Nicole Kidman has been questioned by the FBI in the mushrooming investigation of private eye Anthony Pellicano's illegal wiretapping, sources say, because the feds found a recording of her talking to Tom Cruise in computers they seized from Pellicano's office in 2002.
The recording was evidently made in 2001 after Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise announced they were getting a divorce. Tom Cruise was represented by top L.A. matrimonial lawyer Dennis Wasser, who is known to have used Pellicano on other cases. Nicole Kidman, who was repped by New York lawyer Bill Beslow, hired private eye Richie Di Sabatino.



Di Sabatino was surprised to hear that Nicole Kidman had somehow been secretly recorded.

"We swept her phones and put on an encryption device, so she couldn't be wire-tapped," the shamus told Page Six. "We tried to keep one step ahead."

The tape the feds played for Nicole Kidman

"was probably from Tom's phone," said Di Sabatino. "Pellicano used to tap his own clients."

Di Sabatino's efforts may have helped Nicole Kidman reach a quick agreement with Tom Cruise with very little media coverage.

"They settled quietly and relatively fast, and nothing came out except for one story in the National Enquirer, which was Pellicano's tabloid of choice,"

Di Sabatino said.


None of the lawyers involved would comment. Spokesmen for Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman were also mum. They join a growing list of stars being dragged into the Pellicano case, which started with death threats made against two reporters who were working on stories about Steven Seagal.





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