Lisa Bonder Kerkorian
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Kirk Kerkorian Bonder Kerkorian Lisa Bonder Kerkorian Ms. Bonder Kerkorian Kerkorian
Lisa Bonder Kerkorian was in a paternity and child support battle with her former husband Mr. Kerkorian. According to prosecutors, Mr. Christensen hired Mr. Pellicano in late March 2002, to wiretap Ms. Bonder Kerkorian at a heated point in her fight with Mr. Kerkorian over the paternity of, and child support for, her daughter, Kira. That January, she had sought an increase in Mr. Kerkorian's monthly support payments to $320,000, from $50,000. Later, on April 28, prosecutors say, Mr. Pellicano told Mr. Christensen of hearing Ms. Bonder Kerkorian discuss her daughter's real biological father with her lawyers. The indictment of Mr. Christensen on wiretapping and conspiracy charges centered on his work for Mr. Kerkorian in 2002 during a paternity and child support battle with his former wife, Lisa Bonder Kerkorian. Bonder Kerkorian at a heated point in her fight with Mr. Kerkorian over the paternity of her daughter, Kira. She had sought an increase in Mr. Kerkorian's monthly support payments to $320,000, from $50,000, and in doing so made details of their freespending lifestyle public. Both sides wrangled in at least three simultaneous court cases over whether Ms. Bonder Kerkorian had duped Mr. Kerkorian, and the legal give-and-take soon took on an extralegal dimension. Bonder Kerkorian's lawyer, Stephen A. Kolodny, who had referred Mr. Christensen to the California bar association. 