This article contains spoilers forHomicide: Los Angelesepisode 1.
Phil Spector was a music legend and Los Angeles celebrity royalty.
This means nothing to investigators onHomicide: Los Angeles.
Netflixs five-episode true crime docuseries fully covers the prosecutorial pursuit in one installment.
Heres what was condensed in discovery.
At trial, Spectors attorneys claimed a depressed Clarkson used the 38-caliber pistol in his foyer.
In spite of the Spector PR teams smear campaign, Clarkson had no cause for depression.
She recovered from the two broken wrists suffered during filming, and worked steadily through 2001.
Besides, the House of Blues job overflowed with professional connections.
The 511 Clarkson was also featured in John Landis spoofAmazon Women on the Moon.
Her title role in Roger CormansBarbarian Queenled to sequels, and a cult following.
AsHomicide: Los Angelespoints out, Clarkson took pride in her B-Movie Warrior Queen status.
She was a natural athlete, playing basketball for Cloverdale High School, and lifelong horseback enthusiast.
Clarkson was resilient, and no stranger to personal loss.
Her father, who worked in mining, died when she was 16 years old.
Spectors relationship with guns can be traced back to a 1958 incident which happened during a Teddy Bears tour.
Spector claimed four men trapped him in a bathroom and urinated on him when he couldnt defend himself.
In later interviews Spector said he employed bodyguards and carried personal protection from that day on.
John Lennon hired the producer consecutively, from hisPlastic Ono Bandto theSome Time in New York Cityalbums.
He returned to Spector in 1973 for a record of oldie but moldy rock n roll cover songs.
The sessions floundered as Spector set his own time table, and showed up high in special wardrobes.
From karate master to plastic surgeon, every costume accommodated a holster, usually sheathing a loaded weapon.
If not, it was drawn to make noise in the studio.
Spector fired a revolver inches from Lennons ears in the confines of a mixing console.
But dont fuck with my ears.
This wasnt an isolated incident.
Spector ultimately ransomed the master tapes to Capitol Records for $90,000.
When a messenger came to collect, Spector greeted him at the door brandishing an ax.
Then had that gun pointed at me.
I just thought, you know what?
This is a good headline.
Andy Kim, shot and killed by Phil Spector.
Debbie Harry didnt even get to the studio before Spector pulled a gun,Blondies iconic singer told NME.
During discussions for a possible project, He stuck it in my boot and went, Bang.
I thought, Get me outta here.
I just wanna go home.
Why would anyone be carrying a .45 automatic in their home?
The Ramones hired Spector in 1979, for the albumEnd of the Century.
At the end of sessions, Spector disappeared with the master tapes for six months.
Veronica Bennett led The Ronettes when she met Spector.
When The Ronettes toured England with The Rolling Stones, Spector ordered Bennett confined to her hotel room.
The couples 1968 wedding day ended with a physical fight and accusations about marrying for money.
Ronnie filed for divorce three months after the marriage.
After a reconciliation, Spector held the singer hostage, derailing any musical output.
Spector gifted a gold coffin with a glass top to his eternal bride.
Ronnie shattered a sliding door and escaped barefoot in 1972.
She divorced Spector in 1974.
It was granted in 1975.
Keeping custody of their adopted children, Phil wrote Fuck You on all of Ronnies alimony checks.
Is Anybody Being Held Against Their Will?
During the Lana Clarkson murder trials, witnesses recounted similar encounters.
Singer Devra Robitaille told Spector she was going home after a party.
He said no and locked the door, Robitaille testified, according to aTodayarticle from Aug. 21, 2007.
It was touching my temple.
He said If you leave Ill blow your [expletive] head off.
Music industry photographer Stephanie Jennings testified to accompanying Spector to the 1995 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions.
Both had rooms on the same floor at New Yorks Carlyle hotel.
Jennings refused a bodyguards message to join Spector in his room.
When Michelle returned … Spector let her in and then locked the door behind her.
This was apparently not a new occurrence at the household.
They came into the living room and Phil was standing there with the gun.
And they said, Mr. Spector, put the gun down.
So, he rather reluctantly put the gun down.
And they said, Is anybody here being held against their will?
And Ann and I put up our hands.
They said, Would you two come with us, c’mon.
Homicide: Los Angeles is streaming on Netflix.
