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What a Drag: Tamahori Gets Probation
Along came a plea bargain for Lee Tamahori.
The Kiwi filmmaker behind such films as Along Came a Spider, XXX: State of the Union and the last 007 adventure, Die Another Day, has pleaded no contest to misdemeanor criminal trespass stemming from a gender-bending arrest last month.
Tamahori had been set for arraignment Friday, but he was able to work out a deal to avoid charges that could have led to jail time.
According to Los Angeles city attorney spokesman Frank Mateljan, prosecutors agreed to drop solicitation and loitering charges against the director in exchange for his plea. The 55-year-old Tamahori was sentenced Thursday to three years' probation, ordered to perform 15 days of community service with the Hollywood Beautification Project and take an AIDS education course. He also paid a $390 fine.
Tamahori was caught up in an LAPD prostitution sting on Jan. 8. According to authorities, the filmmaker was cruising Santa Monica Boulevard in a black wig and off-the-shoulder dress. He allegedly approached an undercover cop and offered to perform oral sex for cash.
While picking up trash and cleaning up graffiti along Hollywood Boulevard might also be considered a drag, Tamahori could have faced up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine, if convicted on all charges. But because he was a first-time offender, the city attorney's office agreed to community service.
At least he has some work to keep his mind off the embarrassing turn of events. Tamahori is slated to begin work on Next, a sci-fi thriller in the vein of The Dead Zone about a man who can see into the future and must decide whether to stop a catastrophic terrorist attack or save himself from the FBI. The film, based on Philip K. Dick's short story The Golden Man, stars Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore and Jessica Biel and starts shooting next month.
Tamahori is also in preproduction on another psychic tale, The Guide, starring Halle Berry who uses her ESP skills to battle a psychotic killer.
The New Zeland native's other big-screen credits include Once Were Warriors, Mulholland Falls and The Edge.
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