Detroit mayor denies photo shows him in dress as a child

DETROIT (AP) - Scandal-plagued Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's staff is taking aim at a Washington, D.C., newspaper that published a photo purportedly showing him appearing in a red dress with a plunging neckline in a middle school play.

The Hill identified Kilpatrick as being one of eight boys wearing wigs and dresses in a grainy, color photo of a 1984 performance of "Little Annie" at Dwight Rich Middle School in Lansing.

But Kilpatrick spokeswoman Denise Tolliver denies that Kilpatrick was among those in the photo. Tolliver tells The Detroit News she showed the photo to Kilpatrick and he says the boy wasn't him.

Kilpatrick and former Chief of Staff Christine Beatty face perjury, obstruction of justice and other charges. They are accused of lying under oath during a whistle-blowers' trial last summer when they denied being romantically involved.