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Show t The Salt Lake Tribune, Saturday, April Chief Charged Iff With Forgery and Theft with a knack for sisitting hits, was riding the crest of his latest success, Close Encounters of The Third Kind, when his misappropriation of studio funds was discovered last fall. Begehnan, who admitted diverting about $01,000 in company funds, resigned in October. The $61,000 figure was provided by Columbia and w'as not detailed, so it was is-- t immediately known whether the $91,000 cited in Van de Kamp s complaint included any portion of the $61,000. Begehnan issued a statement blaming emotional problems for his actions after he admitted misappropriating the funds last year. "My misdeeds, my misappropriation of funds ... were aberrational," he said. I had neurotic displays of Linda Deutsch Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES Former Columbia pictures president David Begelman. whose financial misdeeds spurred new scrutiny of movie money deals, was charged Friday & with forgery and Hy grand theft of, from the film company. c. District Attor- noy John Van do Kamp, who had been investigating the case for mouths, filed a $10,000 : . jr com-f- Jour-cou- , Re- plaint against x gel man which Columbia, unwilling to lose a man who had saved the studio from the brink of bankruptcy, placed him on susien-sion- , then stunned Hollywood by returnto his top production xist in him ing fcited $40,000 ill thefts from Columbia and $40,000 in checks forged with the names of prominent Hollywood figures. two amounts involve the same money, however, because the clients in question were written on a Columbia ; Pictures account, Van de Kamp said, jnaking the total amount of the alleged r theft $40,000. 'Van de Kamp listed the forged checks .'t-.Th- as $10,000 actor in Cliff December. When Begehnan was reinstated. Columbias stock fell. Begelman said psychiatric therapy had cured him, and Columbia said he had paid back the missing money with interest. Cliff Roljertson went to newspapers with the story of Begelmans forgery. But Roliertson and Columbia refused to press charges. The district attorneys office said Begelman would appear for arraignment in Burbank Municipal Court "early next week." Robertsons name, $5,000 in director Martin Ritts name and $25,000 in the name of Pierre Gruleau, the owner of Ma Maison, Begelmans favorite restaurant. said the forgeries KXhe complaint began on Jan. 13, 1975, and ended on 8Jay 19, 1977. The Begehnan, a movie executive high-ludu- d . s':. L. A. ; It v (atlinuu X M-- ie IjEx-Mov- , L Sadat, Israeli Confer Twice in Secret, Find Severe Differences Remain 1, 1978 Area Battles Rain, Mud threatened homes in the foothills of Southern California. At least one death was blamed on the slides. Homeowners in the Sunlund. Tujuuga and LaCrescenta areas braved heavy-rainto erect sandbag barriers and dig canals to guide the (sizing runoff. Authorities said mudslides were likely to hit the Malibu and Topanga areas still suffering from heavy damage inflicted by mudslides earlier this year. By United Press International Southern Californians built sandbag dikes and dug canals Friday to protect hillside homes from tons of mud unleashed by torrential rains. In the plains, sandbagging crews raced to shore up dikes against the Red River. Elsew'here across the nation, generally fair weather prevailed in most areas. fast-risin- 1 1 g initiative that he started November, with his historic last trip to Jerusalem. 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