Daniel Saunders

Hammer Time: Pellicano's End, Judge's Verdicts, Juror's Accusal

Misconduct in the jury room? No fuzzy sentences for Pellicano associates

Crossing Jordison: A Pellicano Juror Feels Betrayed by System

On Tuesday afternoon Judge Dale Fischer lowered the hammer on three of Anthony Pellicano's convicted co-defendants, and the resulting sentences and handcuffings that each man received brought a sudden finality to this case involving racketeering, wiretapping and conspiracy. Still, the hearing had a ... More >>

"Roadside Carnage:" Anthony Pellicano Sentenced

Former Private Eye to the Stars Anthony Pellicano entered Room 840 of the Roybal Federal Building at 1:25 p.m. grinning, and managed to bring his manacled hands up to his lips to blow a kiss to his wife, Kat. Two hours later he wasn't smiling --  today was sentencing day for Pellicano, 64, who' ... More >>

0 for 4: Pellicano and Christensen Strike Out

Former “private eye to the stars” Anthony Pellicano and high-powered entertainment/corporate lawyer Terry Christensen were found guilty by a jury this morning of all four counts of the conspiracy and wiretapping that the men faced. For Pellicano this must seem now routine, having been convicted ... More >>

Can Billionaire Kirk Kerkorian Save Terry Christensen From Tony Pellicano's Fate?

Pellicano on Tape: “I’m Unrelentless!”

Pellicano Verdict Watch

Will he be a free bird or a jailbird?

In the Jury’s Lap: Pellicano Trial Finishes

The fate of the Pellicano Gang of Five rests with the jury, now that closing arguments have concluded. Attorney Mona Soo Hoo began the morning by announcing that “This case is about dualities.” She then enumerated a list of dialectical opposites that described perceptions of her client, former p ... More >>

RICO Suave: Closing Arguments at Pellicano Trial

“Sitting up there in the second row is a dirty cop. A dishonest cop. A corrupt cop. A man who sold his badge for $2,500 a month.” Say what you will about prosecutor Daniel Saunders, he gets to the point. He uttered these words about former LAPD sergeant Mark Arneson Tuesday morning, early on in ... More >>

Mistakes Were Made

Dysfunctional business as usual at Pellicano trial When we last left the trial of Anthony Pellicano and four co-defendants, the proceedings had been thrown into chaos after attorney Chad Hummel’s cross examination of a “businesswoman” whom the government had called to the witness stand to tes ... More >>

Pellicano Trial Enters Home Stretch

Killing Fields testimony

Pellicano Trial Prosecutors Rest Their Case

The color of dirt

Pellicano Defense Goes on the Offense

Sparky remembers to forget On Thursday the prosecution’s guns in the racketeering trial of Anthony Pellicano and four co-defendants fell silent as the government rested its case-in-chief that afternoon. Friday morning came and spectators filled Courtroom 890 in the Roybal Federal Building to watc ... More >>

Chris Rock Guest-Stars at the Pellicano Circus

For once Chris Rock played the straight man. From the moment he stepped into court Friday to testify at Anthony Pellicano’s racketeering trial, Rock appeared somber and apprehensive. With hands clasped behind his back, he looked like a condemned man walking to the electric chair. Rock, wearing a d ... More >>

Pellicano Briefs: Keith Carradine’s Blues

The Pellicano trial turns into divorce court Who’s that tapping, gently wiretapping, at my trailer door? actor Keith Carradine may well have wondered in April, 2001, as he and his girlfriend Hayley DuMond began noticing telephone problems and other odd events occur in Carradine’s Valencia RV pa ... More >>

Pellicano Briefs: The Garry Shandling Show

Anthony Pellicano's Gang of Five Stand Trial

It isn't racket science

Pellicano Briefs: The Snitch Wore Black

Anthony Pellicano discovers Tarita Virtue is her own reward For four days ex-Pellicano employee Tarita Virtue wore black to court as she testified under an immunity grant. And why not? It wasn’t her funeral, but that of her ex-boss, “P.I. to the Stars” Anthony Pellicano, who, with four others ... More >>