Jurors get Pellicano case

That would be Hollywood gumshoe Anthony Pellicano and hotshot attorney Terry Christensen. Pellicano is accused of illegally wiretapping the ex-wife of billionaire Kirk Kerkorian, while Christensen is alleged to have known about and directed the wiretap. Keep in mind that prosecutors do not have any of the alleged wiretapped calls. From the LAT:

Assistant U.S. Atty Daniel Saunders told the jury the recordings provided ample proof from Christensen's own mouth that he clearly knew of and was directing Pellicano's illegal taps into the phone conversations of Lisa Bonder Kerkorian, who was seeking $320,000 in monthly child support from the billionaire. Pointing to a recording where Christensen tells Pellicano, "The people related to me don't want to do this," Assistant U.S. Atty. Daniel Saunders asked the jury: "Ladies and gentlemen, ask yourselves, what is the 'this'?"

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Christensen's attorney Patricia Glaser said in her closing argument that her client was "not running away from" the recordings, and that the contents of the conversations actually vindicated Christensen. Glaser said the recordings showed Pellicano was lying to Christensen, and failing to convey critical information he should have known if Pellicano indeed was wiretapping Lisa Bonder Kerkorian. She also said Pellicano referred to many other sources, such as e-mails, files, records or spies in his conversations with Christensen.
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