Espionage at the CAA Agency???

An ongoing investigation into the activities of private detective Anthony Pellicano may disclose that one or more of the partners at the CAA Agency had hired the detective to spy on colleagues, the New York Times indicated today (Wednesday).

According to the report, Kevin Huvane and Brian Lourd, two top partners at the talent agency, were questioned by the FBI last year and asked whether they knew that the then agency head, Michael Ovitz, had hired Pellicano to investigate them and if they knew that their phones had been wiretapped.

Ovitz's lawyer, Bart Williams, told the Times that although the FBI had questioned his client, they had not asked him whether he had hired Pellicano to secretly tape Huvane and Lourd. "In fact, it's come to our attention that Mr. Ovitz was taped by Anthony Pellicano," Williams told the Times. "If one thing's become clear to me, it's that Anthony Pellicano consistently peddled information about Michael Ovitz to third parties."