Naughty ‘Die Hard’ Director Sent To Jail

Everyone lies sometimes.

Whether they're harmless little fibs like "no, darling, you don't look fat in that dress" or gigantic whoppers like "Yes, Mr Tarantino, your last few films have all been superb," untruths form an inherent part of our daily lives.

Yet it's best to be careful who you go telling porkie pies to. For example, you wouldn't want to go lying to the FBI. Oh - apart from that bloke who works in the basement. You'll probably get away with it then. What's his name? Mulder? The dude'll believe anything. Even that signing on for a seventh season was a good idea.

One person who didn't get away with spreading naughty boo-boos, however, is Die Hard director John McTiernan. As such, he's just been sentenced to four months in jail and a $100,000 fine. Which is pretty bad but could be worse - he could have been made to watch Renny Harlin's sequel on an endless loop.

Come to think of it, anything by Renny Harlin.

Anyway. Why has John McTiernan been sent to the slammer? Let's let ABC News explain:

A federal judge sentenced Hollywood director John McTiernan to four months in prison Monday after refusing to allow him to withdraw his guilty plea to charges of lying to the FBI about his association with disgraced private eye Anthony Pellicano. McTiernan's attorney said he would appeal. McTiernan was also ordered to pay a $100,000 fine. When he entered his plea last year, McTiernan said he lied when he told an FBI agent the only time he used Pellicano's services was during his divorce. In actuality, he said, he hired Pellicano to wiretap Charles Roven, who had worked with him on the 2002 box-office flop "Rollerball."

Rollerball? Surely that counts as a criminal act in itself? Right? Eh? Right?

Oh, forget it. 

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Die Hard Director Sent To Prison In Hollywood Wiretap Case - ABC