VIDEO: Text Messages Of City Officials Sought In Greene Lawsuit

DETROIT — The attorney for the son of an exotic dancer killed in a drive by shooting after she allegedly danced at a rumored Manoogian Mansion party hopes a ruling by a judge on Friday could help solve her killing.

Tamara Greene’s son, Jonathan Bond, has filed a lawsuit alleging Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and members of the city’s police department tried to block the investigation into Greene’s death.

Earlier this month, Bond’s attorney, Norman Yatooma, asked the judge to preserve the text messages and e-mails of 34 city employees.

Friday’s ruling from federal Judge Gerald E. Rosen gave the city two weeks to show cause why the judge should not preserve those documents.

The messages include those of top city officials including Kilpatrick, Detroit Police Chief Ella Bully Cummings and ex-mayoral aides Christine Beatty and bodyguard Derrick Miller.

Bond’s attorney said he thinks by subpoenaing the text messages and e-mails of city officials, he will be closer to solving the mystery of who killed Tamara Greene.

“I think we will find better evidence of the party that has been referred to as an urban legend. I think we might find information specific to the investigation itself,” said Bond’s attorney Norman Yatooma.

Yatooma said he plans to go to a federal court on Monday and file as many 20 more subpoenas for top officials’ text messages.