The AP reports:
Imprisoned former Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano and another man have been ordered to stand trial on felony charges in Los Angeles.
Superior Court Judge William Pounders made the ruling Tuesday following a daylong preliminary hearing.
During the landmark Family Secrets trial the
Chicago Sun-Times reported on June 27, 2007:
A top Hollywood private investigator, Anthony Pellicano, now battling charges he illegally wiretapped enemies of the rich and famous, worked under reputed top mobster Joseph “Joey the Clown” Lombardo three decades ago when Pellicano lived in Chicago, according to court testimony Wednesday.
Pellicano allegedly had a mob henchman, Alva Johnson Rodgers, blow up a Mount Prospect home and was upset when the man wouldn’t torch a 24-hour restaurant, according to Rodgers’ testimony in the historic Family Secrets mob trial in Chicago.
Pellicano’s mob past in Chicago has long been hinted at, but the trial on Wednesday offered the first public, detailed testimony on what Pellicano allegedly did when he was in Chicago.
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