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Opening statements began today in the Phil Spector murder trial. Spector was making some god-awful faces, either because he’s nervous about being on trial for murder or because he’s still getting used to what he’s now done to his hair.
This on the prosecutor’s opening statements, from AFP via Yahoo! News:

In opening statements of what is the highest-profile celebrity trial in Los Angeles since the 1995 OJ Simpson case, prosecutors painted a portrait of Spector as a man with a “rich history of violence” towards women.
“The evidence is going to paint a very, very clear picture of a man, Phil Spector, who turns sinister and deadly in certain circumstances,” prosecutor Alan Jackson told the hearing at a packed Los Angeles Superior Court.
“It is going to paint a picture of a man who put a loaded pistol inside Lana Clarkson’s mouth and shot her to death.”

The prosecution referred to several prior incidents of violence toward women by Spector, evidence of which the prosecution had earlier succeeded at getting admitted over the objection of the defense.
Spector’s defense team is led by Gotti-defender Bruce Cutler. The defense opening statements have yet to begin. When they do, they are expected to lay out a defense based on Lara Clarkson having committed suicide. But like a commenter said earlier: women use pills, not guns.

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