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TV Anchor Who Hacked Colleague's E-Mail Found Guilty


Larry Mendte, a US TV news anchor and the first male host of the popular 'Access Hollywood' show, has been convicted for hacking into the email of Alycia Lane, a rival news anchor with whom he had a relationship with that was "a little too close." His sentence? Six months of house arrest, a $5,000 fine, and 250 hours of community service.

The full story is actually pretty wild and, ironically, made of the stuff perfect for 'Access Hollywood' headlines. The two were co-anchors on the evening news show for KYW-TV, a Philadelphia television station from 2004 to the beginning of 2008, and eventually started mixing pleasure with business. The wife finds out, Larry starts reading and leaking Alycia's e-mails to the press, and the whole situation spirals out of control to his eventual conviction.

If Alycia sounds like the only victim in this story, that's understandable. But she definitely has her own skeleton-filled closet, from sending a married man a picture of herself in a bikini, to punching a cop in the face. Seems like everyone lost in this situation. Check the video above for his full public apology. [From: Propeller]

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