April 10, 2008

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Hollywood heavyweight behind threat, writer testifies

Who: Anthony Pellicano and four co-defendants.
What: A former reporter testified Wednesday that she believed one-time Hollywood superagent Michael Ovitz was behind at least one threat on her life.
When: april 10, 2008
Where: LOS ANGELES, California
Why: The testimony came during the wiretapping trial of private investigator Anthony Pellicano and four co-defendants. Anita Busch recalled that in June 2002 she found a dead fish with a rose in its mouth on her car along with a sign reading "stop" and a bullet-sized hole in the windshield.
How: Busch said she believes Ovitz and Pellicano had orchestrated the threat because she and reporter Bernard Weinraub had written articles in the New York Times detailing alleged financial troubles at Ovitz's Artists Management Group while it was in talks to be acquired.
"You believe (Ovitz) was the client who hired Mr. Pellicano to put the fish on your car?" asked attorney Chad Hummel, who represents one of the defendants, former Los Angeles police Sgt. Mark Arneson.