 Total litigation costs were estimated to exceed $20 million.According to the "San Diego Reader, "Merv Adelson finally admitted to mob ties in an interview published in the March 2013 issue of "Vanity Fair" magazine.On May 8, 2007, WXYZ-TV in Detroit, Michigan, reported that now convicted and deposed mayor of Detroit, Kwame Kilpatrick used $8,600 from a fund created for voter education, economic empowerment, and crime prevention, to take his family and a babysitter on a week-long vacation to the La Costa Resort and Spa.