Ex-HealthSouth CEO Subpoenas CBS’ Wallace

Richard Scrushy once sat down to talk with “60 Minutes” correspondent Mike Wallace about allegations that Scrushy started a huge fraud while chief executive of HealthSouth Corp. Now, Scrushy wants Wallace to do the talking.

Set to go on trial this week in Birmingham, Ala., on a 58-count indictment, Scrushy has subpoenaed Wallace and a CBS producer as witnesses to discuss their “60 Minutes” segment about the HealthSouth debacle, according to court documents.

Wallace and producer Robert Anderson have asked U.S. District Judge Karon O. Bowdre to throw out the subpoena, citing their 1st Amendment rights and claiming that they have nothing to add to the case. Bowdre hasn’t ruled on the matter.