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The Phil Spector Trial: We Watch Court TV So You Don’t Have To

7/13/07, 9:35 am EST

spectorWHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY?
It was a busy day at the Spector trial: First, Dr. Henry Lee, the key witness for the defense, told reporters that he likely wouldn’t testify because he will be in China. Next, Sara Caplan, Spector’s beleaguered ex-lawyer who witnessed Dr. Lee steal crime scene evidence, took the stand to say Dr. Lee did not take the sliver of Lana Clarkson’s acrylic fingernail, completely changing the story she previously told a grand jury. The Spector defense team spent the remainder of the day trying to negate Melissa Grosvenor’s story that Spector had pointed a gun at her. In what would have been a great episode of Family Feud, two of Grosvenor’s sisters took the stand to call their sibling a “liar.”

IS THIS GOOD OR BAD FOR SPECTOR?
Both. Grovesnor was proven to be unreliable, but that doesn’t eliminate the testimony of three other women who said Spector threatened them with a gun. Plus, losing Lee’s testimony could possibly cripple the defense’s suicide claims. At least the whole Caplan ordeal is behind us.

HAIR & WARDROBE UPDATE:
Spector’s wife, Rachelle, told Court TV that Spector’s hair is real and not a wig. She was not under oath when making these statements.

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Kathleen Klayber | 7/13/2007, 10:16 am EST

Sara Caplan testified that she DID see Henry Lee pick up the object.

Bonnie McKinney | 7/13/2007, 12:01 pm EST

Phil Spector is very dangerous to him self and society in general.The hhand shaking is no more then old age and elbows on the table. If I hold my hand straight up for an extended period with elbows on table they will shake.That hand shking he does is a ruse.

shannon eisner | 7/13/2007, 2:24 pm EST

Phil Spector isn’t a danger to society, he is an old rich man that people want to take advantage of. He’s innocent. And I hope those jurors realize it.

Jan Thomas | 7/13/2007, 3:38 pm EST

Dr Lee is taking the easy way out by saying he will be in China. The more I see him at trials the more I wonder if he is nearly as good as he says. His testimony in the OJ trial was a joke he didn’t want to discuss after the verdict. His testimony in the Staircase Trial was so obsurd it was ignored by the Jurors. Now he’s caught taking evidence from a crime scene….integrity should be the #1 requirement for experts.

m@ | 7/13/2007, 4:24 pm EST

making light of this murder trial is sickening.

Nick D | 7/13/2007, 9:42 pm EST

This is the man who once produced The Crystals’ `He Hit Me And It Felt Like A Kiss’…Rich crazy nut…need I say more

Anonymous | 7/14/2007, 9:32 am EST

It appears to me that most of the defenses witnesses are unreliable and can’t keep their stories straight….If Spector didn’t have anything to do with Lanas demise….Why did he say I think I just killed someone and why didn’t he call 911 immediately…I really believe he tried to wash up before the police came….Paniced NO Guilty YES !!!

lik roper | 7/14/2007, 7:06 pm EST

why are you telling us about this?

Helvis | 7/15/2007, 9:03 am EST

That’s not a wig? What about the afro he wore during his arraingment?

spoonido | 7/15/2007, 12:52 pm EST

A woman is DEAD. She was killed by Phil Spector. Anyone with a reasonable mind can figure this out.

breanne | 7/15/2007, 7:26 pm EST

whooo really cares about phil spector really?

Marc | 7/15/2007, 11:04 pm EST

This isn’t the O.J. trial. Phil Spector is an old scared burned-out man who probably didn’t kill this woman, but feels responsible because she was in his home when she pulled the trigger on herself. Wealthy, gullible people can get set up so easily. I’ll bet Lana Clarkson’s relatives are lining up for a civil suit once this trial concludes, so they can rape and pillage Spector’s estate. I really don’t think of any of us know the true story, so let’s stop speculating.

allen freerly | 7/16/2007, 2:49 am EST

the pros. exam of sara caplain was lame pros. should have torn into her as she still fought not to come forth with the truth about henry lee hiding the finger nail the judge should have still reamed her a new asshole as she stood her ground. i predict phil spector will walk a free man as the people in california cant find famous stars guilty in any case any moron knows he stuck the gun in mouth for sex period and it went off murder guily

Peter S. | 7/16/2007, 6:45 am EST

Marc said “I really don’t think of any of us know the true story, so let’s stop speculating”

Spector knows the story, he was there. Her blood was on his coat, and in his pockets.

Do you think she spontaneously took her own life? I a stranger’s house? With the Stranger’s gun?

I don’t! This man has a violent history with women, this was well known long before he killed her.

Sadly, in the end I believe he will walk away a free man. We’ve seen it before, we’ll see it again.

Dianna | 7/16/2007, 4:04 pm EST

Phil Spector is a known violent man towards woman ..and his children. He is a heavy drinker and misuses the prescription drugs he is prescribed ! I believe he killed Lana Clarkson and hope he goes to prison for the remainder of what is left of his life. Being in prison he will have to think every day about the life he took. The death penalty would be his easy way out.

John | 7/19/2007, 12:09 pm EST

It looks as if Spector did cause the death of Lana Clarkson. I look at Spector with a level of pity because of his mental irregularities (Bi-Polar). I can understand the position he’s in, and a lot of the fault can be held by his so called friends. A real friend would’ve stood up to him with the facts of his mental delusions, and helped him pull away from an interest (guns) that don’t belong with anyone who copes with mental illness. Spector’s money will now be bilked by attorney’s, and what’s left will go to Lana’s family via civil judgement. We may be surprised with the juries verdict, our society is bizarre.

Dave | 7/20/2007, 6:19 pm EST

Please, anyone with half a brain can see what happened here. Spector was out on one of his drunken, coke-laced binges around town and he sees this hot blonde waitress at one of the bars he hits. So, he decides that he wants to bed her down and starts hitting on her. The woman, a still-hot former actress down on her luck and wanting badly to get back into the business, normally wouldn’t give a rumpled creep like this the time of day. But since, hey, it’s PHIL SPECTOR, she figures that if she humors him a bit, maybe he can use his “connections” to revive her stagnant career. So, she consents to go with him back to his house, ostensibly for a friendly drink. When they get there, it soon becomes quite apparent that Spector wants sex, not conversation. She’s quite understandably not interested and gets ready to leave. Spector, pencil-dicked a$$hole that he is, then does what he habitually does when he’s drunk and women turn him down: He whips out a pistol and starts threatening her. “Hey, don’t you know I’m PHIL SPECTOR??? Dime-a-dozen tramps like you don’t turn ME down! You’d better get down on your knees right now or I’ll blow your f**king head off!!!” Only this time, the gun went off and the woman was killed. This miserable little prick deserves to spend the rest of his life in jail. I pray that he’s convicted.

Denis Brezik | 7/21/2007, 12:35 am EST

Guns and booze do not mix his history of threatening women with guns finaly caught up with him he played a dangerous game.Let this be a lesson to all men do not threaten women with guns and booze.A man should never threaten a woman with anything and I consider alchohol a weapon it should be illegal in fact it is for minors maybe Phil Spector was playing roullette it caught up with him now a woman is dead due to his wreckless behavior women should never be threatened in any manner by a man it is time for legislator to outlaw booze it is costing lives every day I should know I used to be a heavy drinker and as a man I now know the threat it is to women bring back prohibition and start saving lives .

Demarcus Bennett | 8/2/2007, 6:31 am EST

How can Sara Caplan, a high profile Hollywood criminal defense attorney, represent drug dealers after having been married to an International MDMA(ecstasy) dealer who is on the DEA’s most wanted list? Or, is this exactly the reason why she takes drug cases?How can Judge Fidler say she has more credibility than Dr. Henry Lee when he, Judge Fidler, knows that she was married to an International Ecstasy dealer who is still wanted?

How is she able to practice law?

What is going on here? Isn’t it time to find out?

Has anyone seen her ex-husband? If so, please notify the DEA.

Much more information to come.

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