behind bars.

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McTiernan’s request to reverse his guilty plea was declined Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court. His appeal to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had been rejected in August. He had sought to suppress a digital recording where he discussed the use of an illegal wiretap by Pellicano, whom he had hired to investigate producer Chuck Roven.

That appeal was denied, but he was given a stay from prison until the Supreme Court could consider his case. Now that the high court has denied the appeal, he'll soon head be incarcerated. After serving his time, McTiernan will continue to be under a supervised release for three years.

McTiernan attorney Charles Sevilla of San Diego did not respond to a request formotions but they remain hopeful this will lead to more discovery, evidence hearings and possibly more appeals.

When he was first interviewed by authoritie about seven years ago,, McTiernan insisted his involvement with Pellicano was very limited. Later, when confronted with a recording that showed he hired the private eye, the director agreed to plead guilty.

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McTiernan later hired new lawyers and worked to withdraw his guilty plea and suppress certain evidence. On his initial appeal to the federal court, the judges ruled he had gotten bad legal advice from his first lawyer and allowed him to withdraw his plea.

The filmmaker was indicted again, and after his renewed efforts to suppress the evidence failed, he entered another guilty plea.

An appeals court also rejected