Ex-Detroit mayor’s wife, girlfriend-aide, ex-police chief dropped from stripper death suit

Ex-Detroit mayor’s wife dropped from stripper suit

DETROIT — The wife of ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, his one-time aide and lover, and the city’s ex-police chief have been dropped from a civil suit in the 2003 death of a stripper.

Norman Yatooma represents the family of Tamara Green. He says Carlita Kilpatrick, ex-chief of staff Christine Beatty, ex-Chief Ella Bully-Cummings, and other police were dropped from the federal lawsuit at his request.

Kwame Kilpatrick and Detroit remain as defendants in the $150 million case. Yatooma said Tuesday he hopes the case moves faster with fewer defendants. The trial is to start in January.

Yatooma represents Greene’s three children. She was shot to death in 2003 and is rumored to have performed at a never-proven party at the mayor’s official residence.