Phil Spector Charged With Murder

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Source: MyWay.com (http://www.myway.com)
By: GILLIAN FLACCUS
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Record producer Phil Spector was charged in an indictment unsealed Monday with murder in the shooting death of a B-movie actress at his mansion last year.

Spector, 64, leaned on the arm of his attorney as the indictment in the slaying of 40-year-old Lana Clarkson was read, but showed no emotion. Outside court, he railed at prosecutors, comparing District Attorney Steve Cooley to Adolf Hitler.

"The actions of the Hitler-like DA and his storm trooper henchmen are reprehensible, unconscionable and despicable," said Spector, who remains free on $1 million bail.


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Source: Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com)
Thu, Feb 03, 2005

PASADENA, Calif. - Famed rock 'n' roll producer Phil Spector has been named in a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the mother of a B-movie actress whom Spector is accused of killing in his home.

The shooting took place after Spector "grabbed, hit, fought with ... and injured" Lana Clarkson, and after he tried to prevent her from leaving his home, the lawsuit says.

Clarkson's mother, Donna, filed the civil suit Wednesday in Superior Court, meeting the two-year statute of limitations on wrongful-death actions, said family attorney Roderick J. Lindblom.

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