Caplan appears in court

Sara Caplan, the Beverly Hills attorney held in contempt last month for declining to testify before the jury in the Phil Spector murder case, was present in court in Los Angeles this morning after her last minute appeal was denied.

Spectators filled the courtroom in anticipation that Caplan would testify, or be jailed by los Angeles County superior Court Judge Larry Fidler.

The state Supreme Court yesterday turned down her appeal. She was Spector’s lawyer in 2003, when she said she saw a defense forensic expert, Henry Lee, remove evidence from the foyer where Lana Clarkson was shot to death.