Los Angeles -- The tipster who led police to the killer of a Hollywood publicist last year is suing to collect the $125,000 in reward money that he has been unable to get from the two men who offered it.
In the suit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday, the tipster, identified only as John Doe, said Harold Matzner and Michael Levine, two friends of victim Ronni Chasen, have reneged on their promises to pay $100,000 and $25,000, respectively, for information solving the case.
Chasen, 64, was driving home through Beverly Hills from a movie premiere party on Nov. 16, 2010, when she was fatally shot in her car. The hit-style killing in sedate Beverly Hills shocked Hollywood circles.
Police had few leads until a tipster called "America's Most Wanted" with the name of Harold Martin Smith, a career criminal. Doe said he lived in the same Hollywood apartment complex as Smith and statements...
In the suit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday, the tipster, identified only as John Doe, said Harold Matzner and Michael Levine, two friends of victim Ronni Chasen, have reneged on their promises to pay $100,000 and $25,000, respectively, for information solving the case.
Chasen, 64, was driving home through Beverly Hills from a movie premiere party on Nov. 16, 2010, when she was fatally shot in her car. The hit-style killing in sedate Beverly Hills shocked Hollywood circles.
Police had few leads until a tipster called "America's Most Wanted" with the name of Harold Martin Smith, a career criminal. Doe said he lived in the same Hollywood apartment complex as Smith and statements...
- 10/6/2011
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Michael Levine, a Hollywood publicist sued in L.A. Superior Court on Monday, said he neverestablished a $25,000 reward for his murdered friend Ronni Chasen and thus should not be sued for failing to pay it. Levine was named in the lawsuit demanding a $125,000 reward, citing the publicist along with the Palm Springs Film Festival for failing to pay a promised bounty for finding Chasen’s killer. The suit was filed by an unnamed “John Doe” who said he was the tipster who had called the “America’s Most Wanted” television show and led...
- 10/4/2011
- by Sharon Waxman
- The Wrap
The man who claims to have provided the tip leading police to publicist Ronni Chasen's murderer is suing for $125,000 in reward money he says he's owed. "John Doe" sued Harold Matzner, chairman of the Palm Springs Film Festival and publicist Michael Levine in L.A. Superior Court Monday, claiming breach of contract, promissory estoppel and fraud. The suit demands the $100,000 reward promised by the Palm Springs festival, and a $25,000 reward offered by Levine. The informant says that he called in to the television show "America's Most Wanted" with information on the...
- 10/4/2011
- by Tim Kenneally & Sharon Waxman
- The Wrap
The man who claims he led police to the person accused of gunning down Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen claims he never got his $125,000 reward -- and now he's suing to get his money. The tipster -- who only identifies himself as John Doe -- claims a bigshot publicist named Michael Levine offered a $25k reward for information leading to the identification and arrest of Chasen's killer. He also claims Palm Springs Film Festival honcho Harold Matzner offered $100k.
- 10/3/2011
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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