ST LOUIS (LALATE) – Kwame Kilpatrick will be released promptly, parole board voted today. Kwame Kilpatrick, the former Detroit mayor tied to a Christine Beatty texts scandal in 2008, will be released this July, the Board voted Friday.

Kwame Kilpatrick’s first troubles started with Christine Betty’s text messages released in 2008. The Detroit Free Press published excerpts of the scandal text messages between then Chief of Staff Christine Beatty and the then Detroit mayor. Kilpatrick got charged for perjury, obstruction of justice and misconduct in office stemming from his relationship with Christine Betty and for firing a police official. He then served time for violating his bond.

Kilpatrick later agreed to an obstruction of justice plea. Finally in May 2010 he was sentenced to five years for probation violations.

But his legal troubles are not over. In 2012, he will face federal corruption charges. In December last year Kwame Kilpatrick, Bobby Ferguson, Bernard Kilpatrick were indicted on various federal charges. Kilpatrick was among the defendants in a 38-count criminal RICO indictment which accuses him of using campaign funds for “witness tampering and obstruction of justice.”

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DETROIT (LALATE) – Kwame Kilpatrick, Bobby Ferguson, Bernard Kilpatrick were indicted today. Kwame Kilpatrick’s first troubles started with Christine Betty’s text messages released in 2008.

Today, Kilpatrick legal troubles continued; the former Detroit mayor has been named as a co-defendant in a federal RICO indictment. Named along with Kilpatrick are Bobby Ferguson, his father Bernard Kilpatrick (Maestro Associates), Victor Mercado (a former city official with the Water and Sewerage Department), and Derrick Miller (his former deputy chief of staff).

Kwame Kilpatrick resigned as mayor after the texting scandal hit in 2008. Kilpatrick was charged with perjury, obstruction of justice and misconduct in office for lying about his relationship with Christine Betty and for firing a police official.

He agreed to an obstruction of justice plea. He then served time for violating his bond in the text message scandal. Finally in May he was sentenced to five years for probation violations. He told the court “I am asking you to see the Kwame Kilpatrick as a human being, a father, a husband and that I am doing everything I can to pay this.”

Now Kwame Kilpatrick is among the defendants in a 38-count criminal RICO indictment which accuses him of using campaign funds for “witness tampering and obstruction of justice.”

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First it was Christine Beatty Texts. Now it’s prison for Kwame Kilpatrick. Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was sent to jail, again, today. He previously served time for violating bond stemming from his perjury case in the text message scandal, as reported by LALATE in 2008.

Back in 2008, the Detroit Free Press reportedly published excerpts of the (crazy hot) text messages between then-Chief of Staff Christine Beatty and the then Detroit mayor. The two denied a relationship, the paper released 14,000 texts, Kilpatrick was given charges of perjury, obstruction of justice and misconduct in office for lying about not being honest about his relationship with Christine Betty and for firing a police official.

Today he was sentenced for probation violations. He told the court the following:

“I am asking you to see the Kwame Kilpatrick as a human being, a father, a husband and that I am doing everything I can to pay this.”

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Christine Betty’s text message friend, Detroit’s Mayor, is now in jail!

Christine Betty’s texting pal Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was jailed today for violating bond stemming from his perjury case in the text message scandal.

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