04.29.06
What does a Pellicano victim feel?
So much is being written now about who did and did not hire Anthony Pellicano, it’s seems fitting to devote at least a parcel of Internet space to Pellicano’s victims. Most of them weren’t famous celebrities, like those models, actors and producers who’ve been profiled. Who can feel sorry for victims like that? That mogul’s ex-wife, Bonder Kerkorian, only wanted a few hundred thousand every month for family support and she probably got what she had coming anyway. Damn, even Linda Doucett had enough money left that she could comfortably retire to nuzzle horses in California. Pellicano was just a man in search of the Jewish God who only wanted a rubdown once a week from his wife. Is that too much to ask for? He even was rumored to be a family man who’d honorably refuse to wiretap people who had had debts welched on, like his billionaire friend Burkle. Anthony Pellicano was a man of discriminating taste who made sure that he only preyed on the “bad” people.
Uh, no.
Pellicano was a monster. He wasn’t any flesh and blood recreation of a Phillip Marlowe celluloid character; he was something out of Saw II. But don’t take my word for it just because I had the pleasure of meeting the man several times and the personal delight of practically being ground out of existence by his Tinseltown machine. Let’s look at how some other victims felt instead:
“That’s what I have been doing for the past 7 years and actually the reason I contacted you…Unfortunately, the victories have been few and far between for me. I’ll never be able to forget any of it but if I’m ultimately successful maybe it will be easier to live with. I’m not interested in any more lawsuits, just looking for a little justice and vindication from…the people who told me “No”.”
“I was a Jane Doe in the Jones case “aka Limousine Rapist”. [Jones] put GHB in girls drinks and raped them. Most of the girls frequented the clubs where he did this. I “met” Jones when I was out celebrating my birthday, actually on my way home and did and do not frequent the clubs. In fact, the irony is it was probably one of 2 times I went out to a club in years. The DA’s office had to relocate their task force in the beginning because women from as far back as the early 80’s were coming forward and there were so many they couldn’t keep up. Soon after he was released on bail he was put back in and denied bail for 2 1/2 years because he committed more acts and was caught with notes to him to pay off girls and get to the families along with 800,000 in cash. Pellicano was hired from the beginning and the DA’s office told me to expect him to be watching and listening to me which I later learned he had from the FBI. The DA’s told me their phones were bugged as well. Jones’ first set of attorneys were Danny Davis and Ron Richards who also represented a friend of Jones, Andrew Luster the Max Factor heir that did the same thing to women and taped it. Upon a year of nothing happening in the criminal case I filed a civil case to protect my rights. I went through hell for the next 3 years, looking over my shoulder, defending myself against ludicrous lies and trying to make sure I did everything I could on my end.”
“I’m a former wife and biz partner to a very connected Hollywood producer who’s produced Secret Service/CIA movies. Thanks to [Pellicano’s] thug mystique, a corrupt justice system and the Pellicano type element in Hollywood, I went through a most hellacious divorce and partnership split that involved harassment, bribery, traitor attorneys, manufactured evidence, constant perjury, industry blackballing, police bullying, you name it. Wire tapping was the least of it. [I] have a disabled son and I’ve lived in fear alongside some hope that by being silent (mostly) my son will not continue to suffer from the outrageousness on top of his disability. I was hoping for some justice…”
The common theme of these victims is fear and hope. The common desire is revenge…which isn’t such a bad thing really. Wouldn’t you want revenge too if some criminal had tried to rob you of all your personal integrity and identity?
