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Man sues Eminem, claims assault by singer in 2006 in Detroit

PONTIAC, Mich. — A man has sued Eminem, claiming the rapper punched him two years ago while they were in the bathroom of a Detroit strip club.

The Detroit News reports Miad Jarbou of Royal Oak filed the lawsuit Thursday in Oakland County Circuit Court seeking more than $25,000 in damages.

The suit claims Eminem punched him July 13, 2006, at Cheetah’s On the Strip Gentlemen’s Club.

Eminem spokesman Dennis Dennehy declined to comment Friday on the lawsuit.

Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Bruce Mathers III, wasn’t charged following reports of an incident at the club in 2006.

The strip club is located on Eight Mile Road, the border between Detroit and the northern suburbs made famous by Eminem’s hit 2002 film 8 Mile.

Phil Donahue to present Iraq war documentary at festival

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich.— One-time talk-show host Phil Donahue is expected to present his Iraq war documentary Body of War at the Traverse City Film Festival.

Filmmaker and festival founder Michael Moore tells the Traverse City Record- Eagle for a Friday story that the film following a paralyzed Iraq war veteran upon his return to the United States is a “very powerful story.”

Donahue, who is executive producer and codirector of the film, also is expected to participate in a panel discussion with Moore during the festival.

Moore in May announced that Madonna will appear for a screening of I Am Because We Are — her film on the impoverished nation of Malawi — during the festival in the northern Michigan resort town.

The festival runs July 29 to Aug. 3.