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Thread #56399   Message #881796
Posted By: GUEST
03-Feb-03 - 05:59 PM
Thread Name: Phil Spector arrested (2003)/found guilty(2009)
Subject: RE: Phil Spector arrested
Another excerpt from CNN:

The reclusive Spector, 62, was arrested at his sprawling home in Alhambra after a report of a shooting about 5 a.m. Monday (8 a.m. ET). Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Faye Bugarin said the woman was pronounced dead at the home, which is modeled after a Pyrenean castle.

Alhambra police arrested Spector on a first-degree murder charge shortly after 6 a.m., with bail set at $1 million. No court appearance was immediately scheduled.

The victim's identity has not been released. Her body had not yet been removed from the home early Monday afternoon.

It was not clear whether the 911 call reporting the shooting came from Spector's home or a neighbor. Neighbors questioned by CNN said they had not heard a shooting.

Prominent defense attorney Robert Shapiro told CNN he is representing Spector. Shapiro was part of football star O.J. Simpson's winning legal team in Simpson's 1995 murder trial.

Attorney Marvin Mitchelson, a close friend of Spector's, told The Associated Press the producer lived alone and didn't have a girlfriend.

Mitchelson said he and Spector had been trying to put together a movie about Spector's life. "His mental state has been great -- very rational, very together," the attorney said.

The rest of the article is here:

http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/03/spector.arrest/index.html