Cult News

This month a 60-page criminal indictment came down on Hollywood PI Anthony Pellicano. The alleged wiretapper “was trying to gain a tactical advantage for his clients by uncovering embarrassing information on their courtroom opponents” reports the Los Angeles Times.

More interesting is that LA lawyer Bert Fields, well known for his hardball legal maneuvers, is apparently implicated.

“The names cited in an indictment of private eye Anthony Pellicano read like a road map leading to Bertram Fields and his famous clients” reported the Times.

Among the famous that Fields has represented are stars Tom Cruise and John Travolta. He also took up the cause of Madonna’s Kabbalah Centre, when the controversial group was exposed through a Radar Magazine series.

Digging up dirt to embarrass its enemies is a long-standing strategy of the Church of Scientology, which includes amongst its list of long-time true believers Cruise and Travolta. The church, which has often been called a “cult,” frequently dumps its collected dirt about critics into what it calls “dead agent” files.

It looks like Fields and Pellicano may have followed in Scientology’s footsteps, reportedly practicing the same tactics to win battles or an advantage for their “cult” connected clients.

What might prove potentially devastating if this indictment eventually unwinds Pellicano’s wiretapping tapes, is the substance of what the PI has recorded.

This might include telling and candid conversations of someone such as Nicole Kidman, once embroiled in a contentious divorce with her ex Cruise, or say a revelation or two about the private life of John Travolta.

Both Cruise and Travolta were recently lampooned by the comedy show South Park as being “Trapped in the Closet.”

Does Pellicano have tapes regarding what goes on behind closed closet doors?

There must be a few Hollywood stars sweating out this one.

Meanwhile Bert Fields has put on his best face. “I try to keep practicing law and not pay a lot of attention to it,” he said.