DETROIT – A federal judge has ordered a bodyguard of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to continue his deposition in a civil case connected to the death of exotic dancer Tamara Greene.
Judge Gerald Rosen signed the order for Lorenzo Jones on Friday.
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Greene was shot to death on a Detroit street in April of 2003. Her killing has not been solved.
Greene, who worked as a stripper under the name of Strawberry, was alleged to have danced at a party at the Manoogian Mansion in 2002.
Stories have circulated that the wife of the then-mayor Kilpatrick had confronted Greene and assaulted her.
Attorney General Mike Cox investigated the rumored party hosted by the mayor but said it had all "the earmarks of an urban legend."
Attorneys for the Greene family have filed a federal lawsuit against Kwame Kilpatrick and the city of Detroit, alleging they obstructed the investigation into Greene's death.
Lawyers for Kilpatrick and the city have denied the allegations.
Jones was previously deposed on July, but was told by a city of Detroit lawyer not to answer certain questions about a batch of text messages connected to the case that had not been made public yet.
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Rosen's ruling states city officials and case lawyers should "promptly arrange for an convene the continued deposition of Mr. Jones."
Kilpatrick himself has been deposed in the case, along with his wife, his father, another former bodyguard, his former chief of staff and two former Detroit police chiefs.
Gary Brown, who was deputy police chief at the time, was also deposed.
Brown, who is now on Detroit City Council, claims he was fired in 2003 because he was looking into allegations of falsified time cards, possible cover-ups, including that of the party, and that the mayor used his bodyguards to facilitate and cover extramarital affairs.
Brown was one of two officers who was awarded $6.5 million in a whistleblower lawsuit against the city and the mayor.