Exclusive: Pellicano's Letters From the Pen
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
By Roger Friedman

Jailed and accused private detective Anthony Pellicano apparently has pen pals — literally, from the pen.

Self-styled private investigator Paul Barresi recently came into possession of some letters sent by Pellicano to another private eye in another city. We could tell you who it is but then we'd have to kill you — if he didn't first.

The several letters show Pellicano in a pensive light, musing about his incarceration and his future.

In one, from December 2003, he writes: "As one Sicilian to another, use your best efforts to service your clients without jeopardizing your freedom. My almost 40 years of business, and especially the last 20, were spent solving other people's problems without regard to my own safety and liberty. That was a mistake in itself. I had a long run, and it's time to leave the business anyway. There are simply too few honorable men left. And I say that with the most sincerity I can."

Three months later, in March 2004, Pellicano warns his correspondent that all of his mail is read before he gets it.

"And I mean, all of it," he writes. He also offers a favor to his pen pal: "I've already given your name to a few of my clients. They will consider you appropriately if the occasion arises."

The scary detective also complains to his pen pal about the way he's been treated by former clients and colleagues.

In July 2004, he postulates: "I am being sued constantly by people who wish to attempt to capitalize on my misfortune. None of this would happen if I was not vulnerable and not able to appropriately defend myself. Luckily for them."

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