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Thursday, May 15, 2008 --- 72 days ago http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/top-5/2008/05/15/Hollywood-Private-Eye-Ver
 A federal jury convicted a Hollywood private investigator of conspiracy and other crimes for having wiretapped and otherwise harassed a string of celebrities who ran afoul of his wealthy, privileged, and powerful clients. Anthony Pellicano, 64, had represented himself during the trial in U.S. District Judge Dale S. Fischer's courtroom in Los Angeles. Pellicano faces 8 to 10 years in prison after his conviction. The verdict followed nine weeks of testimony and two weeks of jury deliberation. A federal grand jury indicted Pellicano and four co-defendants in 2006 on 78 counts, including racketeering, conspiracy, wire fraud, identity theft, bribery, and wiretapping. His alleged victims included comedians Garry Shandling and Kevin Nealon, actors Sylvester Stallone and Keith Carradine, and developer Robert Maguire. The verdict was a relatively unsurprising judgment that the government's voluminous and aggressive case had indeed proven that Pellicano had been a remorseless and avid operative who crossed into illegality on a regular basis. Studio chief Brad Grey and other Hollywood figures who had hired Pellicano to spy on and sometimes to harass their business and personal enemies were thought to be in some jeopardy during the government investigation. In the end, however, they went largely unscathed during the trial. Former super agent Mike Ovitz, who was uncharged but was linked in testimony to the terrorizing of reporter Anit ... |
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