A centralized adjudicator verdict Hollywood director John McTiernan to four months in jail Monday after declining to permit him to withdraw his blameworthy plea to charges of lying to the FBI about his association with disgraced private eye Anthony Pellicano. Judge Dale S. Fischer gave the director of such films as “Predator,” “Die Hard,” “The Hunt for Red October” and “The Thomas Crown Affair” until Jan. 15 to turn himself in to authorities. McTiernan’s lawyer said he would appeal.
McTiernan also was ordered to pay a $100,000 fine.