Posted on 12/15/2008 8:55:24 PM PST by InMemoriam
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano was sentenced Monday to 15 years in prison for running a wiretapping scheme that spied on the rich and famous.
U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer also ordered the 64-year-old Pellicano and two other defendants to forfeit a total of $2 million.
Pellicano showed no emotion when the sentence was read. "I have taken full and complete responsibility for all my actions," he said.
Fischer said Pellicano engaged in "reprehensible behavior" while digging up dirt for his well-heeled clients to use in legal and other disputes.
"He did this eagerly, sometimes maliciously and with extreme pride," the judge said.
The private eye was convicted of a combined 78 counts, including wiretapping, racketeering and wire fraud, in two separate trials earlier this year.
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Isn’t he the CLINTON private eye who did work for the Clintonistas??? Funny how the Mediascum never manage to explore that angle......
I’m sure Hollywood will make a move of him. /sarc
Yeah, he was their paid attack dog. Hopefully he got paid more than he paid in fines... come to think of it, it was probably covered by the Clinton's.
Him shutting up was probably cheap considering what he could do to hurt them if he did not shut up.. and stay shut up.
Who was being investigated?
That sure is an intriguing quote, isn’t it?
Considering that Pellicano was the “expert” that “debunked” the Gennifer Flowers tape...and lots of his “mail a dead fish” tactics seemed to happen to lots of people who crossed the Clintons.
Interesting that he prefers what is basically life in jail. He’d rather be Susan than Jim McDougal.
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