Former private-eye for the stars and regular customer to the Court of Law, Anthony Pellicano, 65, and prominent lawyer, but newbie felon, Terry N. Christensen were convicted on Friday of federal wiretapping and conspiracy charges in a much talked about child support battle.

The two were found guilty of conspiring in the spring of 2002 to illegally tap the telephone of Lisa Bonder Kerkorian, who was involved in a lawsuit at the time with Christensen’s client, MGM mogul Kirk Kerkorian, 91, over the paternity of Bonder’s daughter. Terry N. Christensen allegedly paid Pellicano $25,000 and promised $100,000 more to identify the true father of the girl, but only later was the truth brought to light, when DNA tests showed movie producer Steve Bing was the actual biological father.

The future doesn’t seem very bright for either of the two curious conspirators, as the law completely turns its back to Christensen, a founding partner of the leading entertainment litigation firm that bears his name. Assistant director in charge of the FBI in Los Angeles states: “This case uncovered corruption by the wealthy and influential and today's guilty verdicts render assurance that the justice system cannot be bought by those with money and power." As if that wasn’t enough, The United States attorney for Los Angeles, Thomas P. O’Brien, expressed his own point of view on the issue, calling Christensen’s behavior “reprehensible.”

Pellicano, on the other hand, finds himself in a bit of a dead point, facing, aside from charges in the Kerkorian trial, a conviction of 76 other charges in a different Hollywood case, in which a string of celebrity witnesses, including Courtney Love, Chris Rock and Garry Shandling, testified they either hired Pellicano or were spied on by him. That’s Hollywood’s way of teaching Pellicano a precious lesson: never trust show-biz people, but, luckily he will have a lot of free time on his hands to reflect upon this matter, as he will probably spend the rest of his life in prison.