Michael Jackson’s Private Eye Speaks From Prison
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Michael Jackson hired Hollywood fixer Anthony Pellicano while being investigated on charges of child molestation — and now the prive eye is speaking out from prison about his notorious clients!
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Pellicano once ruled the showbiz world as a powerful private investigator hired to protect the rich and powerful. That was before he was found guilty in court of charges involving wiretapping, racketeering, wire fraud, and computer fraud. Hollywood journalist Anita Busch also took him to court over claims that he had hired a flunky to vandalize her car and leave a dead fish on it with a sign that said "Stop" — while she was working on a story about Steven Seagal in 2002.
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Now the disgraced fixer has given an exclusive interview to The Hollywood Reporter — but made it clear he wasn't looking to snitch on his former clients. "I believe rats, informants and others of that ilk are worse than child molesters," Pellicano told reporter James Andrew Miller. That vow of silence, however, still provided some disturbing insight into his time with Jackson — after the detective famously "fired" the singer as a client in 1994.
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"I was offered $500,000 to tell the whole story by a tabloid," Pellicano boasted to the Reporter, "and I declined — even though, while incarcerated, I needed the money. All of that would get too close to the truth, so, regretfully, I have to decline." But the Reporter article adds that Pellicano claimed that he originally gave up on his client because "he was disgusted by truths even darker than those alleged in Jackson's molestation scandal."
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As previously reported by The National ENQUIRER, insiders originally claimed that Pellicano resigned from working with Jackson during his child-molestation investigation after one Neverland regular was allowed to speak to the press. Pellicano was reportedly unhappy when 11-year-old Brett Barnes was allowed to go on TV and admit to innocently sharing a bed with the King of Pop.
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Pellicano also says he's taking secrets to his grave when he gets out of prison in 2019 — although one staffer provided more shocking details about his agency's work with Jackson! One of Pellicano's top investigators told The ENQUIRER that they had a list of at least 17 boys who had been singled out for abuse by Jackson — and claimed at least three of them were paid for their silence.
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Pellicano's private eye added that his job was to find "fires" that needed "putting out" — saying: "I have never worked on a case with as many potential victims as the Jackson case." Jackson's attorney Tom Mesereau, however, insisted: "The FBI never had any fles alleging Michael sexually abused 24 young boys. Believe me, if they had such information, it would have been presented at trial."
Michael Jackson hired Hollywood fixer Anthony Pellicano while being investigated on charges of child molestation — and now the prive eye is speaking out from prison about his notorious clients!
Photo credit: Getty Images
Pellicano once ruled the showbiz world as a powerful private investigator hired to protect the rich and powerful. That was before he was found guilty in court of charges involving wiretapping, racketeering, wire fraud, and computer fraud. Hollywood journalist Anita Busch also took him to court over claims that he had hired a flunky to vandalize her car and leave a dead fish on it with a sign that said "Stop" — while she was working on a story about Steven Seagal in 2002.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Now the disgraced fixer has given an exclusive interview to The Hollywood Reporter — but made it clear he wasn't looking to snitch on his former clients. "I believe rats, informants and others of that ilk are worse than child molesters," Pellicano told reporter James Andrew Miller. That vow of silence, however, still provided some disturbing insight into his time with Jackson — after the detective famously "fired" the singer as a client in 1994.
Photo credit: Getty Images
"I was offered $500,000 to tell the whole story by a tabloid," Pellicano boasted to the Reporter, "and I declined — even though, while incarcerated, I needed the money. All of that would get too close to the truth, so, regretfully, I have to decline." But the Reporter article adds that Pellicano claimed that he originally gave up on his client because "he was disgusted by truths even darker than those alleged in Jackson's molestation scandal."
Photo credit: Getty Images
As previously reported by The National ENQUIRER, insiders originally claimed that Pellicano resigned from working with Jackson during his child-molestation investigation after one Neverland regular was allowed to speak to the press. Pellicano was reportedly unhappy when 11-year-old Brett Barnes was allowed to go on TV and admit to innocently sharing a bed with the King of Pop.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Pellicano also says he's taking secrets to his grave when he gets out of prison in 2019 — although one staffer provided more shocking details about his agency's work with Jackson! One of Pellicano's top investigators told The ENQUIRER that they had a list of at least 17 boys who had been singled out for abuse by Jackson — and claimed at least three of them were paid for their silence.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Pellicano's private eye added that his job was to find "fires" that needed "putting out" — saying: "I have never worked on a case with as many potential victims as the Jackson case." Jackson's attorney Tom Mesereau, however, insisted: "The FBI never had any fles alleging Michael sexually abused 24 young boys. Believe me, if they had such information, it would have been presented at trial."
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