10/28/2007

A lawsuit filed against Dr. Dre by the three former Detroit City officials accusing the famed producer of videotaping a conversation without their knowledge, could be headed to trial.

The conversation, which was videotaped in July 2000 prior to a Dr. Dre performance at the Joe Louis Arena , showed Greg Bowens, Paula Bridges and Gary Brown asking the concert’s producers not to show a video containing nudity to an audience attending Dre’s show.

At the time, Greg Bowens was the Detroit Mayor’s spokesperson, Paula Bridges was the Detroit police spokeswoman and Gary Brown was police commander.

The conversation would be included as bonus footage on Dr. Dre’s Up In Smoke Tour DVD.

According to The Detroit Free Press, Wayne County Circuit Judge John A. Murphy did not rule Friday (October 26) on a motion from Dr. Dre’s attorneys to dismiss the case and said he would do so within several weeks. Murphy said his inclination is to let the case proceed.

Dr. Dre's attorney, Herschel Fink, told the judge that ‘the conversation took place in a room with people entering and exiting and with cameras obviously present, nullifying any expectation of privacy’, but Glenn Oliver, an attorney for the former city officials, says the cameras were hidden during the conversation.