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TIL In the 2000's Linda Fiorentino(MIB, Dogma actress) began dating FBI agent Mark Rosini. Claiming she was researching for a role, she got him to access and give her files related to the felony case against a Holywood fixer, which she then gave to his lawyers, intending to help him

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