DISNEY - WERE OVITZ'S ENEMIES WIRETAPPED?

Several Hollywood figures whose telephone conversations were allegedly recorded by private detective Anthony Pellicano were involved in legal battles with former super agent and Disney president Michael Ovitz, the New York Times reported today (Wednesday). Still others battling Ovitz had their backgrounds checked illegally in law-enforcement databases, according to prosecutors who talked to the newspaper. The revelations come just days after it was reported that Ovitz had been called to testify before a grand jury about his dealings with Pellicano. The newspaper said that one of its own reporters, former Hollywood-based correspondent Bernard Weinraub, may have been targeted by Pellicano, who -- using a police source -- illegally ran his name through the FBI's National Crime Information Center database. Another reporter, Anita Busch of the Los Angeles Times, also had her phone conversations tapped by Pellicano, the New York Times said.

15/02/2006