‘Sin Eater’ details the many ways Chicago private eye Anthony Pellicano crossed the line

Anthony Pellicano, now 78, remains imposing during an interview for “Sin Eater.” (FX)

If the fictional Hollywood fixer Ray Donovan from the Showtime series of the same name had used wiretaps more often than a baseball bat, he’d be Anthony Pellicano. Name a high-profile entertainment scandal from the 1980s or 1990s, and odds are the notorious and infamous Chicago-born private investigator was involved in one way or another, often operating outside the boundaries of the law.

Check out this excerpt of a telephone conversation between Pellicano and a female potential client, as heard in the two-part documentary “The New York Times Presents: Sin Eater: The Crimes of Anthony Pellicano,” with both parts debuting Friday on FX and Hulu.