S2 E14: The Affair

Crimetown

Jul 25, 201942:54News & Politics

The revelation that Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick had an affair with his chief of staff — a romance detailed in thousands of explicit text messages — rocks Detroit. But it’s only the beginning of their troubles. For bonus conte...

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