Detroit — The mystery woman said to have danced at Kilpatrick’s fabled Manoogian stripper party quietly gave her story today. Paytra Williams, a Detroit police officer who moonlighted as an exotic dancer under the name Almond Joy, is expected to testify at a deposition held at her lawyer’s downtown office

(WXYZ) – 911 dispatcher Sandy Cardenas says she remembers it clearly, patrol cars from several precincts responded to a report of a disturbanced at the Manoogian Mansion one night in the fall of 2002. In sworn testimony she said officers couldn’t get inside, they went and picked up the Mayor’s

A lawyer for the family of slain exotic dancer Tamara Greene this morning is questioning a former Detroit Police officer who moonlighted as a stripper and was rumored to have danced at the never proven Manoogian Mansion party. In a court affidavit, filed earlier this month, former homicide Sgt. Odell

DETROIT – There was new testimony on Tuesday in the murder of exotic dancer Tamara Greene. A female Detroit Police officer who allegedly moonlighted as a stripper spoke with the attorney representing the Greene family. The deposition took place inside attorney Marvin Barnett’s office in Detroit. We were not allowed

A Detroit police officer who also worked as a exotic dancer was deposed on Tuesday in hopes that she could shed some light on the case of slain stripper Tamara “Strawberry” Greene. Paytra Williams was questioned today by attorney Norman Yatooma, according to The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press.

A lawyer for the Free Press today formally asked a federal judge to unseal various depositions, including that of state Attorney General Mike Cox, in a lawsuit against the City of Detroit by the family members of slain exotic dancer Tamara Greene. Herschel Fink filed the motion today, several weeks

Farmington Hills-based cellular telephone retailer Wireless Toyz is accused of fraud and deceiving its franchisees — accusations the company denies, according to Oakland County Circuit Court filings. The company was founded in 1995 by Joe Barbat, a 2005 Crain’s 40 Under 40 honoree. Barbat was the subject of a WDIV-Channel

Attorney Norman Yatooma sent along invitations the other day to two political fundraisers, one of which sounds like actual fun and neither of which I can attend because, well, they’re political fundraisers. If Yatooma’s name sounds familiar, it’s probably because he represents the son of the late stripper Tamara Greene,

Denny’s Inc., a family restaurant chain, is being charged with racial discrimination by Detroit, Mich.-based YPSI Corp., a minority-owned and –operated company run by former franchisee Andre Snyder. YPSI filed for relief against Denny’s, alleging breach of contract, racial discrimination and multiple violations of Michigan’s Franchise Investment Law. YPSI was

Twelve years ago, college junior Norman Yatooma was elected Student Body President of Taylor University in Indiana. He anxiously called his father to tell him the great news, only to leave him a voicemail. His father called him back to congratulate him, but when Norman did not answer, his father

Two former Detroit police officers — a dispatcher and a homicide detective — said in sworn affidavits that police officials tried to cover up investigations into a long-rumored wild party at the mayoral Manoogian Mansion and the slaying of dancer Tamara Greene. The affidavits were filed Saturday in a federal

DETROIT (WXYZ) – New testimony in the case of slain exotic dancer, Tamara Greene, focuses on 911 calls and tapes that went missing after a rumored party at the Manoogian Mansion in 2002. The lawyer for Greene’s family, Norman Yatooma, is trying to prove that the investigation into Greene’s death

MyFoxDetroit.com – Two more people come forward in the investigation of the death of exotic dancer Tamara Greene. Their revealing statements are exposing new details about the rumored Manoogian Mansion party. An event some people say happened while former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick resided there. It has been coined the much

A former police 911 dispatcher says a reported disturbance at the Detroit mayoral mansion escalated after police brought the wife of then-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to the house to let them in. The account comes in an affidavit filed in U.S. District Court in a civil suit brought by the family

Detroit — A former police dispatcher says she sent officers to a Manoogian Mansion disturbance in the fall of 2002, but the 911 tapes were later removed. The allegations were revealed in a deposition filed over the weekend in a lawsuit against former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and the city by

Two former Detroit police officers — a dispatcher and a homicide detective — said in sworn affidavits that police officials tried to cover up investigations into a long-rumored wild party at the mayoral Manoogian Mansion and the slaying of dancer Tamara Greene. The affidavits were filed Saturday in a federal

Barring a settlement or dismissal, it appears the federal lawsuit filed against Detroit officials by the family of slain exotic dancer Tamara Greene won’t be resolved this year. Chief U.S. District Judge Gerald Rosen today placed the case on a trial docket beginning Jan. 4, 2011, which doesn’t necessarily mean

DETROIT (WXYZ) – Action News is asking a federal judge to keep the Tamara Greene case open to the public. The family of the murdered stripper is suing several current and former Detroit officials, alleging they interfered with the investigation into Greene’s death. Much of the lawsuit has been conducted