Moret is from
Los Angeles, California. He graduated from the
University of California, Los Angeles, with a degree in Communication Studies and received a
J.D. in 1981 when he was 25 years old from
Southwestern Law School. Moret covered many major California criminal cases including the
Night Stalker trial,
Billionaire Boys Club murder trial, the
O. J. Simpson criminal and civil trials,
Scott Peterson double murder trial and the
Michael Jackson molestation case, for which he served as the broadcast legal analyst for numerous television and radio networks. Before joining
Inside Edition, Moret was probably best known for anchoring CNN's coverage of the
O. J. Simpson criminal trial in 1995 and hosting the long-running
Showbiz Today and co-anchoring
The World Today. After leaving CNN, Moret hosted a series of specials for
ABC, and, for three years, co-hosted the
Academy Awards pre-show for the network. He has also been a guest anchor on the
KTLA Morning News in Los Angeles, and on Fox 5's
Good Day New York. His first on-air reporting position was at
KABC-TV in Los Angeles. In 2004, Moret delivered the
Commencement Address for the
UCLA Department of Communication Studies, after which he was invited to serve as a visiting professor. He is also a graduate of the program. Moret is a member of the California Bar and resides in
Beverly Hills with his wife Keri Stone Moret and their three children. Moret's first book is an inspirational
memoir entitled
The Last Day of My Life, published by
Phoenix Books and launched on January 5, 2010. ==References==