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Dec. 1, 2013

Live from the Courtroom

It seemed like a perfect story for TMZ: A man and his girlfriend were accused of attempting to extort money from music legend Stevie Wonder. But in May 2012, in Los Angeles Superior Court, the network itself became the story when, midway through a pretrial hearing, hidden microphones belonging to TMZ were discovered in three locations: behind books at counsel tables for both the prosecution and defense, and on presiding Judge Ray Jurado's bench, where they potentially could reco...

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