Spector's History of Violence?

Prosecutors in the Phil Spector murder case say that nearly two decades before the music producer pulled a gun on a woman, he, well, pulled a gun on a woman.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office filed two motions Tuesday in Superior Court  seeking to allow testimony from one of Spector's ex-girlfriends and, oddly enough, a member of Joan Rivers' security detail to establish a history of violent behavior toward the fairer sex.

Judge Larry Fidler, who will hear the case, has already approved the prosecution's request to call four other women to testify that Spector threatened them with a firearm between 1998 and 1995.

Fidler gave the green light to the testimony on the grounds that it may be used to show "lack of accident or mistake" on Spector's behalf on Feb. 3, 2003, when B-movie actress Lana Clarkson was fatally shot at the music producer's Alhambra mansion.

Now, prosecutors want Fidler's permission to call Devra Robitaille, who worked as an administrator at Warner Spector Records with the "Wall of Sound" creator during the '70s, before becoming his personal assistant a decade later. She has claimed that the 66-year-old music legend pulled a gun on her on two separate occasions.

According to court documents obtained by the Los Angeles Times and the Associated Press, the first incident took place during her stint at Spector's record label, when he allegedly attempted to prevent her from leaving a party at his house by putting a gun to her forehead.

"Spector, who was drunk, made some sort of joke and then said, 'Just so you know, I'll blow your f--king head off,' or 'If you try to leave, I'll blow your f--king brains out," she said, per the filing.

After telling him to "knock that off and put that away," Robitaille said that Spector eventually acquiesced and let her exit.

Roughly a decade later, in either 1986 or '87, there was a nearly identical replay, Robitaille claimed, as Spector again attempted to prevent her from leaving his home.

Robitaille, who was then working as his part-time assistant, said in her affidavit that Spector had come home after a night of heavy drinking and pulled a gun on her in the foyer of his house. Once again, she claims, he eventually let her go free without harm.

The second motion filed Tuesday stems from incidents that took place in the mid-'90s at holiday parties thrown by Joan Rivers.

Vincent Tannazzo, a retired New York police officer hired by Rivers to work security at bashes held between '95 and '97, has stepped forward to say he witnessed Spector making violent threats toward women at the parties.

At the first event, Tannazzo said he was asked to remove Spector from Rivers' home after the producer exhibited behavior not in keeping with the holiday spirit. Per the court filing, as Tannazzo walked the music mogul to his limo, Spector let loose with a nearly 10-minute diatribe about shooting women.

"They all deserve to die," Spector said, per Tannazzo. "They all deserve a bullet in the f--king head. That's why I got permits for all over. Wherever I go, I always keep a gun, because these...they're all no f--king good."

The next year, Spector was not only invited back but purportedly made a repeat performance offensive enough to get him once again escorted off the premises.

According to Tannazzo, when he approached Spector at the latter party, he ranted against an unspecified woman, saying, "I ought to put a f--king bullet in her f--king head right now."

Spector, who remains free on $1 million bail, has pleaded not guilty to slaying Clarkson. Police say Spector initially told detectives he'd shot Clarkson accidentally, only to later alter his story and deem the event "an accidental suicide."

Coroners classified Clarkson's death as a murder, though they noted that gunpowder residue on Clarkson's hands indicated she could have pulled the trigger herself.

A hearing to determine whether Fidler will allow Robitaille and Tannazzo's testimony to be submitted is scheduled to take place Apr. 10. Jury selection, which kicked off two weeks ago, is slated to resume Apr. 16.

The trial itself, which will be televised, is expected to begin Apr. 30.