Kwame Kilpatrick, a young attorney, seemed to have it all. He is the son of a prominent U.S. Congresswoman; and after his leading the Michigan Legislature, he was elected mayor of Detroit at the tender age of 31, well on his way to political stardom—although ultimately to jail on a number of felony charges.
His precipitous downfall started at a wild party at the city-owned Manoogian Mansion, flush with “exotic dancers,” at which his wife, the First Lady of Detroit, Carlita, suddenly showed up, promptly attacking one performer with the improbable name: “Strawberry.”1
The Whistleblower Lawsuit
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