Lawyer Indicted in PI Inquiry (Kerkorian Atty, Terry Christensen, indicted in Pellicano case)

Los Angeles Times ^ | February 16, 2006 | Andrew Blankstein and Greg Krikorian

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Reaching for the first time into the upper ranks of Hollywood's legal establishment, the federal grand jury investigating private eye Anthony Pellicano indicted prominent Los Angeles entertainment attorney Terry N. Christensen on Wednesday for allegedly having the ex-wife of billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian wiretapped.

Christensen paid Pellicano $100,000 to listen in on Lisa Bonder Kerkorian's phone calls to her attorneys and to share the information with Christensen, Kerkorian's longtime lawyer and business partner, to give him a tactical edge in a bitter child support case in 2002, the grand jury alleged.

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Christensen, best known as lawyer for Kerkorian, one of the nation's richest people and a Hollywood fixture for more than 30 years, has helped the enigmatic billionaire oversee a vast empire that includes the MGM Grand and Bellagio hotels and, until last year, the MGM studio.

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Christensen's firm, Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil & Shapiro, has a broad practice that reaches beyond the entertainment community and includes a number of other prominent attorneys, including Robert Shapiro, a member of O.J. Simpson's defense team. Also in the firm are Glaser, who represented a film company suing actress Kim Basinger for spurning a role in the film "Boxing Helena," and Louis R. "Skip" Miller, who has represented a number of government agencies, including the city of Los Angeles.

Miller cemented his relationship with the city by defending it against civil litigation filed over the 1991 Rodney G. King beating case. The firm also represented then-Councilman Nate Holden in a sexual harassment case and the city of Beverly Hills in a complicated racial-profiling case in the mid-1990s.

Christensen's attorneys say it's absurd to think that a partner in such a prestigious firm would wiretap an opponent in a child support case.

[calcowgirl]

This is a very long article, with lots more dirty details. Such as....

Lisa Bonder Kerkorian, a 40-year-old former tennis pro who was married to Kerkorian for one month, was seeking $320,000 a month in support from her husband to pay for private jet flights, hotel accommodations, horses and parties for her then 4-year-old daughter, Kira, whose paternity was in dispute. Multimillionaire film producer Steve Bing later sued Kirk Kerkorian for allegedly hiring someone to dig through his trash for dental floss to prove — through DNA evidence — that he was Kira's father.

[calcowgirl]

The indictment can be read here:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0215061pellicano1.html

[river rat]

"...$320,000 a month in support from her husband."

Hell, he's rich....
He should think of it as the screwing he got for the screwing he got..

Old fools SHOULD have to pay dearly for "buying" human entertainment.
It's cheaper to rent....

Semper Fi

[iPod Shuffle]

Yeah... and that's basically the lifestyle the girl would have if the girl live with him.

[vbmoneyspender]

"We are deeply saddened by today's developments," said attorney Jan Handzlik, one of three lawyers defending Christensen in the Pellicano case. "It is clear to us, that the U.S. attorney did not take the time to learn who Terry Christensen really is or to understand the context in which these events occurred."

Hey Christensen, you need a new mouthpiece. Or at least one who doesn't use copyrighted lines from Tom 'Deeply Saddened' Daschle.

[yldstrk]

yech!!!!!!! to all involved.

[cricket]

Serious stuff and looks like many have been had out in Hollywood. . .can only say, 'too bad'. . .

And 'that' said; I am waiting for the Clinton, Inc. connection to come under public scrutiny. . .

Futile. . .but nonetheless, 'hope springs eternal. . .' so to speak.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Shows where the REAL "rich white businessmen ALWAYS support republicans" trash talk comes from ......