It is high time former Washington D.C. mayor Marion Barry, 73, learn to stay out of the news. He was taken into custody last night by the U.S. Park Police and later charged with a misdemeanor. Barry, a current D.C. council member (D-Ward 8), was arrested after his ex-girlfriend, Donna Watts-Brighthaupt, flagged down an officer and complained that he was stalking her. He was reportedly picked up in the Anacostia Park area. He has since been released from jail.
The plot thickens. According to the Washington Post, Natalie Williams, the spokeswoman, said that Barry feels "betrayed" because of the emotional and financial support he has provided Watts-Brighthaupt, 40, over the years and that he suggested she is unstable. WaPo further states that in April, Barry made news after he paid $800 at an auction to buy Watts-Brighthaupt an opera jacket even as he struggled to repay back taxes. If convicted of the stalking charge, he could face a year in prison and a fine up to $500, according to police sources.
Barry served four terms as mayor. In his third, he was videotaped in 1990 in a hotel room smoking crack cocaine in an FBI sting. He served six months in prison and in 1994 regained the mayor's office.
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