Then there were five

Phil Spector lover and employee Devra Robitaille became this morning the fifth woman to testify that the producer threatened her with a gun, when she tried to leave his home in Beverly Hills after a party in the late 1970s.

"He said ‘no,’ and he locked the door. I remember standing in the lobby with the door in front of me, and as I turned, there was a gun pointed at my temple. Actually touching my temple."

It was a shotgun and Spector held it with both hands; it felt cold, she said.

"He said, ' If you leave I’ll blow your ... head off,'" Robitaille testified, "He was screaming at me at that point."

Spector was unusually animated during her testimony. When prosecutor Pat Dixon introduced the topic, Spector took a deep breath and rolled his eyes heavenward. He repeatedly stared down, shaking his head.

Robitaille called Spector "absolutely charming and intelligent. He was my best friend."

Prosecutors began the trial in April with four women who told jurors that Spector had threatened them with guns. He is on trial on charges that he fatally shot actress Lana Clarkson.

-- John Spano

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[Bonnie]

80% of California women are killed at the hands of their "intimate partners."
Details at www.FamilyLawCourts.com/domestic.html

Name one media organization that reports about this in any kind of a substantive kind of way.

So when the VA Tech report on the shootings Finally comes out; the question becomes will the report indicate how the police were responsible for 30 other deaths because the VA police first considered they had a (their words) "domestic incident" on their hands. And yes; what the police thought was a murder-suicide was described as an "domestic incident."

Then there's the matter of police misogyny...see www.BadCopNews.com

Pay particular attention to the Georgia section. Or just read the purlioned parts from the AJC.com

"Towns Co. sheriff pleads guilty, resigns

Associated Press
Published on: 08/21/07

Hiawassee, Ga. — The north Georgia sheriff accused of lying to state investigators and hiding evidence to protect two of his deputies charged with a drive-by shooting resigned Tuesday after pleading guilty to four charges related to hindering a state investigation of the shooting.

Towns County Sheriff Rudy Eller, wearing a civilian blazer, pleaded guilty to making false statements in a matter within a political subdivision, tampering with evidence, hindering the apprehension or punishment of a criminal and violation of oath by a public official or officer.

Eller had been charged with lying to state investigators and hiding evidence to protect his employees after a July 9 drive-by shooting by two of his deputies at the home of a Hiawassee resident.

"I knew what happened ... and I didn't tell them what happened," Eller said. "I made a serious mistake, there's no doubt about it."

Nearly 50 people filled the courtroom's wooden pews to witness the plea.

"Today is a sad and shameful day for me personally," Eller said later. "It was never my intent to deceive John Cagle and other officers of the GBI who were investigating the case — but I did. It was never my intent to tamper with evidence — but I did."

Outside the courthouse, Eller apologized to the residents of Towns County.

Eller wore an oxygen tube in his nose as he walked from the courtroom but removed it prior to his news conference. Mike Weaver, his attorney, said Eller was suffering from diabetes and other health problems and could not answer other questions.

Weaver said Eller's sentencing is pending but declined to answer other questions.

Deputy Jessie Gibson, 56, and Chief Deputy Eddie Osborn, 41, faced aggravated assault and obstruction charges in the July 9 shooting at the home of Gary Dean of Hiawassee.

Dean, who was not injured in the shootings, was "involved in an ongoing intimate relationship with Osborn's wife, according to a Georgia Bureau of Investigation affidavit.

Eller was later charged with lying to state investigators and hiding evidence to protect his employees.

Gibson was found dead on Aug. 8 of a self-inflicted gunshot in what authorities called an apparent suicide. He left a tape-recorded message for his family. That message has been turned over to state officials, the GBI said."

[JCDC]

What was Rosen thinking on cross examination of Devra Robitaille?

On several occasions he indicated that PS did not push/hit/slap etc.

So is one to presume that because PS did not - then it must be okay to hold a gun to a person's head!!!!!

Also the questions if Devra knew if the gun was loaded - WHAT WHAT

If someone holds a gun to my head - I am going to presume the gun IS LOADED!

No better than the defense expert who said that if a gun is pointed at you - try and grab it - yeah that makes a ton of sense.

Is it not against the law just to threaten a person with a gun whether one knows if the gun is loaded or not?

Thoughts please

[JJ]

FODDER FOR THOUGHT:

I WAS SPEAKING TO A DETECTIVE AND HE SAID SUPPOSE SPECTOR DID NOT HAVE A JACKET ON WHEN HE SHOT LANA CLARKSON. he certainly had a good amount of time before Police arrived to clean up.jj