DETROIT (AP) - Former Detroit City Council President Charles Pugh is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit by a teenager who says Pugh made sexual advances toward him.
The Detroit News reports (https://bit.ly/1nTAUed ) that Pugh in a filing on Monday denies allegations made by the teen. The filing says he’s representing himself in the case.
A complaint filed in June says Pugh sent suggestive texts and spent money on the teen as part of a sexual grooming plan. The boy’s lawyer, Bill Seikaly, has said that Detroit Public Schools failed to protect his client from Pugh, who met the teen through a school leadership forum.
The school district has said a vigorous defense is planned.
Pugh resigned from the council last year and has been living in New York.
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Information from: The Detroit News, https://detnews.com/
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