Later, Brown's attorney, Michael Stefani, received the "lost" text messages, and used them to obtain attorney fees. When City of Detroit attorneys realized the content of the text messages in November 2007, a new settlement agreement and general release was drafted. Brown's team was to turn over all original records and copies of text messages between Kilpatrick and Beatty that were obtained after the completion of the trial, and heavy sanctions were specified for breach of confidentiality in the settlement. The settlement amount was upped to $8.4 million. On December 5, 2007, Kilpatrick, Beatty, and all other parties signed the settlement agreement. Kilpatrick and Beatty signed as individuals, not officials of the city. Gary Brown's lawyer, Michael Stefani, signed a confidentiality agreement. In October, 2007, The Detroit Free Press requested all documents related to the settlement be released to the public under the Freedom of Information Act. Initially, the City of Detroit Counsel Corporation rejected the Detroit Free Press's Freedom of Information Act Request on the grounds that the settlement had not been reached. In January 2008, The Detroit Free Press examined and revealed the existence of more than 14,000 text messages exchanged between Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his then chief of staff Christine Beatty on their city issued SkyTel pagers between September–October 2002 and April–May 2003. The dates encompass the time periods of an alleged party at the mayoral Manoogian Mansion and the ouster of Gary Brown respectively. The messages detailed a sexual relationship between Kilpatrick and Beatty. The text messages also contradicted testimony that Kilpatrick and Beatty gave at a trial in 2007 in regard to whether they had an affair and had fired Brown for investigating the mayor's behavior. The text messages describe Kilpatrick and Beatty's use of city funds to arrange romantic getaways, their fears of being caught by the mayor's police protection unit, and evidence the pair conspired to fire Detroit Police Chief Gary Brown. In an August 2007 trial, Kilpatrick and Beatty both under oath denied that they had a sexual relationship or that they fired Brown. The text messages contradict their sworn testimony with such messages as: Beatty: "And, did you miss me, sexually?" Kilpatrick: "Hell yeah! You couldn't tell. I want some more." and Beatty: "I'm sorry that we are going through this mess because of a decision that we made to fire Gary Brown. I will make sure that the next decision is much more thought out. Not regretting what was done at all.