Back in September, Christine Beatty refused a plea deal in the steamy text message scandal with former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. However, this morning the tearful former City of Detroit Chief of Staff admitted “she lied under oath” and has accepted a plea deal that includes jail time.

The sex, text message scandal that began in January is ending today with former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick going to jail.

It's a sad day for the citizens of Detroit. Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, the youngest African American to ever be mayor of this city has resigned and will go to jail for 4 months. Mayor Kilpatrick has signed a plea agreement this morning that will call for his immediate resignation.

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has just announced that Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his former Chief of Staff Christine Beatty will be charged with 15 counts of perjury and must turn themselves in by 7am on Tuesday. Worthy has said if the Mayor and Ms. Beatty do not turn themselves in by this time, arrest warrants will be issued for them.

Amid public and personal pressure, the Mayor's Chief of Staff Christine Beatty is scheduled to announce today that she will resign.

Kym Worthy, Wayne County Prosecutor has decided to investigate the charges of perjury against Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his Chief of Staff Christine Beatty. A conviction of lying under oath can bring up to 15 years' imprisonment. Local Detroit labor Union AFSCME 207 has called for Kilpatrick's resignation.

Obviously this story is on fire. Members of the community are calling into radio shows, posting comments online about the steamy text messages Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his Chief of Staff Christine Beatty exchanged during 2002-2003.

Here are actual pictures of the text messages sent by Mayor Kilpatrick and Christine Beatty. Detroiters are in an uproar about this latest scandal; as many Detroiters know that Mayor Kilpatrick's administration has been mired in controversy.