Detroit Free Press
July 27 2010
Cox campaign: Man who alleges Manoogian party has rap sheet
BY DAVID ASHENFELTER AND L.L. BRASIER
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITERS
The Mike Cox for governor campaign today released the criminal history
of a man who says he attended the long-rumored wild party at the
Manoogian Mansion in 2002.
The record says Wilson Kay Jr., 35, of Detroit, has convictions dating
back to 1997 for breaking and entering, carrying a concealed weapon,
arson and marijuana possession.
`A five-time felon who makes outrageous claims and lies one week
before an election eight years after a supposed incident¦ the whole
thing is absolutely crazy and insulting to Michigan voters,’ said Cox
campaign manager Stu Sandler. `There are people working to stop Mike
from becoming governor and it’s not going to happen.’
Kay could not be located for comment.
He provided a sworn affidavit for Birmingham lawyer Norman Yatooma,
who is suing the city on the grounds that police deliberately botched
the investigation into the 2003 drive-by shooting of Tamara Greene,
27, of Detroit, an exotic dancer who is rumored to have danced at the
Manoogian Party. The family contends that the faulty investigating
prevented them from holding her killers accountable.
After providing the statement, Yatooma said, Kay failed to show up for
a recent deposition.
Kay said in his affidavit that he was among members of motorcycle club
hired to provide security at the party. He said Cox was at the party
and received a lap dance from an unidentified dancer. He said
Kilpatrick’s wife, Carlita, arrived unexpectedly, saw her husband
receiving a lap dance from Greene and assaulted her. Greene fell onto
a table and Carlita picked up the leg of the damaged table and
assaulted her, Kay said.
The Michigan State Police criminal history that Cox released and
Oakland County Circuit Court records show Kay was arrested by Oak Park
Police in July 1996 on two counts of breaking and entering motor
vehicles to steal property, and one count of carrying a concealed
weapon, a knife.
Court records said Kay, who stood 5-foot-10, weighed 180 lbs, owned
six motorcycles, and had a `stab wound scar’ on his shoulder and a
`bullet scar’ on his left thigh, pleaded guilty to the charges in
September 1996 and was placed on one year probation and ordered to pay
costs and restitution.
In July 1997, probation officials sought a warrant for his arrest on
probation violations, saying he continued to involve himself in
criminal behavior and was $225 in arrears, court records showed.
He apparently caught up on the arrearage and was released from
probation in November 1997, records indicated.
The records Cox released indicated Kay also was sentenced to jail for
those offenses.
Kay also was arrested in May 1997 in Detroit on a felony arson charge
involving a house, the records showed. He was found guilty that
December of attempted felony arson and sentenced to two years of
probation.
In September 2000, he was arrested in Detroit for delivering and
manufacturing marijuana, the records said. He was found guilty the
following March to carrying a concealed weapon and a misdemeanor count
of possession of marijuana and was sentenced to two years of
probation.
From: A. Papazian