Tristar in the news

For three decades Tristar Investigation founder Bruce Robertson has been featured as an investigation expert on broadcast television, cable news, radio, newspapers and magazines. Below you will find clips and copies of these interviews featured in such sources as The New York Times, CNN, The History Channel, MSNBC, Fox News, Los Angeles Times and a many more.
News Coverage Highlights

News Coverage Highlights

Bruce Robertson is the founder of Tristar Investigation, a private detective agency in Los Angeles, CA. Tristar has a 28-year track record of delivering quality investigative results. Headquartered in West Los Angeles, Tristar has branch offices in San Francisco.

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Real Life Private Eye

Real Life Private Eye

In November of 1999 Bruce Robertson, founder of Tristar Investigation, was featured on CNN Worldwide show Showbiz Today with Gloria Hillard. The report was about an ABC television show called “Snoops”, which was a glitzy send-up of life at a detective

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News Coverage Highlights

O.J. Simpson Civil Trial

Bruce Robertson appeared on MSNBC Dayside with John Gibson in January of 1997 during the O. J. Simpson civil trial in which Simpson was eventually found to be financially liable for the deaths of his wife Nichole and her friend Ronald Goldman. Robertson was asked about how plaintiff attorneys could determine how much O. J. was worth. Robertson indicated that investigators had many tools and sources to uncover hidden assets and that they could do it in a very short time if necessary.

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Kim Kardashian – Why Robbers spared her Life

Kim Kardashian – Why Robbers spared her Life

For three decades Tristar Investigation founder Bruce Robertson has been featured as an investigation expert on broadcast television, cable news, radio, newspapers and magazines. Below you will find clips and copies of these interviews featured in such sources as The New York Times, CNN, The History Channel, MSNBC, Fox News, Los Angeles Times and a many more.

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Spousal Surveillance Interview

Spousal Surveillance Interview


In November of 2004 Bruce Robertson was interviewed about hidden cameras and domestic surveillance on the Modern Marvels series in an episode entitled “Surveillance Tech”. In the third segment of the show Bruce Robertson was featured explaining the use of the “chip cam”, which is a tiny camera with a lens the size of a pin hole mounted on a small circuit board.

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Elizabeth Smart Kidnapping

Elizabeth Smart Kidnapping


Bruce Robertson was interviewed in a KABC television news story in March of 2003 concerning the kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart in Utah. Robertson informed viewers about the importance of doing background investigation on people you let into your household.

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Mel Gibsons DUI Arrest

Mel Gibsons DUI Arrest


In August of 2006 Bruce Robertson was a guest on CNN’s Nancy Grace. The topic was the arrest of actor Mel Gibson for driving under the influence of alcohol in Malibu, CA.

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The GPS Cheating Spouse Bug

The GPS Cheating Spouse Bug


Tristar Investigation founder Bruce Robertson was featured in a November 2007 segment of Kurt the Cyber Guy, a syndicated nationwide news broadcast originated at KTLA in Los Angeles. The segment described how a GPS consumer device can be used to catch cheating spouses.

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Missing Teenager Jessica Liccar

Missing Teenager Jessica Liccar


In June of 2006 Tristar Investigation was hired by the parents of teenager Jessica Liccar to find their missing daughter. After wrecking the family car she disappeared from her home in Crete, Illinois. She was last seen in the company of a Simon Sotheras, who had records of criminal assaults. Her parents believed he was responsible for her disappearance.

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Phil Spector Murder Case

Phil Spector Murder Case


Bruce Robertson was a guest on Court T.V.’s Catherine Crier Live in October of 2003. The during the hour long show hosted by Diane Diamond, Robertson was asked to comment on reports that the police were short on manpower to surveil legendary record producer Phil Spector and that he might flee the country as did director Roman Polanski in the 1970’s.

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Your Personal Data Online

Your Personal Data Online


Bruce Robertson was featured on a February 2004 segment of the Kurt the Cyber Guy, a syndicated news broadcast on KTLA in Los Angeles, The segment demonstrated how much information a private detective can learn about someone’s identify and background in a short amount of time.

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Hiding Assets in a Divorce

Hiding Assets in a Divorce


Tristar Investigation founder Bruce Robertson discusses messy divorces and hidden assets on the nationally syndicated news show “America Now” with hosts Bill Rancic and Lezza Gibbons.

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Spy Cameras

Spy Cameras


In November of 2004 Bruce Robertson was featured on the Modern Marvels series in an episode entitled “Surveillance Tech” which airs nationwide on the History Channel.

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Kobe Bryant Rape Case

Kobe Bryant Rape Case


Bruce Robertson was a guest on Court T.V.’s Catherine Crier Live in October of 2003. The during the hour long show hosted by Diane Diamond, Robertson commented covered a variety of high profile cases including the Kobe Bryant alleged rape case, the Laci Peterson murder case and the Phil Spector murder case.

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Suicidal Missing Young Man

Suicidal Missing Young Man


A young man living at home with his parents east of Los Angeles disappeared and left a suicide note. The parents were distraught and through a family attorney contacted Bruce Robertson, founder of Tristar Investigation, to help.

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Parabolic Mic

Parabolic Mic


In November of 2004 Bruce Robertson was featured on the Modern Marvels series in an episode entitled “Surveillance Tech” which airs nationwide on the History Channel.

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Men’s Dugout Radio Show

Men’s Dugout Radio Show

[powerpress url="https://tristarpi.454creative.net/wp-content/uploads/audio-dugout.mp3"] In March of 2009 Tristar Investigation founder Bruce Robertson was interviewed on the Men's Dugout Radio Show-Angel's Radio 830 with host Tara Grace. Robertson covered a wide...

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Protecting Your Privacy

Protecting Your Privacy

Bruce Robertson, founder of Tristar Investigation was a guest on the popular radio program “Which Way L. A.?” with Warren Olney in March of 1998. (The nationally syndicated show is now called “To the Point”.)

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O.J. Simpson Guilty in Civil Case

O.J. Simpson Guilty in Civil Case

Bruce Robertson was interviewed on CNBC Business Tonight in February of 1997 regarding the civil O. J. Simpson civil trial verdict in which survivors of Nichole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goodman won a multi-million dollar judgment against him.

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Marital Infidelity

Marital Infidelity

Bruce Robertson was quoted in a June 2001 Ladies Home Journal article by Susan Klienman entitled "The Woman Who Could Steal Your Husband". The article cited six situations in a man's life that could predict a higher possibility of him cheating. These included a less...

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Cheating Spouses

Cheating Spouses

Bruce Robertson was quoted in a May 2000 Ladies Home Journal article by Carol Lynn Mithers entitled "Cheating Hearts". The article quoted a University of Chicago poll which revealed that 25 percent of men and 12 percent of women are unfaithful. Robertson gave advice...

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Horowitz’s Wife Murdered

Horowitz’s Wife Murdered

In November of 2005 Bruce Robertson was a guest on CNN’s Nancy Grace. The topic was a discussion of the murder of Pamela Vitale, wife of prominent defense attorney Daniel Horowitz, which had happened days earlier.

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