Spector Case Details Revealed
Police reports pertaining to the February 3rd shooting of actress
Lana Clarkson at Phil Spector‘s California mansion reveal that the
famed producer’s limo driver saw Spector emerge from his mansion
with a gun in hand.
Adriano Desouza said he heard a single gunshot at 5 a.m. that
morning and Spector, 63, walked outside and said, “I think I just
shot her.” The report also offered gruesome details of a
blood-spattered .38 caliber Colt revolver and the victim’s teeth
scattered at the crime scene. The gun was retrieved by police at
Clarkson’s side.
Spector maintains his innocence in the shooting, claiming that
Clarkson killed herself. “I didn’t do anything wrong,” he told
Esquire this year, his only public comment on the
shooting. “If they had a case, I’d be in jail right now.” After a
lengthy investigation, Spector was arraigned on November 20th. He
has been free since the shooting on a $1 million bail. Spector’s
attorney, Robert Shapiro, said he has evidence supporting Spector’s
suicide claim. According to the Los Angeles Times, the
coroner’s report found gunshot residue on both of Clarkson’s hands.
Shapiro said the evidence is consistent with a self-inflicted
shooting and vindicates his client.
If convicted, Spector could face life in prison without the
possibility of parole.