Nelthrope sued after Kilpatrick's administration released a confidential police memo naming him as a source of allegations of misconduct by other bodyguards. Nelthrope said he was transferred out of the security detail and couldn't return to work out of fear for his safety.
Nelthrope has described escorting the mayor to trysts with Christine Beatty, Kilpatrick's chief of staff, and other women. Kilpatrick and his attorneys have said the mayor decided to remove Brown as deputy chief in charge of internal affairs came because he lost professional confidence in the man's abilities. Kilpatrick has taught public speaking classes and has led Bible Study groups with his fellow inmates. Kilpatrick's sentence was reduced but his 24 felony convictions still stand.
The Rev. Keyon Payton said after being released from a minimum security prison in Oakdale, Louisiana, Kilpatrick likely would go to Atlanta to reunite with his mother, sister and other family members.
In , Kilpatrick was convicted of racketeering conspiracy, fraud, extortion and tax crimes. Kilpatrick said he was sorry if he let his hometown down but denied ever stealing from the citizens of Detroit. District Judge Nancy Edmunds agreed with prosecutors and ordered an extraordinary year term.
In executing his decision to free Kilpatrick, Trump designated the acting pardon attorney to deliver to the Bureau of Prisons "a certified copy of this document as evidence of my action" and directed the BOP "to effect the immediate release" of Kilpatrick "with all possible speed. Kilpatrick's supporters, meanwhile, are celebrating his return to society and his three sons. Kilpatrick's codefendant and longtime contractor friend Bobby Ferguson remains locked up for another 10 years.
Ferguson was convicted alongside Kilpatrick, accused of helping run a criminal enterprise through the mayor's office by corrupting contracts, steering work to Ferguson, and fostering a climate of fear in the contractor world.
During the six-month trial, prosecutors repeatedly hammered away at this theme: If you wanted to do work in the city of Detroit, you had to include Ferguson, or risk losing deals.
Defense lawyers argued that Ferguson was an honest and tireless contractor who earned his contracts fair and square, and that Kilpatrick had no real say in how contracts were awarded. It's just really unfair that Bobby still has to do 10 more years and Kilpatrick got 20 years shaved off? Ferguson was sentenced to 21 years in prison for his crimes and is serving his time at a federal prison in Elkin, Ohio, which has been hard-hit by COVID Attorney Matthew Schneider, who has long argued that Kilpatrick deserved his year prison sentence and should not be released early for his crimes, blasted the commutation decision.
Kwame Kilpatrick has earned every day he served in federal prison for the horrible crimes he committed against the people of Detroit," Schneider said. Thankfully, under Michigan law, he cannot hold state or local public office for 20 years after his conviction.
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, meanwhile, had a different take on the commutation, saying Trump got it right. I know how close he is to his three sons and I could not be happier for them being together again. He's done with politics. Kilpatrick, in that interview, also revealed he planned to ditch politics to join the ministry.
This is what you get, what you got. Look at me. Kilpatrick was previously married to Carlita Kilpatrick. The two divorced in His fall from office, which he took in , began in when the Free Press published text messages that showed he lied during a police whistleblower trial when he testified that he did not have an affair with his chief of staff, Christine Beatty, and gave misleading testimony about the firing of a deputy police chief.
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