Whacky Co-Anchors Prompt FBI Probe

Philly has lots of problems.  Apparently, having stupid people working as news anchors is one of them.  Larry Mendte and Alycia Lane were coanchors whose star was on the rise at the local CBS affiliate.  That is until Lane assaulted a police officer and Mendte hacked into Lane’s Yahoo Email account and forwarded embarrassing emails to gossip outlets.

From the AP here:

An evening news anchor is under federal investigation and off the air after his fired co-anchor complained that someone may have hacked into her e-mails and leaked them to gossip columnists.

The investigation became public after the FBI last Thursday raided the home of anchor Larry Mendte of KYW-TV, seizing a computer and related equipment.

The raid was the second major embarrassment in months for the CBS affiliate. In January, the station fired Mendte’s co-anchor, Alycia Lane, following a series of off-camera incidents, including her arrest during a scuffle with New York City police.

Lane says she began to suspect this year that her private e-mails were being accessed and forwarded to news outlets that have covered her career and social life.

The FBI took the case, and the investigation eventually led to Mendte, 51. The station had hired Mendte, the one-time co-host of “Access Hollywood,” and the striking Lane, dubbed “the Latina bombshell,” in July 2003 to boost its sagging ratings.

Lane was criticized previously over news reports that she e-mailed bikini shots of herself to NFL Network anchor Rich Eisen.

Mendte broke federal law by accessing Lane’s email account.  And Lane was stupid for not keeping her password secure.  And for being a stupid whore who sends sexy photos of herself to other people.