Vanity Un-Fair?

Gabriel Snyder reports in today's Variety, that some Hollywood heavyweights are fighting back against allegations made in a recent VANITY FAIR article, dissecting the Pellicano case:

[Paramount chief] Brad Grey and a collection of...several former clients, including Brad Pitt and Adam Sandler, as well as a rep for the late Chris Farley, have come forward with claims that the mag's story on the Anthony Pellicano scandal is inaccurate.

In contradiction to the story, Pitt, Sandler and the Farley rep deny ever hiring the P.I. In addition, HBO has denied that Grey once pushed a TV show based on Pellicano as a replacement for "The Sopranos," as the mag also reported.

In a...statement released late on Thursday, the studio said, "Specific allegations and statements made by unnamed sources about Brad Grey in Vanity Fair's piece on Anthony Pellicano are total fabrications."

Cindy Guagenti, who reps Pitt and Sandler, said in a statement, "Brad Pitt, Adam Sandler and the late Chris Farley have never once engaged the services of Anthony Pellicano, either directly or through a representative."

Guagenti added that none of the three thesps were contacted by the magazine before the story was published. Neither John Connolly, one of the writers of the piece, nor a rep for Vanity Fair immediately returned calls requesting comment.

Brillstein-Grey's Mark Gurvitz, who manages the Farley estate, told Daily Variety, "He's never once been involved with Anthony Pellicano in any way whatsoever."...

I know I didn't start blogging on this story until very recently, but it just me, or does it seem like the players get more intriguing as we go....As for any claims made by either Vanity Fair or these star reps that line this case the back and forth--nothing surprises me. Everyone is just digging in their heels--preparing for the long haul. The only way we'll know the truth is when the parties involved have to testify in a court of law.