Bigshot Publicist to Hollywood Murder Tipster: I Owe You Nothing!

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Filed under: [url="http://www.tmz.com/person/ronni-chasen/"]Ronni Chasen[/url], [url="http://www.tmz.com/category/celebrity-justice/"]Celebrity Justice[/url]

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The man who claims he helped police track down the murderer of famed Hollywood publicist [b]Ronni Chasen [/b]is barking up the wrong tree -- according to the publicist he's suing.

As [url="http://www.tmz.com/2011/10/03/ronni-chasen-publicist-murder-lawsuit-reward-michael-levine-harold-matzner-palm-springs-film-festival-americas-most-wanted-john-doe-beverly-hills-murder/"][b]we previously reported[/b][/url], the tipster -- who identifies himself as John Doe -- sued bigshot publicist [b]Michael Levine[/b] ([i]left[/i]), claiming Levine offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to the capture of Chasen's gunman ... but never paid up.

Mr. Doe also sued Palm Springs Film Festival honcho [b]Harold Matzner[/b] -- claiming Matzner offered a $100k reward for the same information.

But Levine's lawyer shot back yesterday with a blistering letter to John Doe's attorney -- insisting Levine never promised to ante up $25,000.

Levine's lawyer, Eric George, claims in the letter -- obtained by TMZ -- Levine never actually offered a reward and abandoned the effort early on at the request of Chasen's family.

Levine is demanding John Doe dismiss his lawsuit against him ASAP -- or face legal action. Matzner has yet to respond to John Doe's accusations.

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