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Charles Pugh Biography

Charles Pugh is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on August 3, 1971 in Michigan, Michigan, United States. Most well known for his decade-long career as Detroit’s WJBK weekend news anchor, he is also notable for hosting the WJLB talk program That’s What’s Up. Also a politician, he was the first openly gay president of the Detroit City Council.

He and Sharon Dahlonega Bush are both well known African-American anchors for television programs in Detroit, Michigan.

Pugh was born in Detroit to George and Marcia Pugh. His parents divorced when he was a toddler. At the age of three his mother was murdered by a drug dealer in their home in the San Juan neighborhood of Detroit, and in 1978 his father committed suicide. At the age of nine he moved in with his grandmother. Pugh graduated from Murray-Wright High School in 1989 and attended the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri on a $24,000 ($48,500 adjusted for inflation) scholarship from Ford Motor Company.

After graduating in 1993, Pugh started as an anchor on WIBW in Topeka, Kansas, later moving to WISE in Fort Wayne, Indiana and news stations in Columbia, Missouri and Norfolk, Virginia. In 1999 Pugh, joined WJBK the FOX affiliate in Detroit.

He was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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In 2009, Pugh was elected council president of Detroit City Council, becoming the city’s first openly LGBT elected official. Pugh served as president from 2010 until resigning in 2013 and relocating to New York City.

Charles Pugh Net Worth

Charles Pugh is one of the richest Journalist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Charles Pugh's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He began his career at WJBK in the late 1990s.

In 2013, amidst allegations that he had had an inappropriate relationship with a seventeen-year-old boy, Pugh was removed from the Detroit City Council. Later that year, it was determined that no charges would be filed in the case.

Charles Pugh (born August 3, 1971) is an American former television journalist, radio personality, and politician from Detroit, Michigan. For ten years, he served as the weekend anchor at WJBK in Detroit. He also served as the radio personality on CoCo, Foolish and Mr. Chase in the Morning and his own talk show, That’s What’s Up, which originally aired Sunday evenings on WJLB.

In 2012, Pugh made headlines in what local newspapers termed a “Twitter war” with an intern at Automotive News. After a brief disagreement on the social network, Pugh tweeted Automotive News requesting that they speak with the intern about his “offensive” posts. Pugh’s action was widely derided.

In 2012, Pugh sold his home, a condo on 73 Adelaide Street in Midtown Detroit, in a short sale to Shamrock Acquisitions LLC for $106,000. Pugh had purchased the home for $385,000 in 2005.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Pugh resigned from the station in March 2009 to campaign for Detroit City Council. He won the most votes of any council candidate on election day, giving him the title of council president, despite a controversy late in the campaign when he acknowledged that he had been struggling financially and his home had been foreclosed.

On June 29, 2013, a police report was filed claiming a teenager was being groomed by Pugh. Though at first saying that he could not disclose whether sexual activity took place, the family’s lawyer later stated no physical contact happened. The teen’s mother complained of being accused of trying to extract a cash payment from Pugh after legal experts questioned why she contacted her lawyers before police. Pugh’s supporters, including colleagues and adolescent students he mentored, said the allegations did not match his behavior in or out of class.

Who is Charles Pugh Dating?

According to our records, Charles Pugh is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, Charles Pugh’s is not dating anyone.

In December 2013, Oakland County Prosecutor Jessica Cooper announced she would not file charges against Pugh as there was no evidence that he had engaged in any wrongdoing. “We didn’t even have enough probable cause to issue subpoenas,” she said. “You have to remember this young man was 18.”

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Charles Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Charles Pugh celebrates birthday on August 3 of every year.

On June 26, 2013, Pugh made headlines again when it was alleged that while serving as president of Detroit City Council he had an inappropriate relationship with a male high school student, aged 17 or 18, whom he mentored. Family spokesman Skip Mongo told reporters Pugh “was in a position of authority and he tried to seduce this young man.” News broke of the allegations, and Pugh allegedly left Detroit in the middle of the night, and went into hiding requesting a four-week medical leave, which was denied.

What is Charles Pugh doing?

Pugh is now on the Michigan Sex Offender Registry for life, must serve two years on parole, wear a tether for six months, receive sex offender counseling and have no unsupervised contact with minors for the duration of his parole, according to Chris Gautz, a spokesman for the Michigan Department of Corrections.

Who is on Detroit council?

Who is the mayor of Detroit Michigan?

Mike Duggan

Who runs the city of Detroit?

The government of Detroit, Michigan is run by a mayor, the nine-member Detroit City Council, the eleven-member Board of Police Commissioners, and a clerk.

Who is Mary Sheffield?

Mary Sheffield serves as the Detroit City Councilperson for District 5. Sheffield’s demonstrated track record of service and leadership within the community helped her to become the youngest person to ever be elected to the Detroit City Council in November 2013.

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