Detroit Strip Clubs: Judge: Lawyer can look at texts in dancer’s death
November 16, 2009 at 7:24 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsJudge: Lawyer can look at texts in dancer’s death
Associated Press – November 16, 2009 5:14 PM ET
DETROIT (AP) – A lawyer will get to read 36 text messages from city of Detroit pagers as he pursues a lawsuit in the death of a stripper.
Norman Yatooma claims the investigation into Tamara Greene’s 2003 death was blocked for political reasons by then-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and others. They deny the allegation.
A federal judge said Monday that Yatooma can read the messages, although one sentence will be redacted. The city had argued that nearly all are not relevant. Yatooma still can’t share the contents with the public.
Greene’s fatal shooting has not been solved. Kilpatrick has denied that she danced at the Manoogian Mansion, the official residence of Detroit mayors. A state investigation failed to confirm a party.
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Detroit Strip Clubs: Lawyer in stripper case will get to see text messages
November 16, 2009 at 7:24 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsLast Updated: November 16. 2009 5:47PM
Lawyer in stripper case will get to see text messages
Paul Egan / The Detroit News
Detroit — A lawyer for the family of slain exotic dancer Tamara Greene will be able to read all 36 city of Detroit text messages that federal magistrate judges have identified as potentially relevant to the family’s lawsuit against the city of Detroit, a judge ruled today.
Chief U.S. District Judge Gerald E. Rosen ruled that only one sentence will be redacted from one of the text messages. Otherwise, they will all be turned over to Birmingham attorney Norman Yatooma, Rosen said in a court order.
Greene, 27, who was shot to death in Detroit on April 30, 2003, was linked to a rumored party at the mayor’s Manoogian Mansion in the fall of 2002. Her family is suing former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and top city and police officials, alleging the investigation into Greene’s still unsolved killing was obstructed for political reasons.
Detroit Strip Clubs: Strip Club Restrictions
November 16, 2009 at 7:24 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsA Detroit city council vote regarding strip club restrictions in our city may have to wait until next year. Today, council members were expected to vote whether the sale of alcohol should be banned from strip clubs along with requiring that exotic dancers wear pasties and stay six feet away from customers.
But not enough council members attended today’s meeting to have a forum.
If the council doesn’t schedule a special meeting, the vote will have to wait until after the council’s winter recess in January.
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