The New York Times-20080125-Michigan- The Mayor and Sexy Text Messages- -Brief-
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Michigan: The Mayor and Sexy Text Messages; [Brief]
Mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick of Detroit exchanged romantic text messages with a top aide, contradicting their denials in court that they had romantic ties, The Detroit Free Press reported. The county prosecutor declined to comment on the legal implications of the report, posted Wednesday on the newspaper's Web site. A conviction of lying under oath can bring up to 15 years' imprisonment. Mr. Kilpatrick, who is married, and the aide, Christine Beatty, testified in a police whistle-blower lawsuit and denied any romantic ties in 2002 and 2003. But The Free Press said it examined about 14,000 text messages on the aide's city-issued pager from those years and found examples of such ties. For instance, on Oct. 16, 2002, Mr. Kilpatrick wrote to Ms. Beatty: I've been dreaming all day about having you all to myself for 3 days. Relaxing, laughing, talking, sleeping and making love.
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