Anthony Pellicano Diaries--Research Compiled by Cheryl Shuman

August 29, 1993: Anthony Pellicano announced that the sexual molestation allegations from the 13-year-old arose against Michael Jackson only after the boy's father had tried and failed to extort $20 million from the singer. Pellicano told the LA Times he was at a meeting where this occurred.

Anthony Pellicano Diaries--Research Compiled by Cheryl Shuman

January 1993: Anthony Pellicano's greatest strength lay in getting people not to talk. Larry Feldman charged that Jackson's side had deliberately used Pellicano in the 1993 Jackson sex scandal "to be out front and make slanderous charges about [Jamie] and his parents." He further states in court documents: "Muzzling independent witnesses, while allowing defendant's investigator to say anything he wants in a declaration for the press, is not justice."Cabell Bruce, a producer for Hard Copy, told of going up to the front porch of a woman who worked at Neverland and trying to talk to her. "She literally started shaking, her eyes filled with tears, and all she could say was 'Call Mr. Pellicano.'" Diane Dimond of Hard Copy complained that every time she found a source who had been close to Michael Jackson the response is "Mr. Pellicano has asked us not to say anything." Pellicano went as far as to offer to pay Kevin Smith to tell him who had leaked the Department of Children's Services report to Splash. When Smith refused, Pellicano pointedly said, "You're not even a citizen" and "I don't want anyone to get hurt in all this." There were also reports that Jamie's father had found a bug on his home phone, and was roughed up at his office. Pellicano denied that he had anything to do with this, saying, "If I had wanted him roughed up, he would have been roughed up." Diane Dimond, who along with local KNBC has broken more new developments in this case than anyone else, says she has received messages via other reporters from Pellicano: "Tell Diane Dimond I'm watching her." "Tell her I hope her health is good."

Anthony Pellicano Diaries--Research Compiled by Cheryl Shuman

1993: Filmography: Special Thanks on movie "The Firm"
Synopsis: Power can be murder to resist. A young lawyer joins a prestigous law firm only to discover that it has a sinister dark side.

Wiretapping Trial of Anthony Pellicano

Mr. Pellicano has plead innocent to a 112 count indictment handed down in federal court where he and thirteen others are accused of crimes that include racketeering and conspiracy, wiretapping, identity theft, witness tampering and destruction of evidence. He is being held without bail in LA County. The indictment comes after Pellicano finished serving his 30 month month sentence for illegal weapons possession. An attorney, Terry Christensen,who used Pellicano has also been implicated in the wiretapping scandal in a new ammended indictment. Six people have already plead guilty in the federal investigation and are co-operating with the prosecutors. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Kevin Lally, has indicated that more indictments are forthcoming in the next few months before jury selection begins.

Mr. Pellicano now has asked the court if he may represent himself in the case after he fired his second attorney, Victor sherman and hired Stephen Gruel, a retired federal prosecutor and San Francisco defense attorney. His first attorney had been Bert Field's first criminal attorney as well, Donald Re. Sources say that Mr. Pellicano's funds have run dry and that his current defense is being paid for by one of his former A-list employers. If convicted, he will serve up to 20 years for each charge.

The Los Angeles Times has featured prominently in the reporting of recent current events about Mr. Pellicano. Interestingly though, they have still failed to publicly disclose the extent of their own newspaper's prior involvement with the investigator. Sources say that the in house counsel for the Times had frequently used Mr. Pellicano's services in the past.

There is still an investigative Grand Jury ongoing in Los Angeles probing wiretap and extortion issues with Mr. Pellicano and many of his celebrity clients and further indictments are expected over the next few months. Assistant U.S. attorneys Daniel Saunders and Kevin Lally continue to head the Pellicano investigation and prosecution (213)892-2272 . Stanley Ornellas and Stephan Tidwell are the FBI agents in Los Angeles still working the case (310)996-4305.