US rapper Dr Dre was absent from court at a hearing in Flint,
Michigan on Monday, as his lawyers asked the judge to dismiss a case brought by three former Detroit City employees, who are suing Dre, along with distributor Time Warner and retailers
Best Buy over their inclusion in a 2002 DVD.
The case hinges on the claim that the trio were unknowingly filmed arguing with Dre's representatives at a concert in July of 2000 and that the footage was subsequently used in 2002 documentary,
Detroit Controversy, without their knowledge. The conversation recorded took place between tour organisers and the Detroit
City Officials at the Joe Louis Arena on July 6 2000 after Dr
Dre was forced to drop two sexually explicit videos from his act.
**Glenn
Oliver**, attorney for Greg Bowens, Paula Bridges and Gary Brown, the officials bringing the suit, said that his clients did not authorise their appearance in the documentary, also claiming that that a camera and microphone was used to record the meeting without their knowledge.