Attorney: Kilpatrick had affair with police monitor

Detroit- Ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick had a sexual relationship with the former federal court monitor overseeing police department reforms, according to a bombshell legal filing today in the case of slain stripper Tamara "Strawberry" Greene.

The claim, one of several new allegations unveiled today, illustrates how the disgraced mayor and his administration interfered with police activities, including the homicide of Greene, who reportedly danced at a rumored party at the Manoogian Mansion.

The filing by Greene family lawyer Norman Yatooma included several new claims, some lurid and explosive, injecting fresh controversy into a case that has tantalized and fascinated the public in the five years since Greene's family sued the city and mayor.

Among them: Two of Kilpatrick's bodyguards, Loronzo Jones and Greg Martin, were caught on videotape attending Greene's funeral.


Lawyer: Witness says she was at Manoogian bash

A lawyer for the family of a slain stripper says he has found a second witness who said they attended a wild party at the Manoogian Mansion where the wife of then-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick attacked the dancer.

The revelation emerged today in a 130-paged legal brief Birmingham lawyer Norman Yatooma filed in hopes of persuading U.S. District Judge Gerald Rosen to allow his lawsuit resulting from the death of Tamara Greene to go to trial.

Yatooma’s court brief said a stripper named Tamika Ruffin told him in a deposition that she was paid $1,000 to attend the party, where marijuana and cocaine were provided to the guests. She said 10 Detroit police officers attended the event.