Hollywood director nabbed in wiretap case

LOS ANGELES, April 4 (UPI) -- The director of "Die Hard and "Last Action Hero" has been snared in the federal wiretapping probe of Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano.

John McTiernan, 55, was charged Monday with lying to FBI agents when he said he did not hire Pellicano to put wiretaps on the phone of "Batman Begins" producer Charles Roven, The Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday.

The indictment does not say when McTiernan allegedly hired Pellicano to spy on Roven, but the two worked together in 2002 on "Rollerball," the Times noted.

Pellicano has been charged with 110 count counts of wiretapping, conspiracy and racketeering. He is accused of spying on a number of people including Sylvester Stallone, Keith Carradine, Garry Shandling and Kevin Nealon.

McTiernan, the 14th person charged as a result of the Pellicano investigation, will be arraigned in Los Angeles federal court April 17. He faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison if convicted.