Kado testifies he paid big bribes to the Kilpatricks

Businessman tells court he felt like 'hostage at Cobo'

Detroit — Karl Kado offered an inside look at City Hall shakedowns Monday, telling a federal court he willingly paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, his father Bernard and others to keep multimillion-dollar contracts at Cobo Center.

Kado, 71, detailed how he first gave the money to keep food, cleaning and electrical contracts at Cobo — and then refused to continue. Eventually, he became a government witness whose cooperation led to 10 convictions.

By Mike Wilkinson and Robert Snell
From The Detroit News:

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