well they let OJ and Baretta go so they had to nail Spector.

Ronnie Bennet-Spector (ex-wife of Phil Spector from 1968-1974) of the 60's girl group "The Ronnettes" wrote.

By her own account, he kept her a near-prisoner and limited her opportunities to pursue her musical ambitions. In her autobiography, she said that he would force her to watch the film Citizen Kane to remind her she would be nothing without him.

Spector's domineering attitude led to the dissolution of their marriage. Bennett was forbidden to speak to the Rolling Stones or tour with the Beatles, for fear of infidelity. Bennett claims Spector showed her a gold coffin with a glass top in his basement, promising to kill and display her should she leave him. During Spector's reclusive period in the late 1960s, he reportedly kept his wife locked inside their mansion. She claimed he also hid her shoes to dissuade her from walking outside, and kept the house dark because he didn't want anyone to see his balding head. Spector's son later claimed that he was kept locked in his room, with a pot in the corner to be used as a toilet. Ronnie Spector did leave the producer and filed for divorce in 1972. She wrote a book about her experiences, and said years later, "I can only say that when I left in the early 1970s, I knew that if I didn't leave at that time, I was going to die there". She and Spector separated in 1973 and divorced one year later

Just goes to show you, that no stone goes un-turned. What goes around comes around. "Justice" Ronnie justice for the years you suffered.
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Hair overview.


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emile58 said:

Tina Turner spoke of Spectors obsession with guns and his "gun play". In fact, pulling his guns out on people, was a common experience.

Spectors may not have been crazy... he may have just been a "lowdown a-hole".
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lafleurdove said:

That's all I got from this

lafleurdove said:

But seriously, does this sound like Prince to any of ya'll? Like P is fat free Phil.

SCNDLS said:

TyphoonTip said:

For real tho.

SCNDLS said:

no way, no how, not at all...."how could anyone compare the two?
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lafleurdove said:

CO-SIGN. PRINCEY AINT NEVA SHOT NO BYATCH IN DA MOUTH AND TRIED 2 SAY SHE DID IT HERSELF....AT LEAST I DON'T RECALL HIM DOING THAT

lafleurdove said:

Shit, it's the same control freakerism, need to control all aspects of the women in his life, obsession with his hair, musical genius on the wane, etc., etc. The comparisons are endless.

I don't care if you're a genius producer, I don't see why this guy has been allowed to wave guns around in the studio for 40 years.

He's a crazy mofo and it was just a matter of time before it caught up with him (not to mention some poor woman)

Finally!!!!

Now if only Puffy, O.J., Robert Blake, R. Kelly, Michael Jackson and Lil Wayne would get their just desserts

Ok so where is everyone that was preaching that he was gonna walk???

RnBAmbassador said:

They got O.J. Set him up good too and he took the bait-- the dumbass.
Afterall, you don't really think he was prosecuted and convicted for taking his own shit back? It's kind of like getting Capone on tax evasion.
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lastdecember said:

Those fools were too blinded by their "issues" to think clearly. This guy was ALWAYS gonna go down. That was obvious. But when people have racial obsessions it distorts their perspective.

imagine being an old ass fart about to spend the rest of your days in prison.

They got rid of that wig he was wearing. From now on he'd be seen with his balding head.

Timmy84 said:

Pics please.

SCNDLS said:

Unfortunately I only heard of it in a news excerpt. They may have pictures of it when he's sentenced next month.

Phil Spector Gets 19 Years To Life For Murder
May 29
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Still maintaining his innocence, music producer Phil Spector was sentenced on Friday to at least 19 years in prison for the 2003 murder of a Hollywood actress and could spend the rest of his life behind bars.

Spector, 69, who revolutionized pop music in the 1960s with his layered "Wall of Sound" production technique, was convicted in April of second-degree murder after a second trial. The first trial deadlocked in 2007.

Lana Clarkson, 40, a B-movie actress, died of a shot to the mouth, fired from Spector's gun in the foyer of his mock castle home outside Los Angeles on February 3, 2003. The two met hours earlier at a Hollywood nightclub.

Spector, wearing a black suit and looking pale and tense, showed no emotion when Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Larry Fidler sentenced him to 19 years to life in prison.

He must spend 19 years behind bars before he is eligible for parole. At that time, Spector will be 88.

Spector's defense team immediately filed an appeal. His fourth wife Rachelle Short, 28, a model/actress who Spector quietly married in 2006, said her husband was "very sad and very upset".

She told reporters that prosecutors at the two long trials had "made him into a monster". But she said the man she knows is "the most kind and giving and generous man that I have ever met in my life."

The reclusive producer, who worked with The Ronettes, The Beatles, Cher and Leonard Cohen at the height of his fame, did not testify at either trial. His defense team said in court papers filed this week that Spector insists "he did not kill Lana Clarkson, and he is not responsible for her death."

But prosecutors claimed Clarkson's shooting fit a pattern of gun play and violence Spector had displayed toward women for years, saying he had a problem with rage and was "a bully."

Deputy District Attorney Alan Jackson said he was confident the guilty verdict would stand, telling reporters on Friday: "I believe this case is as rock solid as any prosecution this office has ever undertaken."

Spector's lawyers claimed Clarkson was depressed about her career and committed suicide by shooting herself in the mouth.

Defense attorney Doron Weinberg said he was very worried about Spector's health. He told reporters Spector had emergency surgery earlier this week to remove precancerous polyps from his vocal chords.

Clarkson worked as a hostess at the House of Blues in West Hollywood when she met the man who produced songs like the Righteous Brothers' hit "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin.'" Clarkson starred in the movies "Barbarian Queen" and "Amazon Women on the Moon."

Clarkson's family has also filed a wrongful death civil suit against Spector, which has yet to be heard.

"The impact of Lana's loss has changed all of our lives. All of our plans together are destroyed. Now I can only visit her at the cemetery," Clarkson's mother, Donna, told the court before sentencing.

Spector paid more than $26,000 to cover funeral costs for Clarkson's family, victim's restitution and other expenses.

Spector had a troubled early life. His father committed suicide, his sister spent time in mental institutions and Spector suffered bouts of severe depression.

Shortly before Clarkson was shot, Spector told British journalist Mick Brown in a rare interview that he had a bipolar personality and had "devils that fight inside me."

I didn't doubt for a second this crazy fuckoff killed her. The guy's been nuts for years.

I am so glad that he did NOT get away with murder just because of his fame and money.

Remember Latoya Jackson describing her experience with him and how he would leave the room and then come back with multiple personalities and then almost held her hostage, and she used her acting to get away just before he closed the gate?

SCNDLS said:

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I think your reaching. God knows P has issues. Just listen to him talk about his crazy ass dad but I have not heard any stories about him pulling guns on people or holding woman hostage and buying them coffins.

Spector Moved To State Prison Facility
June 5, 2009
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Music producer Phil Spector has been transferred from a Los Angeles County jail to a state prison reception center as he begins serving a 19-years-to-life term for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson.


California Department of Corrections spokesman Paul Verke said Friday that Spector was sent to North Kern State Prison in Delano where he will be processed and evaluated before being sent to his final destination in the prison system.

The 69-year-old Spector was convicted of second-degree murder in the shooting of Clarkson at his Alhambra mansion in 2003.

What some of y'all been waiting for http://www.thesmokinggun....html?tsp=1

funkyslsistah said:

I wonder how many years he's been wearing those toupees.

one crazy old geezer right there.