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Crimetown

S2 E14: The Affair

Crimetown

Gimlet

Government, Society & Culture, News

4.614.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

The revelation that Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick had an affair with his chief of staff — a romance detailed in thousands of explicit text messages — rocks Detroit. But it’s only the beginning of their troubles. For bonus content from this episode, visit crimetownshow.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:59.0

Good evening Detroit. I want to start tonight by saying to the citizens of this great

1:06.2

city, I'm sorry. It's January 2008 and Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is addressing the people

1:13.4

of Detroit. To all of you who have believed in what we've been doing here since 2002, to

1:19.6

all of you who have believed in me and my leadership, I truly apologize to each and every

1:26.5

one of you individually and to the whole city. Just days earlier, the Detroit Free Press

1:33.5

had published private text messages between the mayor and his chief of staff, Christine

1:37.9

Beatie. Text messages revealing that they had had an affair that stretched on for years.

1:45.6

September 12, 2002 Christine Beatie writes last night when I was laying on your shoulder in the car,

1:51.8

and you held my face and saying whatever song it was that felt so good. September 24, Beatie

1:59.0

Rice so we are officially busted. Ha ha. The mayor. Ha ha. Damn that. Never busted.

2:06.1

I want to make a public apology to my entire family. For the first time in my life, I had

2:15.4

to have a conversation with my 12 year old twin sons about very grown up things. Finally,

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