Lana Clarkson is not the first victim of Spector · 2007-04-26 16:02
Prosecutors opening the murder trial of the pioneering US music producer, Phil Spector, have alleged he had “a rich history” of violence against women, the BBC informed.
Actress Lana Clarkson, found shot to death at Mr Spector’s home in 2003, was the last of several women he abused, jurors at the Los Angeles trial heard.
Mr Spector, 67, has pleaded not guilty. His defence lawyers say Ms Clarkson put a gun in her mouth and shot herself.
Both sides say forensic evidence and the autopsy support their accounts.
Deputy District Attorney Alan Jackson described a pattern of behaviour in Mr Spector, where he would get drunk, take a woman home, and threaten her with a gun if she refused to stay.
He suggested that the actress “was simply the last in a long line of women who fell victim to Philip Spector over the years”.
Superior Court Judge Larry Fidler has allowed five women to testify about Mr Spector brandishing guns around them between 1988 and 1995.
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