Just Keeps Getting Better and Better [[Kilpatrick seeks payment delay)

**leland_palmer** · September-19-09, 12:13 AM

Former mayor claims plea deal allows him to halt restitution payments until 2013

Doug Guthrie / The Detroit News

Detroit -- Kwame Kilpatrick wants to make no monthly payments for five years.
That was the deal, claims the lawyer for the ousted former mayor. Kilpatrick agreed to pay $1 million restitution and wants to be left alone until the bill comes due Oct. 28, 2013.

"We have objected to the monthly amount because it violates the original plea agreement," Kilpatrick's lawyer Michael Alan Schwartz said Friday....

"I've heard that people don't like the way he's living. He's got a nice house and a nice car," Schwartz said. "It comes down to how people want the man to suffer, and we don't see that happening. That's not how the justice system is supposed to work...."

"The deal was the deal whether you like it or not," Schwartz said. "When you give your word that is your bond. Mr. Kilpatrick pleaded guilty expecting the deal was as it was presented...."

Schwartz said Kilpatrick has yet to close any sales so he is obligated to repay his advances.

**Gistok** · September-19-09, 12:58 AM

LOL... this is starting to look pretty embarassing for Peter Karmanos....

**jerrytimes** · September-19-09, 07:33 AM

What I don't understand is this. If I owed a city money and it was ordered by the courts and I didn't pay and was doing what Kwame did, Id be in jail. Just arrest the guy and put him away!

**gazhekwe** · September-19-09, 08:23 AM

He has money for lawyers but not for restitution?

**Big Dog** · September-19-09, 09:21 AM

Does Kwami have something on Karmanos? Is that a possibility?

**darwinism** · September-19-09, 10:18 AM

This circus of events is really looking ugly for Karmanos and Compuware. It is looking more and more like Kilpatrick has some secrets in the closet on Karmanos.

The public [[all of us), as well as the media, needs to crack this can of worms open ..... so that all of them can occupy their spot in the slammer.

At the same time, if our judicial and law enforcement leaderships are too afraid or soft on this case ..... it is time to throw their asses out onto the curb, so that someone with balls can get the job done ASAP.