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Blake Case Back in Session
It's a less than happy New Year for Robert Blake, as his murder trial resumed with an eyewitness characterizing his behavior the night of his wife's murder as "odd" and "forced."
Blake, 71, is accused of fatally shooting Bonny Lee Bakley, 44, his bride of about six months, on May 4, 2001 outside of Vitello's restaurant in Studio City, California. If convicted, he faces life in prison.
His trial kicked off Dec. 20, and, after a two-week holiday break, resumed Tuesday. The trial's star attraction of the day was Mary Beth Rennie, a woman who hid behind a tree with her boyfriend and watched the Blake call for help upon discovering his late wife shot and bleeding in their car.
Rennie claimed the actor's behavior "didn't seem genuine or real" when he banged on the door of a home near the restaurant where his wife was fatally shot, asking them for help and to call 911.
"He was just saying, 'My wife's head is bleeding--what's wrong?,' " she told the court, adding that Blake never once tried to comfort of help his wife.
Rennie said that Blake's demeanor didn't improve after paramedics arrived. She says he rocked back and forth on a nearby sidewalk and "was starting to get louder and louder and cry and at one point he threw up...It felt forced."
Prosecutor Shellie Samuels is trying to prove that the former Baretta star was putting on an act the night of May 4, 2001. She claims he is responsible for his wife's death and was not truly distraught over the discovery of her bleeding body.
Rennie and her boyfriend, Dr. James Michael McCoy, have both now offered testimony about the night, and both claim Blake seems to be acting--and rather poorly at that.
For their part, Blake's team tried to diffuse Tuesday's testimony, pointing out that Rennie told police that Blake seemed "hysterical" and "frantic" at the scene. To this, she replied, "It was frantic, but something didn't feel right."
McCoy, who took the stand before the holidays, offered a similar account. He said the onetime Emmy winner's vocal pleas "didn't have an element of distress."
McCoy claimed he and Rennie ducked behind a tree rather than helping Blake because "personal safety was a concern. Something didn't seem right."
So far, four witnesses, including McCoy and Rennie, have been called since the trial began to talk about Blake's actions the night of the shooting.
Vitello's co-owner Steve Restivo also testified Tuesday, saying Blake seemed normal the night of the shooting. Fellow co-owner Joe Restivo previously testified that Blake seemed to be in a good mood while dining with his wife.
Blake has pleaded innocent to the murder. He claims Bakely was alive in the car when returned to the restaurant to pick up a handgun he left behind. He says when he returned to the car, she was fatally shot.
Testimony resumes Wednesday in the case, which is expected to drag on for months.
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