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Giles Orders Tether Back On Mayor, No Convention

Mayor, Beatty Plead Not Guilty

POSTED: Wednesday, August 13, 2008
UPDATED: 4:13 pm EST January 8, 2009

Wayne County District Court Judge Ronald Giles has signed an order that states Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick must put a tether back on and he is not allowed to go to the Democratic National Convention. This comes just hours after a circuit court judge ruled Kilpatrick's bond to be lifted.

Earlier Thursday morning, the mayor and his former chief of staff, Christine Beatty, pleaded not guilty in their arraignment on the original case of perjury, obstruction of justice and conspiracy. As the hearing appeared to be over, Kilpatrick's attorney Jim Thomas asked the judge about the bond.

Circuit court judge Leonard Townsend ruled Kilpatrick's tether can be removed and travel restrictions will be lifted, so the mayor can attend the Democratic National Convention in Denver on Aug. 25, something Kilpatrick was not allowed to do under earlier restrictions.

SoundOff: Kilpatrick's Bond Restrictions

He said the bond that was in place was "silly."

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Townsend said it was an important trip and the mayor needed to attend.

Prosecutor Lisa Lindsey was outwardly very angry at the judge's ruling. Lindsey said she strenuously objected and said she wanted appropriate notice and asked the judge to postpone his decision until a proper hearing could take place.

The judge told her she was losing her composure and his ruling stood.

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym L. Worthy said her office has filed an emergency appeal with the Michigan Court of Appeals in regards to Townsend's ruling.

The Attorney General's Office also objected claiming that bond restriction was put into effect in district court for a different case and the circuit court had no jurisdiction over it.

The prosecutor's office went to Giles and he signed a bond reinstating the tether and the travel restrictions based on a pending assault case against the mayor.

Giles made his terms very clear when he said, "Kilpatrick should wear tether at all times."

A circuit court judge will need to modify Gile's ruling.

Kilpatrick spent a night in jail last week because he violated his bond for going to Windsor without court approval.

He was released on Friday, with bond conditions including no travel and that he must wear a tether.

Kilpatrick and Beatty and their legal teams waived their preliminary examination on the perjury charges last week in district court, which was scheduled for Sept. 22.

Both Kilpatrick and Beatty denied under oath during a civil trial last year that they had a romantic relationship in 2002 and 2003, a key point in a trial involving a former deputy police chief who claimed he was illegally fired.

But excerpts of sexually explicit text messages recovered from Beatty's city-issued pager and first published in January by the Detroit Free Press contradicted their testimony.

Worthy charged Kilpatrick and Beatty less than two months later.

The assault charges Kilpatrick is facing is for allegedly shoving a deputy sheriff into an officer working for the prosecutor on July 24.

The attorney general's office is prosecuting that case, which is scheduled to begin Friday at 9 a.m.

The travel restriction is expected to be discussed again at Friday's hearing.

Watch the hearing live on ClickOnDetroit.com.

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