Detroit Strip Clubs: Judge gives Kilpatrick, city week to yield records in slain dancer lawsuit
January 18, 2010 at 5:01 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsAnd Chief U.S. District Judge Gerald E. Rosen warned in an order issued late Friday that more foot-dragging will not be tolerated in the case.
“In light of the disturbing trend … that at least certain of the defendants appear to be consistently failing to provide timely responses to discovery requests … the court cautions the parties and their counsel that any further failures to provide timely and appropriate responses to discovery requests will be met with escalating rounds of sanctions, up to an including dismissal of claims or the entry of judgment,” Rosen said.
The judge granted three “motions to compel” production of certain records filed by Norman Yatooma, the Birmingham lawyer representing the family of slain dancer Tamara “Strawberry” Greene.
Greene was killed in a drive-by shooting in Detroit on April 30, 2003.
She had been linked to a rumored stripper party at the mayor’s Manoogian Mansion in the fall of 2002.
Detroit Strip Clubs: Birds of a Feather Wear Bad Costumes Together
January 18, 2010 at 10:13 am | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsAt Skate America in November, Lysacek flapped his arms and seemed unintentionally cartoonish for a world champion and Olympic favorite with such a clean, elegant line. The costume was the latest from Vera Wang, but it screamed vintage Heckle and Jeckle.
“It looked like he spent the summer on a turkey farm,” said Jef Billings, a renowned skating costume designer.
Skating has reached the point where “Blades of Glory” seems less like satire and more like cinéma vérité. Lilac vinyl jumpsuits, sheer tops, off-the-shoulder necklines, corsets, tassels, feathers and fur are all the rage. And then there are the women.
“I think it’s hurting the sport,” said Billings, who has designed costumes for Peggy Fleming, Dorothy Hamill, Michelle Kwan and Sarah Hughes. “Sometimes you feel like you’ve gone to the circus instead of figure skating.”
Or as Dick Button put it, if he wanted to see theatrical strippers, he would take in a performance of “Gypsy.”
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