Stripper persists as rumor in a rumor

She is the elusive second stripper who supposedly danced at the Manoogian Mansion party that never officially happened. And though she is more legend than flesh, her specter will not go away. Was there more than one stripper at the rumored party thrown by Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick? Did “Nikki”

Cox wants to talk to Greene witnesses

EMS official to be interviewed today about rumored assault Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox said Wednesday his investigators are taking statements from two EMS supervisors who recently surfaced to say they had information about a rumor that a stripper was assaulted at the Manoogian Mansion, home to Detroit Mayor Kwame

New Greene info spurs family’s attorney to seek medical files

With new information surfacing about slain stripper Tamara Greene and a rumored Manoogian Mansion party, a lawyer for Greene’s family said Tuesday he plans to subpoena medical records to determine whether she received treatment at Detroit Receiving Hospital in 2002 for a beating. “I’m as close as I’ve ever been

Firefighter: Greene claimed assault

EMS worker says he was present when stripper allegedly told cops Mayor Kilpatrick’s wife beat her. Detroit: A city Fire Department lieutenant has come forward after waiting more than five years to say he was present as two police officers interviewed an injured Tamara Greene, who told them she had

Attorney to seek release of Tamara Greene’s medical files

With new information surfacing about slain stripper Tamara Greene and a rumored Manoogian Mansion party, a lawyer for Greene’s family said Tuesday he plans to subpoena medical records to determine whether she received treatment at Detroit Receiving Hospital in 2002 for a beating. “I’m as close as I’ve ever been

EMS supervisor says Greene claimed Carlita Kilpatrick beat her up

A Detroit Fire Department EMS supervisor said he talked with a swollen-faced Tamara Greene the night she was supposedly assaulted by the wife of Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, according to a court filing today. Lt. Michael Kearns signed an affidavit with Birmingham attorney Norman Yatooma in which he says he

EMS lieutenant: Stripper says mayor’s wife beat her

DETROIT — A city Fire Department lieutenant has come forward after waiting more than five years to say he was present as two police officers interviewed an injured Tamara Greene, who told them she had been assaulted by the mayor’s wife, according to an affidavit filed Monday as part of

SkyTel will match city employees with pagers in stripper lawsuit

DETROIT — The city’s former pager service provider by Monday will provide a federal judge with information it has linking SkyTel pagers with specific city and Detroit police employees, a lawyer for the company said Wednesday. Thomas Plunkett, a Birmingham attorney representing SkyTel, said the company is ready to comply

Audit will probe Greene case

State Police forensics unit to look into Detroit’s gun lab to see if investigations were mishandled. DETROIT — State Police forensics investigators auditing the city’s firearms laboratory will look into whether evidence in the 2003 fatal shooting of stripper Tamara Greene was handled properly, the man in charge of the

Judge orders pager records in Tamara Greene lawsuit

City lawyers scolded for not providing text message lists for use in a lawsuit brought by the slain exotic dancer’s family. A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the city of Detroit to produce the city’s contracts with pager provider SkyTel Corp. — documents that could determine whether text messages sent

Judge orders city to produce SkyTel contracts in Greene lawsuit

DETROIT — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the city of Detroit to produce the city’s contracts with pager provider SkyTel Corp. — documents that could be critical in determining whether text messages sent and received by the mayor and city employees can be subpoenaed in a lawsuit brought by

Attorney: Cop sent text day of slaying

Message from mayor’s bodyguard to Beatty after dancer shot may involve case, lawyer in suit says. DETROIT — It could be significant that a police bodyguard sent a text message to Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s top aide just hours after exotic dancer Tamara “Strawberry” Greene was shot to death, a

Tamara Greene’s daughters join brother’s suit against Detroit

Two daughters of slain stripper Tamara Greene have joined together with their brother in a multimillion lawsuit against Detroit officials. The new parties to the suit are Greene’s 12-year-old daughter, Ashly Jackson and 6-year-old daughter, India, who lives with relatives in western Michigan. Ashly Jackson lives with her father, Taris

Judge in stripper lawsuit: ‘We’ll get to the bottom of this’

DETROIT — A federal judge expressed annoyance Monday when a city attorney said Detroit government no longer has records showing which employees were using which city pagers at the time an exotic dancer was shot to death in 2003. As part of a federal lawsuit, lawyers for the son of

City withholds evidence in Greene lawsuit, contempt motion claims

The attorney who claims Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and the City of Detroit covered up the killing of stripper Tamara Greene is accusing the city of refusing to turn over key evidence in the federal lawsuit. Norman Yatooma, who represents Greene’s son, Jonathan Bond, and Bond’s father, Ernest Flagg, said Thursday

Attorney in stripper case asks judge to find city in contempt

DETROIT — A lawyer representing the 15-year-old son of a slain exotic dancer began contempt of court proceedings against the city of Detroit Thursday, alleging city officials have not provided him with a homicide file and other records a federal judge ordered them to produce. Norman Yatooma, who represents the

Hearing set for April 14 on gag order request in stripper lawsuit

A federal judge today set an April 14 hearing on the city of Detroit’s requests for a temporary halt to proceedings and a gag order in the federal lawsuit brought by the family of a slain exotic dancer. Stripper Tamara Greene, whose name was linked to a long-rumored party at

Greene’s family lawyer: City in contempt

He vows to push for release of text messages in slain stripper suit DETROIT — A lawyer for the family of a slain exotic dancer said Monday he is planning contempt of court proceedings against the city of Detroit after the city missed a court-ordered Friday deadline to supply him

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