US mayor shamed by phone scandal

The mayor of Detroit has issued a televised plea for forgiveness after he allegedly sent sexually explicit text messages to a top aide. The BBC reports.

Kwame Kilpatrick is being investigated over claims he lied under oath last year when he said he had not engaged in a physical relationship with Christine Beatty, his chief-of-staff. Sexually explicit text messages dating from 2002 and 2003 were found on Ms Beatty's mobile phone.

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