Marion Barry Threw Girlfriend Out Of Hotel Room For Refusing Oral Sex

Sweet sassy molassey! Mike DeBonis of the Washington City Paper has WON THE AFTERNOON with this epic slice of awesomeness, in which he reveals many lengthy voicemails that former D.C. Mayor/current D.C. Councilmember Marion Barry left for his paramour-slash-Independence Day stalking victim, and they are a magical delight in these troubled times.

If you missed this story, over the holiday weekend, Barry was picked up by the U.S. Park Police, who are tasked with protecting residents and guests of the District of Columbia from Barry at all times. Barry was cited for misdemeanor stalking, after the police were called to the scene by his stalkee, political consultant and Barry ex-girlfriend Donna Watts-Brighthaupt. According to reports, Barry had hoped to "cross the sex line" with Watts-Brighthaupt on a trip to Rehoboth Beach, which is Washington, DC's version of Argentina.

DeBonis has fantastic details of the Barry/Watts-Brighthaupt relationship, and the ebbs and flows of their zany passions for one another:

Throughout, the telenovela dynamic was constant, with the two regularly fighting, only to make up within days or hours, sometimes minutes. The tussles happened in private and in public -- in an incident recounted to LL by an independent source, a verbal scuffle between the two in Vegas erupted into blows, right in the lobby of the Paris hotel. "She told me she put a shellacking on him," [ex-husband Delonta] Brighthaupt says.

Go here, with all deliberate haste, to enjoy these vocal samples that will all hopefully find their way onto Wale's next mixtape. DeBonis thoughtfully provides transcripts, which, I'm sure you will agree, force all of us to revisit the soulful and poetic love-notes of South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, who clearly should be respected for the relative restraint he showed while deploying his stimulus package. While they are all sublime, this clip is going to be everyone's personal favorite:

Recorded argument between Watts-Brighthaupt and Barry: Watts-Brighthaupt: Why you saying he fuck me like you did?...Why you sayin' he has my credit fucked up, and you know. I think you telling your friends, sayin' I want a man who fucked me up, fucked my credit up, got me to lose my house and she keep goin' back to that man...You want me to think I'm crazy...All I'm trying to saying is I forgive. You put me out in Denver cause I wouldn't suck your dick. You put me out in Denver! You made me have to fuck your ass up in the middle of a [unintelligible]. We were like fuckin' Tina and Ike Turner. And I forgive. Alright you just wastin my damn time?...I can't believe this....you always... you don't think about other people's time. You're inconsiderate...

This should have absolutely been the Washington DC commemorative quarter, obviously.

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Comments

[lovethesinner]

"No comment." (that's my comment)

[desertdweller]

What's funny about this is that Mr. Berry has, himself, probably been thrown out of a few hotel rooms for demanding oral sex.

[perplexed101]

Good old Marion . . . I am glad that he is making a comeback... bringing back the old school, showing the young ones how it is done.

[triplbee]

good one!

[rich misty]

You have to laugh at Marion Barry... That is all he is good for, that and getting in trouble.

[Rumplestiltskin]

Barry for Mayor.

[swan1]

This should be on the nastypolitician.com site. lol

[TremoluxMan]

So Marion's girlfriend didn't want to play his flute? Hmmm.

[SoCalNick]

I guess the media has to try and balance all that POSITIVE press on Black Leaders with ANYTHING Negative we can find out here huh?

[whiskeytangofoxtrot451]

Seriously, how does this man keep getting elected to city council?

You can't tell me that the democrats in DC can't find someone to run against him in the primary.

Just pick a random homeless guy off the street. He'd have a less embarrassing history!

[triplbee]

He is a living legend in the poorer sections of DC. He's city council rep for Ward 8, the poorest section of the city. He can't be beaten there. Stories like this only strengthen his appeal.

[jasongrundy]

WHO "FREAKIN" CARES!!

[CUL8R]

Somebody has got to do a movie about the life and times of Marion Barry! You can't make this stuff up! LOL

[stagebandman]

How is this guy still involved in politics? Has he ever done anything positive?

[triplbee]

Believe it or not, he has a PhD and was the head of SNCC during the late 60s. It's true. I swear.

[khiva]

Ah, Marion Barry. Washington's apparently immortal embarassment. If he ran for mayor again today, he'd still win 80 percent of the vote.

[Rook119]

Marion Barry was one of the few (maybe only) DC councilmen to actually stand up and say "Hey maybe spending 660+M on a baseball stadium isn't such a good idea."

Luckily for the residents of DC he was shouted down and DC is raking in the all those tourist dollars that come with having 10K pathetic souls packed in to see the Nationals.

[probo]

OMG.