Our glimmering Hollywood South racket.
It's the same as all the other rackets.
One of the defendants is Peter Hoffman, a colorful Hollywood producer
who has beaten a federal rap once before. Another is Michael Arata, an
actor and lawyer who is married to Emily Arata, a top deputy to Mayor
Mitch Landrieu.
The Aratas are related by marriage to Fred Heebe, the landfill
magnate who was the target of a federal investigation when he famously
brought down former U.S. Attorney Jim Letten and two of his top
lieutenants by bringing to light an online-commenting scandal. Arata is
being represented by Billy Gibbens, one of the lawyers who helped Heebe get the federal probe of him dropped.
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