ET broke the story with FARRAH FAWCETT, now the woman accused of selling her medical records will have to face her day in court!

Former UCLA Medical Center staffer LAWANDA JACKSON,49, was indicted on April 9 after allegedly selling private info about the beloved "Charlie's Angles" star. She's fighting that charge and her arraignment, originally scheduled for today, has been continued.

Just this morning, ET spoke with THOM MROZEK from the U.S. Attorney's Office -- watch the video to hear how authorities are handling the case.

Meanwhile, Farrah's friend ALANA STEWART, who has been by her side during her battle with cancer, tells ET: "It's common knowledge people get paid to sell stories to tabloids."

According to her, having those medical records come out was the last thing Farrah needed at the time. "This distracts her, makes her angry," Alana adds. "[It] upsets her."

UCLA medical center says their staff members sign confidentiality agreements -- and any breach of confidentiality arises, they launch an investigation with appropriate disciplinary action.

This is not the first time hospital employees have been accused of selling star medical records.

Unrelated to Jackson's case, Monday's New York Daily News claims TOM CRUISE, JESSICA LANGE, LIZ TAYLOR, BILLY CRYSTAL, KELSEY GRAMMER, MAGIC JOHNSON, ROSEANNE BARR, AL PACINO, PAULA ABDUL, FRANK ZAPPA and VANNA WHITE are all mentioned in relation to confidential medical information from sources at various L.A. hospitals during taped conversations from 1992-1993 at The Globe Magazine.

Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Times reports that UCLA is trying to fire at least 13 employees for looking at BRITNEY SPEARS' medical records. In a statement to ET this morning, the UCLA Health System says:

"UCLA Health System considers patient confidentiality a critical part of our mission of teaching, research and patient care. All staff members are required to sign confidentiality agreements as a condition of their employment and complete extensive training on HIPAA-related privacy and security issues. We have stringent policies to protect patient confidentiality and address violations of those policies.

"When possible confidentiality breaches arise, UCLA immediately launches an investigation and appropriate disciplinary action would then be initiated. Due to the confidential nature of both patient and personnel issues, no further information is available.

"The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) provides national standards to protect the security and privacy of a patient's health information."