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The Straight Story

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Wed Jan 16, 2013, 08:19 AM Jan 2013

Die Hard director John McTiernan heading to prison

Die Hard director John McTiernan heading to prison

Die Hard director John McTiernan has lost his appeal to have a one-year prison sentence overturned for lying to the FBI in a wiretapping case.

The 62-year-old was sentenced in 2010 after pleading guilty to lying over hiring a private investigator to wiretap a film producer.

He had been free on bail while he appealed the conviction, however the US Supreme Court declined to review it.

A judge is now expected to order Mr McTiernan to go to prison.

After serving a custodial sentence, the filmmaker - who also directed The Hunt for Red October and Predator - will be on supervised release for three years.

Mr McTiernan was originally accused of lying about hiring former celebrity private investigator Anthony Pellicano to wiretap film producer, Chuck Roven, after they both worked on the movie Rollerball.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21028776#TWEET529099

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Die Hard director John McTiernan heading to prison (Original Post) The Straight Story Jan 2013 OP
All this for frickin' Rollerball? alcibiades_mystery Jan 2013 #1
"Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker". leftyohiolib Jan 2013 #2
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