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Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick appears in Wayne County Circuit Court for his sentencing Oct. 28, 2008 in Detroit
*Former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick demanded $25 million to settle his civil lawsuit against SkyTel Inc., the city’s former text-message provider, claiming the company violated federal law when it turned over his texts – containing sexually explicit messages with his former chief of staff, Christine Beatty – to attorney Michael Stefani through a police whistle-blower lawsuit.
Kilpatrick’s demand — revealed in a federal court filing obtained by The Detroit News on Tuesday — included $14 million for statutory damages, $7 million in punitive damages, $3 million in actual damages and $1 million for emotional distress and loss of future business and earnings.
The $14 million figure would have paid Kilpatrick $1,000 for each text message released to the public.
It is unclear how far the settlement talks progressed. SkyTel’s lawyers want to block jurors in the case from hearing about negotiations and offers, according to a filing Tuesday in a federal court in Mississippi, where the case is set for trial Jan. 30.
The proposed $25 million settlement would have let Kilpatrick pay off the approximately $860,000 in restitution he owes to Detroit.
In 2008, Kilpatrick pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice, resigned as mayor and promised $1 million restitution in a deal that avoided trial on multiple charges, including lying under oath during the text message scandal.
Kilpatrick went to prison in May 2010 for failing to make payments based on a finding that he hid or squandered hundreds of thousands of dollars.
This was a pure case of stupidity, arrogance and ignorance. This guy had it all at such a young age and yet, he chose to throw everything away on something so stupid, you can’t even feel an ounce of pity for him. Sometimes people simply take their blessings and throw them in the toilet!
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Cosign Stephanie. What an IDIOT!!! and his troubles are FAR from over he has 39 federal charges against his sorry azz along with his father and others and the upcoming trial in Sept 2012 which could land them all in prison for years.
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I think they’re eventually going to indict him for the murder of that stripper. It just a matter of time. He had it all and its hard to believe he wasted his life trying to be the “hip hop” mayor…he could have a great political future but God stopped him dead in his tracks and now he is paying dearly…I wonder what his jump off is up too now.
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Kwame’s jump off aka Christine Beatty ( one of many side chicks) LOL!!! is now living in Atlanta.
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She didn’t go to prison? I know her husband divorced her and got custody of their kids.
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I’m glad he went after Skytel for releasing his sex texting. Regardless of his dirt he did, our privacy shouldnt have to be at risk! Unless Kilpatrick used the business/company equipment.
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