Former Detroit Mayor, who owes $1 million in restitution to the city, raises eyebrows with the purchase of a new mansion in Novi, MI...
From The Metro Times
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s wife bought an $807,000 house in an upscale residential enclave in Novi last month, even as her convicted felon husband still owes a hefty amount of money in back taxes and restitution stemming from his corruption conviction in 2013.
LaTicia Kilpatrick, who married the disgraced former mayor in July 2021 at Detroit’s Historic Little Rock Baptist Church, purchased the home through the Pathfinder Consulting Firm, a Warren-based company that she owns. She took out a $645,600 mortgage, according to property records obtained by Metro Times.
As of November, Kilpatrick, who was released from prison and is now a pastor, still owed more than $1 million in restitution and unpaid taxes, the Detroit Free Press reported.
In the summer of 2022, federal prosecutors launched an investigation in an effort to recover the unpaid restitution after Kilpatrick and his wife created a crowdfunding campaign to raise $800,000 for a new home in Orlando, Fla.
Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Anjali Prasad tells Metro Times that the Kilpatricks may believe they are being clever by purchasing the home through LaTicia Kilpatrick, but that won’t stop federal prosecutors from seeking a lien on the home.
“They are very, very, very good at what they do,” says Prasad, who owns the criminal defense firm Prasad Legal. “They are good at what they do. This idea that he can be lawfully married and somehow channel money through his wife to purchase a home, which under the law would be a marital asset, is wishful thinking. It matters not whose name is on the title or mortgage. This is a joint marital asset.”
“I’m 110% sure that the feds can and will put a lien on that home,” Prasad says.
A Bible study video posted by Kwame Kilpatrick on Facebook on Friday morning showed cabinets in the background that look identical to the ones shown in photos for the home’s real estate listing.
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