Darrett King Named in Greene Case Filing

DETROIT - Who killed exotic dancer Tamara Greene, and was the murder investigation covered up? Those questions are at the center of a legal battle between Greene’s family and the city of Detroit. Now, a new court filing by the city is naming names, and they’re asking a judge to throw out a civil suit against Kwame Kilpatrick.

The FOX 2 Problem Solvers have been following the theories surrounding the murder of Tamara Greene for years. The woman known as Strawberry was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting in 2003.

She was rumored to have danced at a never proven, wild party at the Manoogian Mansion, and her family is suing the city, claiming former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick obstructed the investigation.

However, in a new legal filing obtained by The Detroit Free Press, city lawyers say they believe Darrett ’Little D’ King was the triggerman who shot Greene while gunning for a rival drug dealer, Eric Mitchell, who was a passenger in her car.

’If this was a drug hit, first of all, Little D and his associates are considerably the worst hit men in the history of the world,’ said Greene family attorney Norman Yatooma.

He calls the filing ridiculous and says there’s no way city lawyers, police and the prosecutor can pin the crime on King.

’If they believe that Darrett King was the killer, surely they would have arrested him. They would’ve charged him. They would’ve prosecuted him,’ Yatooma said.

The city’s filing pointing to King was supposed to be under seal, but the Free Press obtained it when it was filed incorrectly. We tried to reach city attorneys for comment, but our calls were not returned.

’In my view, everything should be made public now. It’s entirely inappropriate for only the city’s version of this story to be made public while ours remains under seal,’ said Yatooma.

He now has three weeks to respond, and he says he’s certain he can convince the judge not to dismiss the case.

’We may never know who killed Tammy Greene, and we may never know why Kwame Kilpatrick and the city of Detroit designed for this murder investigation to be covered up, but the fact that it happened is absolutely certain,’ Yatooma said.