Former Game Biz Exec Named in Sleazy Hollywood Trial
The name of a former video game executive has surfaced in the Hollywood wiretapping trial of private eye Anthony Pellicano.
Among others linked to Pellicano, according to the New York Times, is Robert Pfeifer, identified by the paper as ”a former music and video game executive.” From the NYT:
Robert Pfeifer… testified, under a plea agreement, that he paid Mr. Pellicano some $200,000 to wiretap a former girlfriend, Erin Finn. Mr. Pfeifer said he did so after learning she was a prostitute and after she became a witness against him in a wrongful-termination lawsuit in 2000 against the video game company Z-Axis.
Mr. Pfeifer repeatedly said he was ashamed and sorry for his actions involving Ms. Finn and Mr. Pellicano. He has pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting Mr. Pellicano and is awaiting sentencing.
Pfeifer is credited as a “management” on the 1999 Rockstar title Thrasher Presents: Skate and Destroy. The game was developed by Z-Axis.
March 26th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
What exactly have you done if you’ve received credit for a video game’s management. Is that like an A&R rep?
March 26th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Damn. There’s a game I hoped would be consigned to oblivion. What ever happened to Z-Axis?
March 26th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
I can’t be the only one who’s checking every 15 minutes for the next installment of “JT shoots himself in the foot,” can I?
March 26th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Man, that sucks… First you find out your girlfriend’s a prostitute (seriously, were there no clues???), then you have to pay $200K to get her phone tapped, and then you get caught for it! He’s got quite a run of bad luck going for him…
March 26th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
@miraba
no no your not
March 26th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
I’m with Miraba…..i need more GP, MORE!
March 26th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
the whole Pellicano incident was a mess
March 26th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
@Miraba
No, you’re not the only one.
I wonder if the $200k was well spent? Did he win that wrongful termination lawsuit?
March 26th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
@Miraba
You are certainly not. I just hope I don’t break the refresh button.
March 26th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
lol
March 26th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Whenever I hear stories about crap like this my anger rises. I hate stalkers. I don’t care what she testified to, don’t dip up dirt to publicly humiliate someone just because you don’t like them personally. I wonder if he’s a Scientologist.
March 26th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
*dig no “dip”
(those two letters are nowhere near each other, wth)
March 26th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
@GP
cmon, bring the JT lawsuit stuff! it’s such a good read at work!
March 26th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
@DCOW
It is, and it isn’t. I burst out laughing, and then my co-workers know I’m not really working.
So right now, I’m actually getting some work done.
March 26th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
@jabrwock
when your doing real work just start laughing out loud then your coworkers wont think your not working they will think your nuts
March 26th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
There are more JT comments on this post than ones about the actual post
March 26th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
@Corncobtacular
That’s not really a good thing…
I think it’s interesting that he’s (Robert Pfeifer) a Rockstar employee. I wonder if any anti-Take Two’ers will try and use this for negative press.
March 26th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
@myrpok
id be surprised i thought the whole Pellicano issue was wrapped up awhile ago
March 26th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
@JackDon’tKnowJack
It’s like having the producer credit in a movie. You put up the cash and let talented people do the work, big deal.