And the band played on, what is going on? I am probably more confused now as to the criminal justice system than when I started my career many years ago! Now I know that the system is good, and for the most part works. The prosecutors on this case are right on top of their …
Well I heard it before I saw it. Teresa Wright came into the court and it seemed she was “welling” up, and as she stated her name you could hear the emotion in her voice. This woman had a great job with the phone company, but unlike “Happy Ray” never got a chance to retire. …
Well, here it is Thursday and I am eating breakfast in the Federal Court House cafeteria, my $1.65 bowl of oatmeal! Yes, this is were the bigshots hang out and eat gruel. Again my hat comes off to the many reporters who have done stories, oh my and the hard work that they do! After …
Having dived into this project for my readers, I have to tell you being a “reporter” is tough. You sit and you listen, and you sit and listen some more! And then you try and make chicken soup our of chicken shit! The hours are sooooo bad, my day now starts at 0500 hrs. and …
Wednesday was really tedious technical stuff, so here is more entertainment from Tuesday. Just when you think that the silly level has gotten as high as it will go, here comes Robert J. Pfeifer. Mr. Pfeifer was a hotshot Hollywood Records exec and onetime lead singer of a group called the Human Switchboard…I guess it …
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Movie producer Charles Victor Roven (Batman Begins, Three Kings) comes in next on Tuesday, and he sits and listens with us to Exhibit 54a, a recording of his former partner, director John McTiernan (Diehard, Predator) telling Anthony Pellicano that Roven is a rich fuck-up and is what he is. That had to hurt. A rich …
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Well after a three day break in the fun and games of the Pellicano trial, aka “Omerta is dead,” we were met Tuesday morning by a gentleman named Peter L. Knecht, Esquire. His client and friend is a guy named Bilal Barody…a guy who is claimed to live almost everywhere and then again nowhere. A …
This being the Easter Holiday weekend, I was reflecting on the events of the last two weeks, and wondering whether if I were in trouble, in litigation as a defendant or lawyer, what would I do? Being that I was baptized a Catholic and did attend as a child, and spent years in churches as …
Captain George Mueller with the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office was next up, and this guy was right out of central casting! He is with my old friend’s unit ( Chief Steve Simonian), Bureau of Criminal Investigations. Captain Mueller spoke of an investigation of fraudulent passports involving Christopher Rocancourt — this was the little cockroach …
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Tapping a phone is illegal?? During her testimony, Ms. Susan Macguire told the court that yes, she heard her husband talking to her shrink and “crying” and “in distress.” This was upsetting to her then, and it looked as if it was still as she spoke about the events leading her to be sitting in …
