24 Mar 2008, Detroit, Michigan, USA — Judy Smith, spokesperson for Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick approaches the mayor as he steps away from the microphone after addressing the media during a news conference in the mayor’s office in Detroit, Monday, March 24, 2008. Kilpatrick, a one-time rising star in American urban politics who embraced his “Hip-Hop Mayor” image as Detroit’s youngest elected leader, was charged Monday with perjury and other counts after sexually explicit text messages surfaced that appear to contradict his sworn denials of an affair with a top aide. Two hours after the prosecutor’s announcement, Kilpatrick said he was “deeply disappointed,” but not surprised at being charged. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) — Image by © Carlos Osorio/AP/Corbis