LOS ANGELES — Phil Spector's lawyers said Wednesday that they plan to close out the evidence phase of the producer's murder trial with more attacks on the lifestyle and mental state of Lana Clarkson.

The defense told a judge their final witnesses will include a psychologist who Clarkson approached about treatment and a friend who claims the actress was abusing cocaine and prescription drugs.

A defense lawyer said the friend, Jennifer Hayes-Riedl, a Hollywood interior decorator, would go beyond her previous testimony that Clarkson was "out of her mind depressed" and recount for jurors extensive drug use in the year leading up to her shooting in Spector's mansion.

He said Hayes-Riedl maintains Clarkson stole some prescription drugs from friends' medicine cabinets and went to Mexico to purchase painkillers and other drugs.

Quoting from a private investigators' interview with Hayes-Riedl, the lawyer, Roger Rosen, said she alleged that "Lana did cocaine with a bunch of people."

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Earlier in the summer, the defense presented a parade of witnesses to bolster their contention that the 40-year-old killed herself either by accident or because she was depressed.

The additional witnesses outlined Wednesday are part of the surrebuttal case, the defense answer to witnesses the prosecution presented in rebuttal.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Larry Fidler ruled earlier this week that psychologist Dr. Mary Goldenson can testify about a brief phone call she had with Clarkson. The judge said Clarkson's mother does not have proper legal standing to assert doctor-patient privilege.

Prosecutors tried unsuccessfully to block Hayes-Riedl's testimony about substance abuse, now set for Thursday morning.

"The only thing that is relevant is what was in her body at autopsy," Deputy District Attorney Patrick Dixon argued.

Clarkson had a prescription painkiller, Vicodin, in her system when she died.

Fidler, however, said the prosecutors had made alleged drug use an issue by calling another friend, Nili Hudson.

Hudson testified that, in the year before her death, Clarkson had thrown aside the party lifestyle and was going to church, exercising and eating healthily.

Another prosecutor bemoaned the portrayal of Clarkson. Deputy District Attorney Alan Jackson said the defense was painting her as a woman "with one foot in the grave and another on a banana peel" and warned the judge, "We are going down a very slippery slope."

Glancing toward the defense table, he added, "Or maybe a very slimy slope."

Clarkson's behavior at two parties a year apart was the subject of testimony Wednesday.

The defense recalled to the stand a paramedic who treated the actress for two broken wrists at a Christmas Eve party in 2001. Daniel Stark reiterated his belief that Clarkson was drunk when she fell, a position his partner in the ambulance disputed when called as a witness by prosecutors.

"I believe her to be under the influence of alcohol due to the odor of ethanol on her breath, slurred speech and her demeanor," Stark insisted.

When a prosecutor confronted him with records suggesting he had been present as his partner reported by radio to a nurse that Clarkson was not drunk, Stark angrily denied it.

"Don't try to make me out to be a liar," the paramedic snapped.

Jurors also heard what could be the trial's final chapter on an alleged party snub of Clarkson by Michael Bay, director of blockbusters including "Transformers."

Another partygoer said Clarkson rushed up to her looking for her best friend, a club promoter known as Punkin Pie.

"Where's the Pie," Tanara Henson quoted the actress as shouting.

The judge barred Henson from describing her demeanor as upset or dismayed, saying she should tell the jurors only what she observed, not her opinions.

At one point, however, Henson called Clarkson "like really distressed," prompting the judge to tell jurors to disregard the statement.

Punkin Pie, whose real name is Punkin Irene Elizabeth Laughlin, previously testified that Clarkson came up to her in tears after Bay "dissed" her. The director has denied the allegation.

The judge said testimony in the case will likely conclude Monday.

Spector, 67, faces 15 years to life in prison if convicted of murder in the Feb. 3, 2003, shooting.