Defamer
We just got off the phone with Lonnie Soury, a rep for Greenberg Glusker Fields, who tells us there's nothing to HuffPo's report that Bert Fields would be taking the Fifth at the Pellicano trial. Soury tells us that "Bert has not talked to the government in five years," that he has "not been called as a witness," and that if he is, "he will testify. He won't be taking the Fifth. He has nothing to hide...That comes from Bert himself." Where, then, did HuffPo reporter Allison Hope Weiner get the idea that Fields would be taking the Fifth? According to Deadline Hollywood Daily's own "Extra! Extra! Bert Fields Has Nothing to Hide!" story, Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel Saunders told the judge at a pre-trial hearing today that "one of our witnesses" would plead the Fifth. A Pellicano attorney asked who, and Saunders replied, "Bert Fields." Developing...
- Previously: Bert Fields Takes The Fifth! And Other Tales Of Pellicano Intrigue [Defamer]
- EXCLUSIVE! BERT FIELDS WILL TESTIFY (...And Won't Take The Fifth) [deadlinehollywooddaily.com]
Comments
There must be more to the Anita Busch "out of journalism story." I don't believe there is not a job for her if she wants it; but no, maybe not in the market or in the field of investigative journalism at which she excels.
Bert Fields didn't get to be Bert Fields but doing silly things or making mistakes. Finke is now reporting he will testify but I guess it depends on what you definition of "testify" is.
Of course. Huff-poo.
"...by doing silly things..." Or by mispelling I would wager.
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