Firearms Enthusiast Phil Spector Fastidiously Teasing Collection Of Jewfros In Anticipation Of Murder Trial
Jury selection gets underway today for the Phil Spector murder trial, the visonary pop music producer (for the youngsters: he was the Timbaland of the 1960s!), who, in 2003, talked C-movie actress and House of Blues hostess Lana Clarkson into coming back with him to Pyrenees Castle, his French-château-inspired estate in Alhambra. Hours later, Clarkson would be found dead of a gunshot to the mouth:
The coroner's office called it a homicide "death by the hand of another" but also noted that Clarkson had gunshot residue on both of her hands and may have pulled the trigger.
After Tuesday's session, lawyers will take a one-month break. There is a pretrial hearing on April 9 to read the prospective jurors' answers and hone their jury selection strategy. On April 16, jurors are to be questioned individually.
The jury is expected to be seated by April 30 when opening statements were scheduled to begin. The judge has ruled that the trial can be televised.
Los Angeles magazine is reporting that Spector has a long history of firearms-related abuse towards women, including a pistolwhipping incident with Joan Rivers' former assistant, and another run-in at a 1999 Bel-Air Christmas party in which Spector ashed on a woman's dog, then pressed a gun to her cheek after she objected, saying, "How does this make you feel, bitch?" Revelations like these should ensure that the televised trial will make for compelling viewing, as will his magnificent Jewfros, which are expected to expand in volume over the course of the proceedings, until judge, jury, and spectators are nearly suffocated by the courtroom-filling mega-perm adorning the accused's head the day the verdict is finally read.
