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  • Detroit mayor charged with perjury, misconduct
  • Allegedly lied about affair, fired cops investigating him
  • Mayor`s wife interrupted stripper party

IN the latest sex scandal to rock US politics, the mayor of Detroit has been indicted for lying under oath about an affair with his chief of staff and firing a police officer investigating reports of a wild party at the mayor`s mansion.

The charges against Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick were filed after the mayor abruptly instructed the city to settle a wrongful dismissal lawsuit by three police officers who said they were fired while investigating wrongdoing by the mayor and his security personnel.

The officers, who were awarded $US8.4 million ($9.2 million), said they were sacked for investigating rumours that the mayor`s wife interrupted a stripper party about six years ago at the mayor`s office, local media reported.

The stripper`s son is suing the city for quashing the investigation into her slaying several months after the alleged party, but that case did not appear to be part of the criminal case being built against the mayor.


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Prosecutors accused Mr Kilpatrick of settling the whistle-blower lawsuit in order to hide text message evidence of his affair that was later uncovered by the Detroit Free Press.

He was also accused of lying under oath about his affair with former chief of staff Christine Beatty and his involvement in the firing of deputy police chief Gary Brown.

Mr Kilpatrick and Ms Beatty were charged with perjury, obstruction of justice and misconduct in office.

Mr Kilpatrick protested his innocence at a news conference today.

"I look forward to complete exoneration once all of the facts surrounding this matter have been brought forth," he said, reading from a prepared statement.

"In the meantime, I will remain focused on moving this city forward with the key initiatives that we`ve laid out before you."

Detroit`s city council members have said they were never told of a secret pact to hide the text messages when they approved the whistle-blower deal in October and passed a measure last week calling for his resignation.

The indictment comes less than two weeks after New York governor Eliot Spitzer resigned from office, succumbing to threats of impeachment and mounting media pressure over his involvement in a career-ending prostitution scandal.

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