Phil Spector Found Guilty

Criminally insane record producer, Phil Spector, has been found guilty in the murder of actress Lana Clarkson. He is now facing the rest of his life behind bars or incarcerated in a psychiatric facility. Criminal court fines and restitution, along with civil suits also await his fortune.

He previously beat up his former wife, singer Ronnie Spector, on numerous occasions, later throwing her out of their mansion and defrauding her out of millions in property and music royalties (hmm, seems to be the sick entertainment industry way of doing things).

These things always catch up with people in one form or another. Justice is finally being served.

Phil Spector found guilty of murder

Mon Apr 13, 2009 6:00pm EDT - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Legendary music producer Phil Spector was found guilty on Monday of second degree murder in the death of a Hollywood actress at his home in 2003.

A Los Angeles jury returned the verdict against Spector, 69, after a five-month retrial. Spector, 69, could spend the rest of his life behind bars after he is sentenced on May 29. The first trial ended in a jury deadlock in September 2007.

Lana Clarkson, 40, a B-movie actress, died from a shot through the mouth fired from Spector's gun in the foyer of the his fake castle home on Feb 3, 2003 in the Alhambra community of Los Angeles. The two had met only hours earlier at a Hollywood nightclub…

…The two long trials, with testimony from five women and a jury visit to the bizarre mock castle where the reclusive Spector lives, all but obliterated his status as the production genius behind Tina Turner's "River Deep, Mountain High" and the Righteous Brothers hit "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"…

Spector had a troubled early life. His father committed suicide, his sister spent time in mental institutions and Spector suffered bouts of severe depression.

Shortly before Clarkson was shot, Spector told British journalist Mick Brown in a rare interview that he had a bipolar personality and had "devils that fight inside me."…

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