Embattled Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will soon announce that he is establishing a legal defense fund, a spokesman confirmed Wednesday.

Chris Garrett of Impact Strategies, the firm hired to speak for Kwame Kilpatrick’s legal team, said it would be a not-for-profit fund.

He declined to say whether city contractors would be asked to contribute or whether some contributions would be denied to avoid conflicts of interest.

He also said that Impact Strategies - like the mayor’s legal defense team led by Dan Webb, a former U.S. Attorney - would not be paid with city funds.

For his part, Kwame Kilpatrick, 37, says he “looks forward to being cleared” in the perjury case currently pending against him.

He has been charged with perjury, obstruction of justice and misconduct. His former chief of staff and advisor, Christine Beatty, with whom he allegedly had an affair, is also facing perjury and obstruction of justice charges.

The charges follow the publication of sexually explicit text messages between Kilpatrick and Beatty, who may have used the alias Carmen Slowsky.

The pair had denied a romantic relationship under oath during a whistle-blowers’ trial last summer - a claim that could come back to haunt them now.

The second youngest mayor of a major U.S. city, Kwame Kilpatrick could face up to 15 years in prison and be expelled from office.