Prosecutor: Phil Spector a 'Demonic Maniac,' Likens Defense to Sand Dunes
As the second-degree murder retrial of legendary music producer Phil Spector nears a conclusion, a prosecutor let out the stops in a closing argument today in a packed courtroom.
Supported by an elaborate audiovisual presentation, Deputy District Attorney Truc Dore portrayed Spector, 69, as a spoiled and sadistic celebrity who repeatedly got away with threatening women with a gun before he allegedly shot actress and restaurant hostess Lana Clarkson in the hallway of his home six years ago, reports the Los Angeles Times.
After Dore called him a “demonic maniac” with “a history of playing Russian roulette with the lives of women,” Spector sat expressionless, as he has throughout much of the five-month trial, the newspaper writes.
Using a screensaver of sand dunes, Dore repeatedly compared the defense case to the shifting sands on her computer.
The defense gets its turn tomorrow, and the jury in the Los Angeles County Superior Court case could begin deliberating on Friday.
Spector’s initial 2007 trial in the case went nowhere after the jury deadlocked.
