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POSTED: Wednesday, March 4, 2009
UPDATED: 6:39 pm EDT March 10, 2009

Previously sealed text messages from the pagers of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his chief of staff, Christine Beatty, were released Monday.

The release of more than 800 pages came five days after Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Timothy Kenny ruled the messages public record.

There were 682 pages of text messages in addition to a 45-page authentication brief and 123 pages of supporting documents.

Read Text Messages Released Monday


There is explicit language contained in the following messages.

Like others given out in the past, this latest batch that came out on Monday included sexually explicit banter between Kilpatrick and Beatty, who later were jailed for lying about their affair.

The messages on city-issued pagers show Beatty as the loyal lover, relying on Kilpatrick for her physical and emotional needs as her marriage hits the rocks.

"I love how you can make me feel by just looking at me!" she wrote in December 2002.

Earlier that year, Beatty recalled when they first had sex when she returned to Detroit after attending Howard University.

"At that time I was trying to make a teenage fantasy come true!" Kilpatrick replied.

In 2003, he wrote: "Nobody has ever, imean ever, excited me like you."

Also included are texts in which Kilpatrick, Beatty and others react to a May 2003 news conference by Gary Brown. The former deputy police chief claimed he was fired for investigating the then-mayor's protection unit as well as a rumored party at the mayor's mansion.

"The remaining text messages, sealed, will be unsealed and released to people and the media," Kenny said.

Kenny said since Kilpatrick and Beatty still refuse to admit they sent the messages, that leaves them no right to say they should be private.

"To me that is a clear indication that there was a recognition that this was not a confidential communication," Kenny said.

Kenny said the attorneys had until March 9 to convince the Court of Appeals to take their case. But an attorney for Kilpatrick said he is demanding SkyTel Communications pay $100 million for releasing the text messages.

Lawyer Willie Gary in Stuart, Fla., said that Detroit's former communications provider violated Kilpatrick's privacy and constitutional rights.

The news release from Gary's office Monday didn't say if a civil suit has been filed against the Jackson, Miss.-based company.

Gary claims SkyTel violated state and federal statutes by turning over the texts in connection with litigation dating back to 2003.

The messages are part of the criminal case against Beatty, who is in jail for obstruction of justice. They've been under seal, with lawyers for Beatty and Kilpatrick claiming various privileges to keep them that way.

Kenny suggested that the messages may shed light on government misconduct, which trumps any attempt to keep them sealed.

"I think this is an instance where it is entirely appropriate that the privilege be denied, in light of the necessity on shedding light on governmental misconduct," he said.

Beatty's attorney, Mayer Morganroth, said it's just plain wrong to release more messages.

"Enough is enough already, you know?" he said. "It's not appropriate to keep doing it day after day when everything's over already."

Kilpatrick and Beatty pleaded guilty to committing obstruction of justice to cover up their affair. They lied while testifying in a civil lawsuit in 2007.

Beatty is currently jailed, serving a 120-day sentence.

Kilpatrick is tied up in the court systems with a travel request motion. A Wayne County Circuit Court judge adjourned a hearing last week to decide if Kilpatrick can move to Texas to start a new job and join his wife and children.

He is expected to make a decision soon.

Kilpatrick has been hired as an account executive for Covisint, a subsidiary of software and technical services company Compuware Corp.

Details of Kilpatrick's job duties have not been disclosed, but with salary and bonus Kilpatrick's job is expected to pay upwards of $200,000 a year.

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