n January 2006, the movie Alpha Dog, loosely-based on his life, premiered at the Sundance Film festival. The film stars Emile Hirsch, Justin Timberlake, Bruce Willis, Sharon Stone, and Harry Dean Stanton. Universal Studios will release the film in theaters late 2006 for awards consideration later opening the film widely in early 2007. During the making of the film, citing his desire to have Hollywood captured, Santa Barbara County Deputy District Attorney Ronald J. Zonen, who prosecuted Hollywood's codefendants and was poised to prosecute Hollywood, gave copies of virtually every document in his file to the filmmakers and served as an unpaid consultant to the film. On October 5, 2006, the California Court of Appeal for the Second District ruled that based on Zonen's disclosure of the file, which included confidential information, and service as consultant to the film, he should be recused from further involvementin prosecuting Hollywood.[1]