Altobelli had gotten a disturbing call from Bugliosi. “The first thing he wanted to know about was your relationships with young boys,” he told me when I called back. As Bugliosi remembered it, Altobelli had told him years ago that I “dated ten, twelve, and fourteen-year-olds,” Altobelli said, adding that he knew it was a lie. I’m gay, and when Altobelli and I became friends, I was dating someone younger—but he was twenty-nine, not twelve. At that time, Bugliosi was in regular communication with Altobelli, who felt he must’ve told him I was dating a younger guy. But then and now, Bugliosi knew
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