Anthony Pellicano

The bizarre "self-defense" of private detective Anthony Pellicano -- a mixture of Perry Mason, "The Rockford Files" and Woody Allen's "Bananas" -- came to a close Wednesday with a simple message from the defendant's attorney: Pellicano says "Mr. Pellicano" is not guilty. It was a closing argument marked with all the oddness that has permeated the spectacle of the lead defendant in a major federal wiretapping and racketeering case acting as his own attorney.

After nine weeks of watching everyone in a federal courtroom (the judge included) rise from their seats when they entered or exited, the jury in the trial of Anthony Pellicano retired to their enclave Thursday to begin deliberating charges against the private eye and his four co-defendants. The jurors promptly elected a leader and sent a note to the judge informing her of that and more: "Their lunch order," said Judge Dale S. Fischer with a smile, glancing at the pieces of paper she was handed.

Private investigator Anthony Pellicano, who wiretapped, followed and intimidated people all in the name of serving his moneyed clients, was found guilty Thursday of 76 federal criminal charges. Just reading the jury's verdicts on the dozens of counts of racketeering, wire fraud, computer fraud and wiretapping took 20 minutes. Stoic to the end, the man who represented himself at trial and refused to testify in his own defense lest he be forced to talk about his clients declined U.S.

WE WERE among those targeted by Anthony Pellicano. We have read numerous stories during the coverage of this case in the Los Angeles Times that were slanted against the U.S. prosecutors and the FBI trying to put this man in prison, written by a reporter who admitted to having a long relationship to Pellicano as a news source. Now, a story regarding Rob Lowe's nanny accusations ["The Price of Celebrity Privacy," by Rachel Abramowitz, June 4], asking, "Where is Anthony Pellicano when you need him?"

A newly appointed attorney for recently convicted private eye Anthony Pellicano has filed court documents alleging jury bias and misconduct and asking for a new trial. In court documents filed Monday, San Francisco-based attorney Steven Gruel said that a juror had told his investigators that some deliberating occurred without the full jury present, and that the forewoman lied to the judge, saying she did not hear the prosecutor characterize a lead defense witness as a liar. Pellicano, known as a private eye to the stars, was his own attorney during a lengthy trial in which he was ultimately convicted in May of numerous federal charges, including wire-tapping, racketeering, and computer fraud.

A high-profile attorney to Hollywood's rich and famous was so determined to crush his opponents in a bitter child-support battle he was fighting on behalf of his billionaire client that he resorted to an illegal wiretap conducted by private eye Anthony Pellicano, a prosecutor told jurors Thursday.

Billionaire Kirk Kerkorian will testify at the trial of his former lawyer, attorneys said in court Thursday. Defense attorneys for Terry Christensen, Kerkorian's longtime friend and lawyer, said they plan to call Kerkorian to the stand to testify about his bitter 2002 child support battle with ex-wife Lisa Bonder Kerkorian, who was seeking $320,000 in monthly child support for her daughter, then 4. Prosecutors say Christensen hired private eye...

A U.S. district judge in Los Angeles on Monday rejected a request for a new trial by an attorney for Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano, who alleged jurors may have been influenced by a prosecutor's comment outside trial and by an Internet blog.

A veteran FBI agent has been accused of illegally accessing computers at bureau headquarters in Washington, D.C., in what prosecutors suspect was a failed bid to help Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano defend himself against federal racketeering and wiretapping charges, according to court documents and a source familiar with the case. Mark T.

Former Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano was sentenced to 15 years in prison Monday for running an illegal wiretapping operation that gathered information for a list of well-to-do clients, including celebrities, attorneys and business executives. U.S. District Judge Dale S.