The murder of Lana Clarkson - Video Dailymotion

The murder of Lana Clarkson - Video Dailymotion: On February 3, 2003, actress Lana Clarkson was found dead in Spector's mansion (the Pyrenees Castle) in Alhambra, California. Her body was found slumped in a chair with a single gunshot wound to her mouth with broken teeth scattered all over the carpet. Spector told Esquire Magazine in July 2003 that Clarkson's death was an 'accidental suicide' and that she 'kissed the gun'. The emergency call from Spector's home, made by Spector's driver, Adriano de Souza, quotes Spector as saying, 'I think I've killed someone'. De Souza added that he saw Spector come out the back door of the house with a gun in his hand. According to documents filed by the prosecution, Spector had previously pulled a gun on four women. In each case, he had been drinking and 'was romantically interested in the woman, but grew angry after the woman spurned him.' The prosecution alleged that on each occasion, he pointed a gun at the woman to prevent her from walking out. The prosecution argued that the testimony of the other women was important to demonstrating a 'common plan or scheme.' The defense sought to prevent the women from providing such testimony. Though the law in California and other states generally forbids the introduction of evidence showing a defendant's previous transgressions, the judge sided with the prosecutors and ruled that the testimony of the other women 'can be used to show lack of accident or mistake.'