Richard (White Boy Rick) Wershe, revealed an unusual affiliation during an exclusive interview Tuesday on the Charlie Langton Talk Radio 1270 show from Oaks Correctional Facility in Manistee, Mich.
White Boy Rick and Kwame Kilpatrick were in prison together. They were together when the former mayor of Detroit learned he would also face federal corruption charges and his former friends were turning against him.
“I was with him when he was indicted by the government,” Wershe told Langton, according to a story by Christy Strawser. “We were in the state facility together and I think he made a phone call and he went outside and his attorney told him, ‘Listen, you’re going to be indicted by the federal government.’
“He came in and he just looked sick. He told me what happened and I said, ‘Dude, you’re in for the fight of your life.’”
Wershe, one of Detroit’s most notorious drug dealers, said he gave Kilpatrick some advice:
“Honestly, the advice I gave him was … I knew (the prosecutor) … I told him ‘Kwame, if you’re honest with him, this dude will help you.’ Quite frankly at the time, I just don’t think he knew what he was in for or anything. I don’t think he thought the people would cooperate against him who are cooperating against him.”
