DETROIT, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- The lawyer for the family of a slain exotic dancer says the city of Detroit should have to pay for allegedly obstructing the investigation into her death.
Attorney Norman Yatooma filed an objection Monday in U.S. District Court in Detroit, asking for sanctions and a default judgment in the $150 million civil case against former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and the city, The Detroit News reported.
U.S. Magistrate Judge R. Steven Whalen this month ruled the city's attorneys were responsible for hiding or destroying evidence that was ordered to be preserved in a lawsuit filed by relatives of Tamara "Strawberry" Greene, the newspaper said.
Greene was killed in 2003 in a drive-by shooting several months after she was rumored to have danced for Kilpatrick.
Yatooma said a default judgment would send the message that intentional and willful destruction of evidence will not be tolerated.
