Attorney General Mike Cox, candidate in the 2010 Gubernatorial primary, is answering the allegations by Wilson Kay, Jr., that he attended Kwame Kilpatrick's legendary 2002 stripper party at the Manoogian Mansion in Detroit.
Some call it legendary because it is has been the focus of so many reports and a police cover-up. Others call it legendary in the form of an urban legend.
It is alleged that a wild party at the mansion, the official residence of Detroit’s mayor, was a prelude to the murder of Tamara Greene. As Attorney General, Cox lead an investigation that determined there was no evidence the party ever took place.
Kay, a five-time convicted felon, claims that not only does Cox know there was a party - Cox was AT the party.
The allegations, one week prior to a hotly contested primary, were quickly heralded by those believing there was a party and denied as a political ploy by those that do not.
"These claims are absolutely false, and frankly, absurd,” says Cox in an official written statement. "It's no surprise that these ridiculous, false allegations come just days before the election; I fully expected this kind of thing.”
At the time of the party Cox was not the Attorney General but he had taken over the position by the time of the investigation.
“I have never stepped foot inside the Manoogian Mansion,” says Cox, “and I had never even met the mayor in 2002.”
Tom Berry, the retired Detroit Police Lieutenant that worked on the FBI investigation of the alleged incident, says, "For eight years, no one has come forward and all of a sudden a career criminal puts out a bunch of lies. This story being perpetrated by political thugs is complete nonsense. As a former Detroit police lieutenant on the violent crime task force, I worked case after case with Mike Cox and know he is a leader of integrity."
Kay’s convictions includes weapons, drug, and arson charges.
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