Text messages between 34 people, including Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, Christine Beatty, members of the mayor’s executive protection unit and others in the Detroit police department could all become public if the lawyer for a murdered dancer’s family has his way. Attorney Norman Yatooma represents the family of Tamara Greene

(WXYZ) Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox will not interview Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s wife about allegedly assaulting a stripper at the infamous, yet unproven, Manoogian Mansion party—despite a new statement filed with the court from a witness claiming to have knowledge about the assault. In a signed affidavit, Lt. Michael

DETROIT — A former police desk clerk says she read a report filed by stripper Tamara Greene claiming she was assaulted by the wife of Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick during a party at the Manoogian Mansion. Rumors of a party involving strippers at the mayor’s official residence have never been

An administrative hearing for a fired Detroit Fire Department employee, who recently sued the city alleging he was retaliated against for information he had about the rumored party at the Manoogian Mansion, was abruptly halted today after his lawyer refused to stop recording the proceeding. Attorney Norman Yatooma stormed out

DETROIT — An appeal hearing for a fired Detroit Fire Department emergency medical technician was abruptly terminated Wednesday morning after city officials objected to attempts by the former EMT worker’s lawyer to tape record the hearing. Norman Yatooma, the lawyer for Douglas Bayer, denounced the hearing as a sham. “That

(WXYZ) A Detroit paramedic who believes he was fired for what he knows about the Manoogian Mess is fighting to get his job back. But did the city cheat him out of a fair hearing? The paramedic went before a trial board that attorneys say should be open to the

(WXYZ) A Detroit Emergency Medical Technician’s union grievance hearing abruptly ended this morning because his attorney refused to stop tape recording the proceeding. The hearing was to address the firing of Detroit EMT Doug Bayer, who is suing the City of Detroit, Fire Department Commissioner Tyrone Scott, and other supervisors.

New affidavit in lawsuit claims Greene blamed mayor’s wife. Six years after the long-rumored but never proven Manoogian Mansion party, a Detroit Fire Department EMS supervisor has come forward to say he spoke on an autumn night in 2002 with a swollen faced Tamara Greene, who told him the mayor’s

A wife in the morning and a widow in the afternoon. The sun was shining brightly on the morning of March 11, 1993, when Andrea Yatooma rose from her sleep. However, by the time the sun set, she was the mother of four young boys who would now be fatherless.

BIRMINGHAM — Norman Yatooma was away at college in Indiana when he got the call that his father had died. When he returned home to Michigan, he found out the truth: his father had been murdered in a carjacking in Detroit. At just 20 years old, Yatooma became head of

Foundation helps kids deal with loss It’s no secret the lawyer, who owns Norman Yatooma & Associates, is busy representing the family of Tamara Greene — including her eldest son, Jonathan Bond — in a lawsuit against the City of Detroit and Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick in her unsolved murder. And

Variety, The Children’s Charity’s fund-raising events are noted for their high entertainment quotient. People are still talking about the recent DreamCatchers benefit. It kicked off with a classy benefactor Dinner Party for 94 and mini-auction ($36,000) at Meadow Brook Hall. Two weeks later, the main event, which attracted 300-plus to

Thomas Kinkade is famous for his luminous landscapes and street scenes, those dreamy, deliberately inspirational images he says have brought “God’s light” into people’s lives, even as they have made him one of America’s most collected artists. A devout Christian who trademarked himself as the “Painter of Light,” Kinkade trades

Two former Thomas Kinkade Signature Gallery owners in Virginia were awarded $860,000 by an arbitration panel which said Media Arts Group, the Morgan Hill company whose galleries feature the “Painter of Light,” failed to outline the risks of the once-booming art business. In a 2-1 ruling released Thursday, the panel

LOS ANGELES – An arbitration panel has awarded $860,000 to two former Thomas Kinkade Signature Gallery owners who accused the so-called “Painter of Light” and his company of business fraud. The arbitrators in a 2-1 ruling Thursday found that Kinkade’s Media Arts Group and one of its executives, Richard F.

Two former Thomas Kinkade Signature Gallery owners in Virginia were awarded $860,000 by an arbitration panel that said Media Arts Group, the Morgan Hill company whose galleries feature the “Painter of Light,” failed to outline the risks of the once-booming art business. In a 2-1 ruling released Thursday, the panel

Denny’s Inc., America’s most recognized name in family dining and the nation’s largest full-service family restaurant chain, is being charged with racial discrimination by a Detroit, Mich.-based minority owned and operated restaurant management corporation. The Birmingham, Mich.-based law firm of Norman Yatooma & Associates, P.C. (NYA), which has been engaged

A Detroit Fire Department lieutenant who came forward after five years to say he encountered an injured Tamara Greene said he has been contacted by Wayne County prosecutors and the state Attorney General’s Office to set up official interviews for his statement. Lt. Michael J. Kearns spoke to the media