Allegations about the endless shenanigans at city hall under the Kwame Kilpatrick regime keep surfacing.
Robert Snell of the Detroit News reports that a new court filing in federal court alleges that ex-Detroit treasurer Jeff Beasley allegedly shook down an Alabama billionaire for a $100,000 donation in 2008 for the Kwame Kilpatrick's legal defense fund during a dinner at the MGM Grand Detroit casino.
Snell writes:
The filing offers a first-person view of an alleged extortion demand by the former mayor's fraternity brother, who was charged in February with taking bribes and kickbacks while serving on the city's pension funds.
"Based on his look and what he said and his tone, it was a demand," businessman Donald Watkins said, according to a July deposition transcript obtained by The Detroit News. "I felt like I was being extorted."
The filing Monday adds previously undisclosed details to pay-to-play allegations aired in a civil lawsuit involving two Detroit pension funds and Watkins.
