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Victims rights groups fear that David Mamet movie will question music producer s murder conviction
Al Pacino plays Phil Spector and Helen Mirren plays his trial lawyer in the HBO-produced film. Photograph: Splash News
Al Pacino plays Phil Spector and Helen Mirren plays his trial lawyer in the HBO-produced film. Photograph: Splash News
Sat 16 Mar 2013 09.38 EDT
Four years ago the Wall of Sound music producer Phil Spector was convicted of murdering B-movie actress Lana Clarkson at his Los Angeles castle home. Many believe Clarkson s death was a tragedy waiting to happen – Spector was well known for terrorising women, and musicians, with guns – but the guilty verdict was a surprise in a town where celebrities with far stronger evidence against them typically walk free.
i m an ordinary person in an extraordinary situation. boy, did i step in it. i mean, this is something you can t get off your shoe but you know what, i could have gotten it off my shoe and just walked away and been done with it. my life would have been easier if i made that decision but i didn t. ecause i plan on sticking by his side and doing whatever i can to get the truth out there in regards to this case. and you know what, i love my husband. he s an amazing man. and i just wish people knew more about of that side of him. katie: rachelle spector, thank you very much for coming today and telling us your story. we appreciate it. and when we come back, we re going to tell you about a writer who went behind bars to get a story and instead, found a husband. that s right after this. announcer: next katie: did your friends and family think you were out of your mind? this guy killed somebody. he was convicted of murder and that s why he s in prison? yoip and later, erin
the jury like an intertory, not like a witness. so o jury heard what the judge said, they re going to remember it. the question is whether that bias katie: we reached tout allen jackson who is the deputy d.a. he tried the case. his is what he said we don t have an outcome to . so he may spend the rest of his life in prison. he may get a new trial, in another trial, he could be acquitted or he could be reconvicted. the questi udge victed. can be a witness. katie: rachelle, when they found out that you were going to be on our show, some friends of lana clarkson objected strongly to your appearaere today and they sent us a long statement
one has ever had a reason to contradict them. until the whole trial thing came up. no one cared about how phil spector looked or what he did or what he said or his whole persona up until that time. but, you know, nobody knows the real phil spector like i do. i mean, we ve been together almost 10 years and peo know him know the real caring and kind phil spector, are you know, are of the same opinion as the people who don t know him and just want to run his name through the mud. katie: reporters mentioned phil spector wore a lot of different wigs during the course of the trial and it was interpreted as pretty bizarre behavior. what s the explanation behind that, rachelle? one, he never wore wigs. he wore a unit on his head and i would fix his hair every single day. katie: what s a unit? it s li. katie: like a toupee? yeah. that is another word for it. he has never wore a wig. my husband was tried and
aspiring musician, rachelle spector. the two hit it off and before long, a relationship began. they were married three years later and she watched from the courtroom as her husband was sentenced to 19 years to life behind bars. to tisdale, rachelle still stands by her incarcerated husband, insisting he is innocent. and rachelle spector is here today. thank you for coming. how did you meet phil spector? it washance meeting. we met at a little hot spot in west los angeles and i had no idea who phil spector was at that point or the circumstances surrounding his life. katie: so you didn t know who he was or the fact that he had been arrested in connection with this murder? no, absolutely not. i had just moved out from pennsylvania and i m working 70-100 hours a week, trying to make ends meet and producing my own music and show. so i mean, i have been tabfood