Juror removed from Pellicano federal trial

August 28, 2008 A juror was removed Thursday in the federal wiretapping trial of Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano and a high-profile attorney, forcing deliberations to restart a day after the panel got the case. Pellicano and Christensen are accused of recording phone conversations of Lisa Bonder Kerkorian, the former wife of billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian, in an effort to disprove her claims that the MGM mogul was the father of her young daughter. Christensen's attorney Patricia Glaser has told jurors there was no evidence of any wiretaps of Bonder Kerkorian, and insisted that Pellicano was not hired to do any wiretaps.

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