PI pleads no contest in California conspiracy case

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A private investigator who once worked for A-list defendants such as Michael Jackson and Winona Ryder has pleaded no contest to charges that he tried to pay off a suspected rape victim.

Bradley Miller entered his plea Tuesday to one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice and three counts of bribing a witness. He faces up to five years in prison when he's sentenced in April.

Miller's attorney, Mark Werksman, said his client wants to put the case behind him and move on with his life.

Prosecutors say Miller and two other men plotted to prevent the live-in girlfriend of Alex Izquierdo from testifying against him. Izquierdo was charged in 2006 with rape, torture and other crimes. He later pleaded guilty to three counts and was sentenced to 22 years in state prison.

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