ERIN Brockovich grew up in Lawrence, Kansas, the youngest child of an industrial engineer and a journalist.

The legal team of Ed Masry and Erin Brockovich, whose investigations into corporate toxic pollution led to the hit film Erin Brockovich, are working on another case which has aroused Hollywood’s interest.

A lawyer who tried to extort $310,000 from Erin Brockovich and her boss has been sentenced to four months in jail.