ANTHONY PELLICANO - PELLICANO PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO REPORTER THREATS

PELLICANO PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO REPORTER THREATS

Shamed Hollywood private investigator ANTHONY PELLICANO has entered a not guilty plea over claims he threatened a Los Angeles Times journalist who reported on one of his clients.
Pellicano, along with revered Hollywood lawyer Terry Christensen, were convicted last year (08) of breaking the law while acting for high-profile clients.
The detective was convicted of wiretapping and Christensen was found guilty of aiding and abetting a wiretap. He was sentenced to three years in jail in November (08) while Pellicano started a 15-year stretch behind bars a month later (Dec08).
And on Wednesday (17Jun09) the disgraced detective was up in front of a Los Angeles judge again for allegedly hiring Alexander Proctor to threaten L.A. Times' Anita Busch.
Prosecutors told the court that in 2002, Proctor - on Pellicano's orders - had placed a dead fish with a rose in its mouth on the bonnet of Busch's car, put a bullet-sized hole in her windshield, and wrote a note saying 'Stop'.
Both men pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy and making criminal threats.
The incident allegedly occurred after Busch wrote about the financial woes of Hollywood agent Michael Ovitz - one of Pellicano's powerful clients at the time.