Phil Spector's defence lawyer Bruce Cutler is a mountain of a man. A hulking, intimidating, bald mountain that suffers from diabetes, to be accurate – and his diabetes has ensured that the Phil Spector murder trial has been postponed until Monday.
At first, the apparent problems arising from Bruce Cutler's diabetes medication were only supposed to stall Phil Spector's trial for two days, but now complications have meant it'll start again next week at the earliest. Although it sounds like Bruce Cutler's illness has plunged the Phil Spector murder trial into chaos, it's actually good for everyone involved – this way the legal teams can further hone their cases, Phil Spector can spend some time without wearing his ridiculous lesbian wig and Bruce Cutler gets to watch a whole week of Martha, so when the trial resumes on Monday he'll be able to wash towels properly and know what the secret to Robert Duvall's crab cakes is. If that won't get Phil Spector off his murder charge, nothing will.
Those of you following the Phil Spector murder trial should be getting used to delays now – there were delays getting the trial to court, there were delays finding a jury that didn't already think that Phil Spector murdered Lana Clarkson in 2003 and now there are even more delays thanks to Phil Spector's head of defence Bruce Cutler.
Yesterday we told you that Bruce Cutler was so poorly that the Phil Spector murder trial was being delayed until today. Well, now it is today and Bruce Cutler is still nowhere to be found, as the Los Angeles Times reports:
Cutler, whose health issues forced cancellation of Monday's court session, has said he has been experiencing problems with his diabetes medication. The lawyer is expected to be back on his feet and at the defense table Monday, associates said. Cutler will "be fine. He's doing fine," said Ed Hayes, a New York lawyer who has worked with Cutler and spoke with him Tuesday. "I just don't think it's a big deal, frankly."
But don't think for a second that the Phil Spector murder trial has ground to a halt entirely just because a fat bloke's got a bit of trouble with his diabetes – behind the scenes lawyers for both sides are fighting over the prosecution's claims that the defence hit them with a piece of forensic evidence later than expected.
Forensic scientist Henry Lee claims that Phil Spector was around six feet away from Lana Clarkson when the shot that killed her was fired, based on results from a blood-spatter test. It's a good piece of news for Phil Spector's defence, since it's thought that the gun was in Clarkson's mouth when she died. Or at least it would be good news if the prosecution wasn't trying to get sanctions imposed on the defence for its apparent late disclosure.
But if this latest piece of evidence doesn't wash with the courtroom and the public, at least Bruce Cutler has a few days at home to work on other ways to convince the world that Phil Spector is innocent of murder – rumour has it that his Plan B is to just stand in court, tickle Phil Spector's cheek with a feather and go "Aww, doesn't he look like a little old lady. Doesn't he look like your granny. Ittle bittle granny wanny woo woo," until the jury reaches a not guilty verdict just to shut him up.
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