VIDEO: Attorney: Ex-aide to Mike Cox has ‘important information’ on investigation of slain stripper

Norman Yatooma, the attorney representing the family of slain stripper Tamara “Strawberry” Greene in a $150 million lawsuit against the city of Detroit, is prepared to depose a number of high-profile witnesses in the near future, including Carlita Kilpatrick, Bernard Kilpatrick and former Police Chief Jerry Oliver.

But the most interesting witness could be the least well-known: Brooke Jordan, who previously worked as an assistant attorney general in Mike Cox’s office under the name Brooke Liszak.

“We believe she worked closely with Attorney General Cox and will have important information as to whether and why his investigation was compromised,” Yatooma told the Detroit News.

As the long-running rumor goes, Greene danced at a party thrown by then-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick at the Manoogian Mansion in 2003. She was murdered months later.

Greene’s family alleges city leaders conspired to block her murder investigation, and Sgt. Mark Krebs testified in November that he believes Cox impeded the state’s investigation.

Cox investigated the party himself, interviewed approximately 130 witnesses and declared it an “urban legend.” He admitted to meeting with Kilpatrick behind closed doors — along with two other attorneys — but said there was no evidence to move forward with any charges.

WDIV reports Jordan is scheduled to be deposed March 17 in Arizona, where she currently resides. Bernard and Carlita Kilpatrick are expected to be deposed March 15 in Texas.

Mayer Morganroth, who represents Kilpatrick’s former chief of staff Christine Beatty, is trying to block the depositions, claiming Yatooma is scheduling more depositions than rules allow.

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