Update from Beth Karas- Judge polls jury over instruction confusion
- Special report: The Phil Spector case
- Prosecution opening: 'The real Phillip Spector'
- Defense opening: Police 'had murder on their mind'
- Full list of video highlights
- Jury Questions
A list of questions jurors gave a judge when they toured Phil Spector's California home. - The Madam's Black Book
A page from Jody "Babydol" Gibson's little black book allegedly showing Lana Clarkson's name. - Driver's Calls for Help
Spector's substitute chauffeur, Adriano DeSouza, placed two calls for help immediately after Lana Clarkson was shot. - Lana Clarkson's E-mails
Lana Clarkson wrote to friends about her struggle to make ends meet as an actress in the weeks before her mysterious death. - Civil Deposition
This civil deposition of Phil Spector in a suit against former lawyer Robert Shapiro could be used against the music legend in his murder trial. (PDF) - Booking Record
This police department document features Spector's mugshot. - Complaint
Spector was charged with one count of murder for the death of Lana Clarkson. - Police Report
This supplemental report by one of the officers on the scene contains a narrative. - First Statement
This transcript reflects the statement given by Spector to police at the mogul's house the night of the shooting. - Stationhouse Statement
In a profanity-filled statement, Spector charges that the victim had no right to come to his "castle" and "blow her f---ing head open."
LOS ANGELES — A big-time Hollywood director snubbed Lana Clarkson at a party two weeks before her death, prompting the struggling actress to burst into tears and proclaim, "I hate this town and I don't want to be here anymore," her best friend testified Monday at Phil Spector's murder trial.
The witness, a club promoter who goes by the name "Punkin Pie," told jurors that filmmaker Michael Bay, whose movies include "Armageddon," "Pearl Harbor," and the current hit "Transformers," brushed Clarkson off when she approached him at a music industry function.
At the time, the 40-year-old was desperate for acting work and thought Bay would remember her from a Mercedes commercial he had directed. (VIDEO)
Instead, Clarkson returned from the encounter weeping.
"Michael Bay just dissed me, didn't know who I was," the witness, whose real name is Punkin Irene Elizabeth Laughlin, recalled Clarkson saying.
She said that, in a conversation the following week, Clarkson remained distraught and was "crying uncontrollably."
"I don't want to live anymore. I don't want to live in this town. I want to end it. I don't want to be here anymore," Laughlin quoted her as saying.
The actress's state of mind at the time of the Feb. 3, 2003, shooting has been the focus of the defense case. Spector, 67, contends that Clarkson took her own life in the foyer of his mansion, either accidentally or because she was disappointed in her career.
Laughlin was the fourth friend of Clarkson to take the stand in Spector's defense and say the actress was depressed in the weeks leading up to the shooting. As those other witnesses did, Laughlin described Clarkson as beaten down by a host of problems, including dire financial straits, a job as a hostess she found humiliating and the demise of a once-promising romance.
 'Punkin Pie' Laughlin's calendar for February 2003, the month her close friend died. |
Laughlin called her turn on the stand "the second worst day of my life," with the worst being the day her friend died. To underscore the closeness of the women, a defense lawyer showed jurors Laughlin's personal calendar for February 2003. Scrawled across the month in red ink, she had written, "My lost year. My life is gone & empty."
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