Wednesday, June 8, 2005
Jimmy Buffett Loses Cell Phone
The big names on Buffett's phone included Clinton, Al Gore and Jimmy Carter, country stars Clint Black, George Strait and Alan Jackson, actors George Clooney, Michael Douglas and Harrison Ford, and Microsoft chief Bill Gates.
If Bill Clinton was the victim of a crank telephone call, don’t blame the Republicans - he can thank his fellow Democrat Jimmy Buffett.
It all started when a 22-year-old busboy at a Delray Beach, Fla., restaurant, Jason Martin, found the singer's cell phone on May 29 after Buffett had left.
Martin and his friends "were scrolling down the list on Jimmy's phone, going 'Wow!'" Martin told Palm Beach Post "Page Two" columnist Jose Lambiet.
On May 30 a Buffett friend called the cell phone number and Martin answered.
"He said I was a thief and a liar," Martin told Lambiet. "Then I called [Buffett's wife] Jane's number and she was nasty to me. So I told them I wouldn't give it back."
Buffett called the restaurant's owner, who fired Martin and notified police.
Martin soon received a visit from cops and a U.S. Secret Service agent because of Clinton's and Carter's numbers on the phone.
Martin surrendered the phone – but the memory card containing names, phone numbers and some addresses is missing.
Martin claims he didn't call anyone on the list, but according to the police report, he said some of his friends might have crank-called Clinton.
Buffett confirmed to Lambiet that "whoever had the phone may have called a couple of my contacts.
"It's a person's worst nightmare."
The big names on Buffett's phone included Clinton, Al Gore and Jimmy Carter, country stars Clint Black, George Strait and Alan Jackson, actors George Clooney, Michael Douglas and Harrison Ford, and Microsoft chief Bill Gates.
If Bill Clinton was the victim of a crank telephone call, don’t blame the Republicans - he can thank his fellow Democrat Jimmy Buffett.
It all started when a 22-year-old busboy at a Delray Beach, Fla., restaurant, Jason Martin, found the singer's cell phone on May 29 after Buffett had left.
Martin and his friends "were scrolling down the list on Jimmy's phone, going 'Wow!'" Martin told Palm Beach Post "Page Two" columnist Jose Lambiet.
On May 30 a Buffett friend called the cell phone number and Martin answered.
"He said I was a thief and a liar," Martin told Lambiet. "Then I called [Buffett's wife] Jane's number and she was nasty to me. So I told them I wouldn't give it back."
Buffett called the restaurant's owner, who fired Martin and notified police.
Martin soon received a visit from cops and a U.S. Secret Service agent because of Clinton's and Carter's numbers on the phone.
Martin surrendered the phone – but the memory card containing names, phone numbers and some addresses is missing.
Martin claims he didn't call anyone on the list, but according to the police report, he said some of his friends might have crank-called Clinton.
Buffett confirmed to Lambiet that "whoever had the phone may have called a couple of my contacts.
"It's a person's worst nightmare."
