Less than a day after Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s office confirmed he would form a legal defense fund, the fund has its first controversy. Television personality Greg Mathis, a former Detroit 36th District Court judge who is the star of the “Judge Mathis” reality court show, announced that – contrary to the mayor’s claims – Mathis is not helping to run the fund.
It had been reported that Mathis would be one of the committee’s leaders. Mathis today sent the Free Press a fax that said: “I was contacted Wednesday afternoon (March 26, 2008) by Mayor Kilpatrick. He asked if I could serve on his legal defense committee. I informed him I support due process, but I could not support him.
“This is the same type of deceit that has plunged our city into a deep crisis,” Mathis’s statement continued. “Not only do I not support him, but I recommend he resign so the city can heal and move forward.”
