Lawyer in wiretap case gets three years

November 24, 2008 Prominent entertainment attorney Terry Christensen's 42-year career ended Monday when he was sentenced to three years in a federal prison for conspiring to wiretap the ex-wife of his billionaire client and former MGM mogul Kirk Kerkorian. Christensen was convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit wiretapping and aiding and abetting a wiretap for his role in working with convicted former Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano. Christensen's attorney, Terree Bowers, argued for a lenient sentence, placing the blame on Pellicano and indicating that Christensen's involvement was a blemish on an otherwise stellar legal career.

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