Former Detroit City Council President Charles Pugh was released from prison Wednesday morning after serving a shorter-than-expected sentence following a criminal sexual conduct conviction.

The former president of the Detroit City Council has been granted parole about five years after his conviction for having sex with a teenage boy when he previously worked as a TV journalist.

DETROIT – A Metro Detroit attorney representing an 18-year-old man and his mother claims Detroit City Council President Charles Pugh had an inappropriate relationship with a student at Douglass Academy. Local 4's Mara MacDonald tweeted as the press conference happened. TWITTER: Attorney hold press conference about pending lawsuit against Charles PughThe attorney says he will not provide copies of texts between Pugh and the teenager and was not willing to elaborate on what Pugh may have written to the teen. During a Wednesday press conference he did, however, say Pugh took the student off campus in a city car and bought him gifts. The lawsuit to be field claims there was an inappropriate relationship between Pugh and the then 17-year-old he was mentoring.

DETROIT – While everyone agrees there is a mess, no one in the Detroit power structure wants an emergency financial manager. Rick Snyder declared a financial emergency in Detroit, a determination that could lead to the appointment of an emergency manager over the city's finances. Read: Michigan governor declares financial emergency in DetroitNow, the City Council looks to its options. However, sources say the nature of the emergency in Detroit is so severe that there is a real possibility an emergency financial manager won't be enough. Realists on the City Council say they don't see Gov.