Detroit Strip Clubs: 2 Kilpatricks Want to Avoid Depositions
July 26, 2010 at 11:12 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No Comments2 Kilpatricks Want to Avoid Depositions
Updated: Monday, 26 Jul 2010, 6:38 PM EDTPublished : Monday, 26 Jul 2010, 6:02 PM EDT
By BILL GALLAGHERmyFOXDetroit.com
BIRMINGHAM, Mich. – The wife and father of Detroit’s former mayor are trying to avoid answering some questions. Carlita and Bernard Kilpatrick are attempting to stop a local attorney representing the family of a murdered dancer.
Carlita Kilpatrick, the former mayor’s wife, and his father, Bernard Kilpatrick, have been called to sit for sworn depositions in the lawsuit brought by the family of Tamara “Strawberry” Greene. She was a stripper linked to a rumored party at the Manoogian Mansion who was later murdered. The suit charges the city of Detroit and Kwame Kilpatrick obstructed the murder investigation.
The lawyer for the Greene family argues Carlita Kilpatrick should be questioned under oath.
Detroit Strip Clubs: Should the Kilpatricks be excused from giving deposition?
July 26, 2010 at 5:24 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsDetroit, MI- Carlita Kilpatrick and father of the former mayor of Detroit, Bernard Kilpatrick filed a request in U.S. District Court in Detroit on Sunday in response to deposition requests by a lawyer for the family of the stripper, Tamara Greene, who was killed in a drive-by shooting in April 2003. In their request, they’re asking the judge to quash the subpoena.
Both Kilpatricks has given reason for not wanting to be deposed. Carlita stated that her testimony could be incriminating information against her husband, who is in a federal prison in Milan on state probation violation charges. Meanwhile Kwame’s father, Bernard wants to invoke his 5th Amendment privileges for self incrimination reasons.
The attorney for Carlita Kilpatrick stated, “Due to the ongoing criminal case in the state of Michigan and the pending federal indictment of her spouse … in a separate federal tax matter, any information given could adversely affect that matter.” The Kilpatricks were to be deposed in Texas on Aug. 5-6.
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Detroit Strip Clubs: Carlita, Bernard Kilpatrick seek to avoid depositions in exotic dancer case
July 26, 2010 at 5:24 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No Comments… There is no way this is going to fly,” he said. “We’re going to ask the judge to sanction them for bringing these motions.”
If Carlita and Bernard Kilpatrick are required to answer questions under oath, both will cite their rights against self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, their Texas attorney, Bobbie Edmonds, said in a court filing. Edmonds also asked Chief U.S. District Judge Gerald E. Rosen to order that the depositions not be videotaped and to award them attorney fees and other costs related to the deposition.
Greene, a stripper linked to a rumored party at the mayor’s Manoogian Mansion in the fall of 2002, was shot to death in Detroit on April 30, 2003. Her family is suing the city and the former mayor, alleging they obstructed the investigation of her still unsolved murder for political reasons. The defendants deny the allegations.
Detroit Strip Clubs: Carlita, Bernard Kilpatrick seek to avoid depositions in exotic dancer case
July 26, 2010 at 11:37 am | In Detroit strip clubs | No Comments… There is no way this is going to fly,” he said. “We’re going to ask the judge to sanction them for bringing these motions.”
If Carlita and Bernard Kilpatrick are required to answer questions under oath, both will cite their rights against self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, their Texas attorney, Bobbie Edmonds, said in a court filing. Edmonds also asked Chief U.S. District Judge Gerald E. Rosen to order that the depositions not be videotaped and to award them attorney fees and other costs related to the deposition.
Greene, a stripper linked to a rumored party at the mayor’s Manoogian Mansion in the fall of 2002, was shot to death in Detroit on April 30, 2003. Her family is suing the city and the former mayor, alleging they obstructed the investigation of her still unsolved murder for political reasons. The defendants deny the allegations.
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