Age of Secrets: The Conspiracy that Toppled Richard Nixon and the Hidden Death of Howard Hughes by Gerald BellettMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
1981 Indictment
Accused in a 1981 Los Angeles County Grand Jury indictment of having arranged Netter’s murder to collect on an insurance policy, Meier fought extradition from Canada for more than two years.
Prosecutors contended that Netter was the manager of a struggling videotape company when he met Meier in early 1974. Meier, they said, offered to help out by arranging a loan for Netter and subsequently had him killed to collect on a $400,000 insurance policy taken out as a condition of the loan.
On Tuesday, Brenner said he still believes “Mr. Meier either alone or with others . . . caused the murder of Netter. But in a general intellectual sense, the plea bargain reflects what we can prove today. Meier had knowledge of the murder . . . and has kept his knowledge secret.”
Brenner had charged in earlier proceedings that the beneficiary of the insurance policy and the man who took it out at Meier’s request was Canadian attorney Gordon Hazelwood. Hazelwood was also indicted in the murder, but Canadian authorities refused to extradite him, claiming there was insufficient evidence.
Third Man Never Found
The third man indicted, William Raymond McCrory, was never found. Brenner claimed that it was McCrory who actually entered Netter’s hotel room and stabbed him 15 times.
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