Criminal
Feb. 24, 2009
Pellicano Figure Allowed to Change Plea
Movie director John McTiernan on Monday won his long legal battle to reverse his guilty plea of lying to an FBI agent during the investigation of disgraced ex-private investigator Anthony Pellicano. But his troubles may be just starting.




By Ciaran McEvoy
Daily Journal Staff Writer LOS ANGELES - Movie director John McTiernan on Monday won his long legal battle to reverse his guilty plea of lying to an FBI agent during the investigation of disgraced ex-private investigator Anthony Pellicano. But his troubles may be just starting. At a hearing in front of U.S. District Judge Dale S. Fischer, Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel A. Saunders said prosecutors would indict McTiernan possibly wi...
Daily Journal Staff Writer LOS ANGELES - Movie director John McTiernan on Monday won his long legal battle to reverse his guilty plea of lying to an FBI agent during the investigation of disgraced ex-private investigator Anthony Pellicano. But his troubles may be just starting. At a hearing in front of U.S. District Judge Dale S. Fischer, Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel A. Saunders said prosecutors would indict McTiernan possibly wi...
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