Trial Ordered in Plot Aimed at TV Figure
The key figure in the alleged extortion plot against television anchorwoman Jann Carl was ordered on Wednesday to stand trial in Los Angeles Superior Court.
Municipal Judge Karl Jaeger, after a six-day preliminary hearing in the case against producer Gil Cabot, ruled that there was sufficient evidence that Cabot attempted to extort $30,000 from the KTLA-TV newswoman. Cabot is accused of telling Carl that he would make sure sexually explicit pictures of her would not be published in return for a payoff.
For the record:
12:00 a.m. May 5, 1989 For the Record
Los Angeles Times Friday May 5, 1989 Home Edition Part 1 Page 2 Column 6 Metro Desk 2 inches; 43 words Type of Material: Correction
The Times reported in Thursday’s edition that attorney Maurice Attie was arrested along with his client, producer Gil Cabot, in an alleged extortion plot against television anchorwoman Jann Carl. Due to an editing error, the article neglected to say that the charges against Attie were dropped Wednesday.
Carl and KTLA deny that any such pictures exist. Police contend that Cabot cooked up the hoax in the expectation that Carl would pay off out of fear that her career could be hurt, even by groundless accusations.
Cabot and his attorney, Maurice Attie, were arrested June 20, 1988, after a meeting with Carl and an FBI agent who was posing as her fiance.
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