Former FBI agent put on probation for a year for accessing files in Hollywood wiretapping case

Former agent gets probation for Hollywood wiretaps

WASHINGTON — A former FBI agent has been sentenced to one year of probation for using the bureau’s computers to dig up information on Hollywood executives involved in a prominent wiretapping case.

The former agent, Mark Rossini, was not working on the wiretapping case against Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano and was not authorized to look up the files.

But he admitted he used FBI computers illegally to search for files on powerbrokers related to Pellicano such as former superagent Michael Ovitz, entertainment lawyer Bert Fields and William Morris talent agency President James Wiatt.

Rossini was sentenced on Thursday.

The information was passed on to attorneys for Pellicano, who is serving 15 years for bugging celebrities’ phones.