Kwame Kilpatrick, who wore a diamond earring and won election in Detroit in 2001 as the youngest big-city mayor in the United States, has been charged with eight felonies in an obstruction case that could end his once-promising career.

The prosecutor Kym Worthy said Kilpatrick, 37, lied to a jury and settled a whistleblower lawsuit with $US8.4 million ($9.2 million) in tax dollars to hide an affair with his chief of staff. If convicted, the politician once dubbed the “playah mayah”, will lose his job and could face jail.

What about his wife?
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