Mich. AG Questions Timing of Lap Dance Allegation
Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox is questioning the timing of an affidavit that claims he received a lap dance at a party at the mayor’s mansion.
Cox is campaigning for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, and he says he wasn’t at any party, and has never even been to the mansion, MLive.com reports. Cox said reports of a lap dance at a never-proven party are desperate fantasies promoted by people who want to “make money … or play politics,” the Detroit Free Press reports.
“It is absolutely ridiculous,” Cox told Click on Detroit.
The affidavit, provided by a Dearborn man who said he provided security at the party, surfaced in a lawsuit filed by the family of an exotic dancer killed several months after the rumored event where she is said to have danced, Click on Detroit reports in a separate story. The family of slain dancer Tamara Greene claim police blocked the investigation into her death. The affidavit by Wilson Kay Jr. said he had been hired to provide security along with other members of his motorcycle club, and he saw both Cox and former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick receive lap dances.
Cox points out that Kay has a criminal record, with convictions for breaking and entering and attempted arson, MLive.com reports.
Detroit News columnist Nolan Finley calls the rumored party an urban legend. He says he’s heard from several people who know someone who know someone else who claims to have knowledge of the party, but no one who was actually there. “I can’t swallow that after eight years, suddenly we have someone with firsthand knowledge of the party and can link it to Cox, and conveniently he surfaces just days before the election,” the columnist writes.
