Kilpatrick is "formally requesting" a hearing on the matter, wants the issue moved to federal court in Georgia and says there's been "no accurate accounting" by the government regarding his restitution debt, Tresa Baldas writes.

After taking a few years off due to COVID, the slide returned with a bang in 2022 and quickly went viral and gained international attention. On Aug. 17, 2022, the slide was shut down four hours after it opened because riders were going too fast and catching too much air on the way down.

A beloved feature of Belle Isle since the late 1960s, the giant slide went viral in the summer of 2022, as video clips of riders going airborne and taking hard landings made it onto national late-night talk shows. The DNR closed the slide for a few days while it assessed how to make the ride safer.

The slide was closed in August 2022 after officials determined an over-application of wax was the cause of excessive rider speed.

The now famous giant slide on Belle Isle is set to reopen this summer with new safety improvements, according to officials.