DETROIT – A new batch of text messages, 682 pages in all, detailing the sexual relationship between ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his former chief of staff, as well as other City Hall intrigue, Christine Beatty, was released by a judge Monday.
The messages were collected by the Wayne County prosecutor’s office for use in its criminal case and includes some of the now-familiar sexually explicit banter between Kilpatrick and Beatty.
Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Timothy Kenny last week ruled the text messages are public records and might shed light on city government misconduct.
Kilpatrick and Beatty were charged last year with perjury, misconduct and obstruction of justice for lying on the stand during a civil whistle-blowers’ trial about their relationship and roles in the firing of a police official.
Both entered pleas in their cases.
Kilpatrick was released in early February after serving 99 days of a 120-day jail sentence.
Beatty was sentenced in early January to 120 days, but is expected to walk free on April 15, her lawyer said last week.
In one series of texts released, Kilpatrick, Beatty and others react to a May 2003 news conference by Gary Brown, one of the officers in the whistle-blower lawsuit.
Other messages point to possible trouble in Kilpatrick and Beatty’s relationship.