Ex-Mayor’s Family To Be Deposed In Stripper Case

DETROIT — A judge has ordered the wife and father of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to answer questions in a civil lawsuit tied to the fatal shooting of a stripper.

The family of Tamara Greene claims Kilpatrick and others stifled a probe of her 2003 death. Greene, who danced as “Strawberry,” was rumored to have performed at a wild party at the mayoral mansion in 2002.

U.S. District Judge Gerald Rosen said lawyers for Greene’s family can interview Carlita Kilpatrick, Bernard Kilpatrick and a former Detroit police chief. It’s not known exactly why they will be deposed, although a former police records clerk said she saw a report that Carlita Kilpatrick beat Greene. The report has not been found and the Kilpatricks deny the allegation.

Kilpatrick resigned after pleading guilty to obstruction of justice.