A man took the witness stand in a Detroit courtroom Friday and offered graphic details about multiple sexual encounters he claims to have had with with Charles Pugh as a child. The victim said his first sexual encounter with Pugh, who was at the time a popular Fox 2 on-air reporter and would go on to become Detroit City Council president, occurred when he was 14 in September The sexual relationship continued until he was at least 16, the man claims.
Pugh, handcuffed and wearing a green jail uniform with a purple pocket on the left breast, shook his head slightly or bowed and closed his eyes as the nowyear-old spoke about giving Pugh oral sex, mutual masturbation while watching pornography and sex in Pugh's downtown Detroit apartment.
Langston dismissed a third count of third-degree criminal sexual conduct the victim was at the time 16, the age of sexual consent in Michigan. Pugh's attorney, Delphia J. Burton, referencing a separate civil lawsuit in which Pugh was accused of sexually grooming and harassing an year-old he mentored in , said the victim is making up the claims, "hoping to get a pay day. The victim in the criminal case said he asked Pugh about a possible internship when Mosaic Detroit, his performing arts group, visited the Fox 2 News offices in early Pugh hired the teen as a "gopher" to do odd jobs and accompany Pugh on occasional news assignments that sometimes concluded with sex, the man claims.
My concern is the safety of other young boys around Mr. The victim is the only person who testified at Friday's preliminary examination, a hearing meant to determine whether there is enough evidence to proceed with a trial. MLive does not identify victims in sexual assault cases.
He spoke about Pugh picking him up at his mother's home in September to go cover a Martin Luther King march. During their time, Pugh began to touch him in a sensual manner, the man testified. It was just like, OK. I think I was a little shocked. The victim, who at the time knew he was gay and suspected Pugh was, said he respected Pugh and was eager to take advantage of their relationship, so he didn't say anything. The sexual advances continued another day when Pugh took the year-old to purchase a desk at Art Van Furniture.
