 John McTiernan: Gets another chance to avoid imprisonment
John McTiernan, the famous director of Hollywood, is getting one more chance to prove that his 2006 guilty plea for lying to the federal official about the wiretapping abilities of former celebrity sleuth Anthony Pellicano should be dismissed.
More new on John McTiernan has been gathered fro quite a number of sources. On Wednesday, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals gave the order that Judge Dale Fischer hold a full evidentiary hearing over whether the "Die Hard" director has a "fair and just reason" of withdrawing his guilty plea.
In March 2006, John McTiernan has signed a plea agreement thereby admitting that he lied to federal investigators about Pellicano, whom the director hired during a bitter legal battle with producer Chuck Roven over the box office blunder titled "Rollerball." The movie was made for 70 million dollars but only made a profit of 25 million dollars throughout the world.
John McTiernan claimed that he was not informed by his previous attorney that he would have shifted to suppress incriminating recordings that were seized by the government from Pellicano's office. Fischer ruled that McTiernan simply changed his mind on the plea that the government intended to put him in prison.
However U.S. Attorney's Office declined to comment anything.
A source said that if his guilty plea remains, John McTiernan is going to face 4 months in federal prison, a two-year supervised release and a $100,000 fine.
Meanwhile Pellicano has faced up to ten years in prison after being convicted in the month of August on charges that are related to wiretapping and conspiracy charges. He is due to be sentenced sometime next month. |
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