London
(ANI):
John
McTiernan,
director
of
the
Die
Hard
films,
has
been
sentenced
to
one
year
in
prison
for
perjury.
McTiernan
was
also
involved
in
lying
to
officials
in
a
wiretapping
case
involving
a
former
private
investigator,
who
represented
several
Hollywood
stars.
McTiernan,
59,
was
also
fined
100,000
dollars
at
the
conclusion
of
the
long-running
case
which
stemmed
from
him
hiring
convicted
private
investigator
Anthony
Pellicano
to
wiretap
a
film
producer
after
they
both
worked
on
the
2002
film
Rollerball.
At
first,
he
lied
to
the
FBI;
then
in
2006
he
pleaded
guilty
and
then
asked
to
withdraw
his
guilty
plea
saying
he
had
received
poor
legal
advice.
"The
defendant
doesn't
think
the
law
applies
to
him,
and
the
court
has
no
reason
to
believe
he
will
not
violate
the
law
again
when
it
suits
him," The
Telegraph
quoted
US
district
judge
Dale
S.
Fischer
as
saying,
before
sentencing
McTiernan.
"Mr
McTiernan
was
forced
to
plead
guilty
to
a
crime
most
people
don't
even
know
is
a
crime," defended
Oliver
Diaz,
McTiernan's
lawyer.
Records
in
this
case
show
that
nearly
every
one
contacted
by
this
(FBI)
agent
denied
knowledge
of
Pellicano's
activities,
making
statements
similar
to
Mr.
McTiernan's,"
he
said.