Pellicano and Codefendants Convicted in Wiretapping Trial
Posted on Thu May 15, 2008 at 04:41:47 PM EST
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"Private Eye to the Stars" Anthony Pellicano and his co-defendants, including a former LAPD officer, were convicted of multiple counts of racketeering and other crimes related to illegal wiretapping today. (Background on the charges is here.)
The trial lasted 9 weeks. The jury began deliberating May 1. Pellicano, who had recently finished serving time on explosives charges when this case began, represented himself. He refused to provide information about his clients:
Pellicano told the jury he was just a P.I. trying to get information. But he never revealed his secrets.
After publicly toying with testifying, he told the judge he would never discuss his clients. "It's not going to happen ever, no matter what the consequence," he said.
Back in 2003, when the probe started, he said: [More...]
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