The Phil Spector murder trial hasn't exactly been the exciting joyride that many assumed it would be, so full marks to Judge Larry Paul Fidler for screaming at Phil Spector and his wife in court like a lunatic yesterday.
Right now the jury is deciding whether Phil Spector is guilty of murdering Lana Clarkson or not, but that apparently didn't stop Phil Spector or his 26-year-old wife Rachelle from yakking to the press about how they don't believe that Judge Larry Paul Fidler has been impartial during the murder trial. And yesterday that resulted in the judge angrily slapping a gag order on the two of them until the verdict is delivered. The judge's outburst is just another reminder of how horribly the murder trial has gone for Phil Spector so far, but that's not the important point here – the important point is that 67-year-old Phil Spector has a 26-year-old wife. We've got to rush out and get ourselves one of those lesbian wigs if they get results like that. And possibly shoot a minor actress in the face, too, just in case that had anything to do with it.
The main part of the Phil Spector murder trial is now over, and everything from hereon in hinges on the decision of the jury – the poor saps who have spent five long months listening to stories about how Phil Spector liked to hold guns to women's heads and how he occasionally uses his right hand sometimes. They've listened to both sides of the closing arguments, from the prosecution's creepy ghost story to the defence's confusing denial that any evidence existed, and now the fate of one tiny old wussbag with a collection of befuddling haircuts is in their hands alone.
So you'd think that now all the Phil Spector murder trial action would ground to a halt as the jury deliberates on whether Phil Spector really did confess the murder or whether Lana Clarkson committed suicide in front of him. But that's where you'd be wrong – because Judge Larry Paul Fidler yesterday decided to yell at Phil Spector and his wife Rachelle for discussing the case with the press. According to reports, Phil Spector apparently told a journalist that the judge didn't like him, while Rachelle opted to give an interview to Court TV. And it seems like that's the fastest way to piss off a judge, as The Telegraph reports:
"Ma'am, I'm going to do something I've never done before,” the judge told her. “You are here in the courtroom. You will not talk to the press … until a verdict or other decision is arrived at in this case.” Mrs Spector cried out in response “but I'm not a witness!”… But Mr Fidler cut her off, raising his voice. “Ma'am, you're in front of me. You're in front of me! I'm making an order. You want to violate my order, go ahead and do so. I can assure you I will hold you in contempt of court for violating my order and I will treat it according. I'm telling you, you are doing nothing to affect this trial and if you do, there will be consequences and you will suffer those consequences,” he added.
So that's that – Phil Spector won't speak in court and now Phil Spector can't talk out of court either. While it's too late for any of this to make a difference to the jury's deliberations, it will prevent Phil Spector from making the most profound statement of the murder trial's five-month duration – about how he gets his hair so soft and nylony, even in damp conditions.
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Dallas says
>yakking to the press about how impartial they think Judge Larry Paul Fidler has been
You mean “partial”, or “biased”, not “impartial”. Impartial means the opposite – “unbiased”. Sort yerself out Stu! ;-)
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Sean says
Court TV is an arm of the prosecution, don’t you get it? Dumb-ass Spector went and hired that arrogant New York Jew lawyer…jurors don’t like arrogance, especially not a shouting Bruce Cutler; I would convict based upon his attitude and shouting at the witness. Spector is going down. Ever hear of juror nullification? Deploy it jurors!
Sean B. Johnson
Adam Gade says
Dallas, read it again. Heritage as it right.
Joyce [email protected] says
I Joyce Danelen, knowing Phil Spector. Can say without a drought Phil did not hurt anyone.
Judge Fiddler, plays to the camera and is as bias as you can get.
If the detectives did their jobs, there would have been no trial.
The only thing Phil did was to meet this mental case.
Her best friends testified to these facts.
Thank you for your emails,
Joyce Danelen at yahoo dot com
818-906-3906
Schmoo says
Thanks Joyce. I’ve always found barely-literate character witness hearsay so much more reliable than the legal system.
JBollocks says
Bugger that Schmoo, I just relieved to see that Adam Gade is actually a human (“as it right”) and not some powerful blogging word processor.
(Although you are obviously quite right re Joyce.)
Cacafuego says
I am amused that Joyce Danelen is apparently concerned enoughby spam that she spelled out her email address in the body of her message, but then pubbed her phone # on the webbernet for the whole
world to see. The fact that people are using a murder trial for networking as if it was a cocktail party tells everone what they need to know about Hollywood.