Attorneys Move To Supress Evidence Text Scandal Case
DETROIT (WWJ) -- New accusations of footdragging have been reported in the text message scandal involving Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his former chief of staff, Christine Beatty.
Beatty's attorney, Mayer Morganroth, and Kilpatrick's have filed a motion with 36th District Court Judge Ronald Giles because they still hasn't received some 6,500 pages of evidence the prosecution plans to use in the case -- accusing Kilpatrick and Beatty of perjury and obstruction of justice in the settlement of a whistleblower lawsuit.
"We waited all this time and they still haven't produced the documents as required under the rules of 21 days, "Morganroth said. He said the judge could rule on May 13th to suppress the evidence, which could include text message transcripts.
According to Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy the documents have been available for some time, but the defense refuses to pay the cost of one dollar per page.
Worthy accused Kilpatrick's lawyers and his ex-top aide of attempting to delay their pending criminal case. `To date, they have sent one messenger to obtain the materials without paying the over $6,000 in discovery fees,'' Worthy said in a statement. ``We have written to the attorneys for defendant Beatty on four separate occasions to continue to inform them that the discovery is here for payment and pickup.'' Worthy said Kilpatrick attorney James Thomas told her office on April 30 that he would provide a check and pick up the materials but, ``We have not heard from Mr. Thomas or his other attorneys at this time.''
``It's game playing and they don't have a case,'' said Morganroth, who added that the $1 per page cost is exorbitant. ``It's a standard blackmail fee.''
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