Billionaire Linked to Columnist Reports Being Shaken Down by a Hollywood Detective

The New York Times ^ | April 20, 2006 | DAVID M. HALBFINGER and ALLISON HOPE WEINER

[libstripper]

LOS ANGELES, April 19 — When the supermarket billionaire Ronald W. Burkle accused a New York Post gossip columnist of demanding hundreds of thousands of dollars for protection from nasty items in Page Six, it was not the first time that he had told authorities he was the victim of a shakedown.

In 2002, Mr. Burkle has told federal investigators, the Hollywood private detective Anthony Pellicano demanded that Mr. Burkle pay him $100,000 to $250,000 in exchange for Mr. Pellicano's agreeing not to investigate him. Mr. Pellicano told him he had been hired by Michael S. Ovitz, the former talent agent, who had been a partner with Mr. Burkle in several ill-fated business ventures.

[libstripper]

Another Slimes article about the Pelican, which continues to make no mention of the Witch. As I recollect, Michael Ovitz was one of BJ's big donors. Plese correct me if I'm wrong.

[BIGZ]

Mr. and Mrs. BJ actually hired Pellicano, it is assumed to dig up dirt on the BJ's female friends.

[RayChuang88]

I think people cannot ignore Mr. Pellicano much longer. Entertainment Weekly already did a LONG news article about this brewing scandal, and the scandal could be to the entire entertainment community what Jack Abramhoff is to Congress. Even the Democratic National Committee is running very scared because Pellicano has a LOT of DNC insider connections and that could turn into one UGLY mess.

[EnquiringMind]

I am curious about Mr. Burkle's activities....must be some pretty juicy stuff!

[libstripper]

Do you have a link to the Entertainment Weekly article? The more we publish here about the Pelican the better off we are. It's looking more and more like the highest level DemonRats, especially including the Clintoons, deliberately and knowingly hired a Mafioso to deal with their enemies.

[RoseofTexas]

I think people cannot ignore Mr. Pellicano much longer. Entertainment Weekly already did a LONG news article about this brewing scandal, and the scandal could be to the entire entertainment community what Jack Abramhoff is to Congress. Even the Democratic National Committee is running very scared because Pellicano has a LOT of DNC insider connections and that could turn into one UGLY mess.

Sorry to disappoint, but this UGLY mess won't even make the evening news or any RAT RAGS. The mediaWHORES will cover the RATS and SATAN'S DAUGHTER HITLERY'S tracks at all cost!

[RayChuang88]

I can't link to the article due to the fact that EW.com has a very weird registering system to read articles online. Only paid subscribers to the magazine can read the article with a one-time registration using the subscriber number, since EW.com changes the passcode word weekly for full site access.