit.her 9 page autopsy report in detnews.com march 14,2008. 18 shots Post a comment
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Comments: the party was in 2002.tamara greene shot in 2003(I hate to say this because I am from Detroit, but it's a total SHITHOLE. I moved to NYC 3 years ago because things were just to bad there. There are no real businesses there and the legal community is pathetic. The quality of work/cases is a total joke. One interesting thing though, is that I have a lot of friends who made partner in 6 years at two top flight Michigan firms. Butzel Long and Miller Canfield. The bottom line is that the city has been in trouble for years and a GHETTO ass Mayor is not helping the cause. The fact that he was re-elected is astounding. I don't feel bad for the people of the City of Detroit because they are getting what they deserve for electing a CRIMINAL. That guy is like Slick Willy - Bill Clinton. No matter how many times he is caught lying, it doesn't even phase people. He's gotten off on so many charges it's not even funny. He did used to wear this princess cut diamond earring in his left ear for a long time. It was so ghetto and he was proud of it. He used to say that he was hip and the "peoples" Mayor. Oh thanks much dumb ass...so you are saying that your people are ghetto then? I mean he his wife nearly beat a stripper to death. Both of those girls by the way went missing and one was found dead a few weeks later. Too bad they could not testify against that scum bag. Detroit no longer has an industry. The Big 3 are imploding and you can't get jobs in that shithole town. I think their unemployment rate is 8%. That's pretty pathetic when the national average is something like 3%. There is no hope for that town. To be fair to the current ghetto Mayor, Coleman Young helped kill the city with 30 years of corruption.


The only good thing about Detroit, is the PISTONS!!!

GO DETROIT BASKETBALL...

Posted by: Detroit Sucks | January 25, 2008 12:21 PM

12:21,

Comparing Kwame to W.J. Clinton is absurd. They both got play and lied about it, but the similarities end there. You're right, Detroit isn't the best town, but you're being way too harsh.

Posted by: Not from the D, but have lived there for the last couple years | January 25, 2008 02:32 PM

Both CB and KK will lose Law licenses, or in CB's case, she won't pass character and fitness, if her profs at Wayne don't flunk her out first. Plus, the alleged perjury happened while she had just started her 1st semester, or around that time.
But the main issues involve the party at the Manoogian Mansion (which allegedly never happened according to AG Mike "cock" Cox), 2 dead strippers who were rumored to have arrived at the party only wearing mink coats and who allegedly were performing head on KK when his wife allegedly busted in on the action and beat 1 stripper to death with a bat (after the party, one stripper was "found" dead in Detroit and the other was found dead in Atlanta...their deaths are a mystery today), the 2 cops who were at the party who were fired after they went public about it, their whistleblower suit, KK and CB's apparently false testimony on the stand not only about them screwing, but also about their decision to fire the 2 cops (the records were published by one of the local papers recently), and the 9MM verdict that resulted from the trial which is now owed by the city's citizens (the city didn't appeal).
I also heard that KK contacted the County prosecutor right before the paper exposed the blackberry records and told her that he would "remain neutral" in the upcoming election.
The city had been trying to block the blackberry records from being disclosed.
I hear that CB is in hiding and KK is now at a spa in WV...
SMH.....


Posted by: anon3s | January 26, 2008 08:38 AM

KWAME, come on now, did you and your whore think you wouldn't be found out, texting on city issued phones? a lawyer and law student, you two can't represent yourselves, let alone a city. since you two are so stupid open your minds to advice, CAREER CHANGE. both of you need the book thrown at you for the lie under oath. kwame this isn't your first marital affair nor is it the whores first time sleeping with a married man, we're all adults here, you both needed to admit responsiblity lawfully. i'm not versed in law but i know this, it's not against the law to cheat in your marriage but it is against the law to lie under oath. i wonder if wsu will admit me to their law school.

Posted by: kymestry | January 27, 2008 08:47 PM

april 30 at 340am)in detroit.her 9 page autopsy report in detnews.com march 14,2008. 18 shots 2 the car.tamara hit 3 times. a-head left side. b-face left side. c-arm/shoulder left side. she had bruised/black eyes from prior to shooting. searched web 4 info on 2nd stripper.got nowhere. called atlanta journal paper,got nowhere. any help out there? name? date of death?,etc,help!!!

2 the car.tamara hit 3 times. a-head left side. b-face left side. c-arm/shoulder left side. she had bruised/black eyes from prior to shooting. searched web 4 info on 2nd stripper.got nowhere. called atlanta journal paper,got nowhere. any help out there? name? date of death?,etc,help!!!