From local celebrity to sex offender: Charles Pugh’s monumental fall from grace
A man of two sides, Pugh could be charming, temperamental, progressive, juvenile.
A man of two sides, Pugh could be charming, temperamental, progressive, juvenile.
Charles Pugh is facing charges of sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy while working for Fox 2.
DPS officials are accused of ignoring numerous complaints that Charles Pugh was preying on students.
Pugh may have escaped criminal charges, but now he faces a lawsuit against the teenager whom the council president paid for a nude video.
“So if you ever need extra cash,” Pugh texted, “keep that in mind.”
Pugh sent sexually explicit text messages while he was mentoring the boy.
But the former council president was quick to deny sexual abuse allegations to a reporter last month.
“I needed some time to recover from this situation that hit me like a tsunami,” Pugh told the Free Press.
“I don’t feel comfortable voting on a president until I receive something in writing,” Councilwoman Brenda Jones said.