"Anita is not telling the truth about me and the fate of our book project.  In the midst of her civil case against Anthony Pellicano and his co-defendants--for which she stands to make a tremendous amount of money--she decided, in writing, to sacrifice our book, which her attorneys supposedly feared would give too much "free information" to the defense.  Then, when I complained, she launched a smear campaign against me, which continues to this day."  (April 10, 2008)

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     Just to be clear, I have not seen Anita since March 2004--even though we continued to work on our manuscript, on spec, by phone and through the mail for the next fourteen months.  As a clear indication that Anita and I were still getting along well--seven months after we had last seen each other--she sent me this postcard in October 2004:

[Also see:  Other greeting cards Anita sent to me.]

     As per my attorney's instructions, I have had no verbal or written communications with Anita since her last email to me on February 9, 2006.

From the New York Times, April 10, 2008, reporting from Los Angeles and the federal conspiracy trial of private investigator Anthony Pellicano, where former Los Angeles Times reporter Anita Busch had testified the previous day:

     A lawyer for one of Mr. Pellicano’s co-defendants pressed Ms. Busch about a memoir she said she had begun with two other writers, Dan Moldea and John Connolly. She said at first she had thought it could be a way “to survive financially.” But she said she had concluded that she was being used and abandoned it. “There will never be a book,” she said.

For the record, I never "used" Anita Busch for any purpose.  During the time that we worked together, I was always a loyal friend and colleague.

Also, John Connolly had left our project in January 2004.  But that's another story.  (See:  "Connolly is not being truthful . . . ")