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Phil Spector may have finally found some lawyers he likes.
The famed music man, arrested for the 2003 murder of B-movie actress/House of Blues cocktail waitress Lana Clarkson, swooned over his new lawyer, Bruce Cutler, Tuesday after Cutler secured a later start date for a preliminary hearing in advance of Spector's probable murder trial.
"I think Bruce Cutler is a genius," Spector told the Associated Press. "There was no crime committed, and I'm sure he'll bring forth evidence that the district attorney has been hiding," he continued.
The Los Angeles District Attorney's office sees the all-but-certain trial against the 64-year-old music legend a bit differently. The D.A's office "obviously disagrees" with Spector's statement, said Los Angeles County district attorney's spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons.
Although the prosecution believes Spector is guilty, they did not fight team Spector's request for more preparatory time before the preliminary hearing. Prosecutors know they will need to have their case down cold before they face Spector's high-powered legal team and could probably use the extra time.
The case against the producer has been fraught with several twists, turns and delays since news of his arrest broke early last year. Spector has long maintained that Clarkson killed herself ("kissed the gun" in Spectorese) at his Alhambra estate outside of Los Angeles.
While it took police more than eight months to complete their unusually long investigation, last November they finally brought charges against the producer, who remains free on $1 million bail.
"It's not an accident, it's not a suicide," police Captain Frank Merriman told the Los Angeles Times Sept. 19, 2003. "Phil Spector shot her."
Since Spector's arrest, he has gone through some of Hollywood's most well known attorneys in a quest for dismissal of charges brought against him.
Earlier this year, for example, Spector tapped O.J. Simpson dream team ringleader Robert Shapiro. He eventually dropped, then sued Shapiro for $1 million for allegedly doing "very little legal work" as legal counsel.
After dumping Shapiro, Spector hired Menendez brother defender Leslie Abramson. Spector had his differences with Abramson, and she was eventually off the case as well.
More recently, the mercurial producer, known for his "wall of sound" recording technique, made headlines for hiring former mob boss John Gotti's legal team--the New York-based Cutler and Los Angeles-based Roger J. Rosen.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carlos Uranga, after meeting with both Spector's lawyers and prosecutors Tuesday, has now scheduled a Dec. 16 date to schedule a preliminary hearing for Spector.
If Spector is ultimately convicted, he faces a possible life sentence.
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