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Pellicano, lawyer convicted of conspiracy
Former Hollywood private eye faces up to 10 years in federal prison
The Associated Press
updated 3:24 p.m. ET, Fri., Aug. 29, 2008
LOS ANGELES - Former Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano and his
entertainment lawyer co-defendant were convicted Friday of charges
linked to the wiretapping of billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian's
former wife in a child support battle.
Pellicano and attorney Terry Christensen were each convicted of
conspiracy to commit wiretapping. Pellicano was also convicted of
wiretapping and Christensen was convicted of aiding and abetting a wiretap.
"We are disappointed, think the jury is wrong, and we will be
appealing," said Patricia Glaser, Christensen's attorney and law partner.
Pellicano and Christensen were accused of recording Lisa Bonder
Kerkorian's phone conversations in an effort to disprove her claims
that MGM mogul Kirk Kerkorian was the father of her young daughter.
Each of the 64-year-old defendants faces up to 10 years in federal
prison and $500,000 in fines when sentenced Nov. 17 by U.S. District
Judge Dale S. Fischer.
Pellicano was convicted of illegal wiretapping and racketeering in a
separate case earlier this year. He was remanded back to jail after
the latest verdicts were announced.
Christensen, who is free on $100,000 bond, was ordered to surrender
his passport and instructed not to travel outside of central
California without permission.
The jury began deliberating Wednesday but had to start again Thursday
when Fischer dismissed one juror for making questionable comments
about the severity of the charges in the jury room and then lying
about making them.
The case was built on recorded conversations between Pellicano and
Christensen in which prosecutors said they discussed Bonder
Kerkorian's private phone calls. Jurors heard a playback of several
conversations during deliberations.
Glaser stressed to jurors that no actual recordings of the phone
calls were ever recovered.
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