Former Detroit City Council President Charles Pugh “aggressively pursued” a high school student for sexual favors, and gave him $160 in exchange for a video of the boy masturbating, the teen claims in a civil suit.
K.S. sued Detroit Public Schools, former City Council President Charles Pugh, and four employees of Detroit Public Schools in Detroit Federal Court.
K.S. claims in the lawsuit that he met Pugh when he was a student at the Frederick Douglass Academy for Young Men and participated in the Charles Pugh Leadership Forum (CPLF).
“At the beginning of the plaintiff’s participation in the CPLF, defendant Pugh began to provide extra attention to plaintiff and began to ‘groom’ him in preparation for making sexual advances to the plaintiff,” the complaint states.
“At a time beginning no later than May 2013, defendant Pugh, as part of the grooming process, began assisting plaintiff with obtaining a job. Defendant Pugh specifically informed plaintiff that he would take him to purchase clothing for his ‘job interview.’ Plaintiff indicated that he needed to get permission from his mother. Plaintiff used defendant Pugh’s cell phone to call his mother, who specifically did not give him permission to go with defendant Pugh.