Judge Dawson’s employee admits she signed an illegal secret rental lease with King’s baby’s momma
CLEVELAND, OH – One of indicted and suspended Mayor Brandon King’s last-minute alibis fell apart when his municipal court employee co-conspirator, Deborah Black, testified that she bypassed her director and the council to sign an illegal $14,184 rental contract with his King Management Group LLC. Black is the East Cleveland Municipal Court’s “victims advocate” for its domestic violence program. Black is not an elected or appointed officer of the municipal corporation with the authority to appropriate funds, negotiate or sign contracts. Not even her employer, Judge William Dawson, has contract signing authority pursuant to Chapter 1901 of the Ohio Revised Code.…
