Today in Pellicano: Closing arguments
It's time for closing arguments in the Anthony Pellicano wiretapping case, and our own Carla Hall is there:
Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel Saunders told a federal jury that one of the detective’s co-defendants, former Los Angeles police sergeant Mark Arneson, was “secretly working to dismantle police cases” while on Pellicano’s payroll. Saunders scoffed at Arneson’s contention that he snooped in confidential police databases in exchange for help with his cases from Pellicano, saying there was “not one record of Pellicano as a source.”
“I submit to you that Arneson has no more compunction about lying under oath than he did running those names through police databases,” Saunders said.
Prosecutors say that in addition to wiretapping, Pellicano made use of police records to help his clients, many of them celebs, in their personal and business clashes. He and his four co-defendants say they're innocent of all charges.
--Veronique de Turenne
Illustration: Associated Press
