2001, the charges were dismissed after county detectives lied about obtaining warrants to wiretap and lied about the content of the wiretap recordings. Pellicano once represented the Chicago mobster Anthony "the Ant" Spilotro, charged with monitoring the Las Vegas casino and skimming for the Chicago mob. Pellicano served a subpoena and gave a warning from Spilotro to Gustave Reininger, co-creator of the NBC television drama Crime Story. Pellicano had been in a relationship with actress Linda Fiorentino, described by Pellicano's attorney as "pen-pals", prior to going to prison when convicted of the crimes he was charged with in 2002. In 2006, when he was charged with new crimes just prior to his release from prison, Fiorentino started dating Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent Mark Rossini. She told Rossini that she was doing research for a screenplay based on Pellicano's case, and Rossini helped her out by illegally accessing FBI computers to get her information on the case. In reality, Fiorentino wanted to assist Pellicano, and handed the files over to Pellicano's lawyers. Rossini, in addition to resigning from the FBI after 17 years as a special agent, pled guilty in 2009 and received a sentence of 12 months probation and a $5,000 fine. References External links List of articles about Pellicano articles. Los Angeles Times 2006. . Auletta "Deadline Hollywood", The New Yorker July 16, 2006. Announcement of Pellicano biography by John Connolly. Sixty-page indictment against Pellicano and six others. February 6, 2006. Superseding indictment charging Pellicano attorney associate. The Smoking Gun website. February 15, 2006. Copy of Busch's lawsuit against Pellicano. The Smoking Gun website. 1944 births American gangsters of Italian descent Living people People convicted of racketeering People from Chicago Private detectives and investigators People convicted of illegal possession of weapons