Punkin Pie might not be Phil Spector's biggest fan, but that doesn't mean she wants him to fry, she says.

Punkin Irene Elizabeth Laughlin, a close friend of Lana Clarkson's who goes by the above nickname, denied ever saying, "We need to fry that bastard for killing Lana," while at a wedding shortly after the actress' death.

"I never believed that, so it's something I wouldn't have said," Laughlin told Deputy District Attorney Alan Jackson under cross-examination Tuesday morning, her third day on the stand.

"You think you might have said it, then lied?" Jackson pressed.

The prosecutor continued to accuse the club promoter, who testified yesterday that a depressed Clarkson called her just days before her death and tearfully told her that she wanted to "end it," of lying to investigators, pointing out again that Laughlin failed to tell authorities her so-called concerns about Clarkson's state of mind.

The defense is contending that Clarkson, despondent over the state of her career and finances, accidentally shot herself on Feb. 3, 2003, in the hallway of Spector's Alhambra home.

Meanwhile, Spector has been accused of drunkenly shooting the 40-year-old Barbarian Queen star after a night of bar-hopping.

Laughlin said again today that she only held back about Clarkson's depression because she had been advised to protect her friend's privacy, and that she was merely providing a fuller picture of the truth in her testimony—not a different picture altogether.

"It is a truth that is a little bit different than you told" investigators? Jackson asked.

"I had to hold back things," Laughlin said. "I didn't want to hurt people."

Moving on with their case later in the day, the defense then called to the stand forensic toxicologist Robert Middleberg, who testified that a urine sample provided by Spector more than 13 hours after the shooting didn't prove that the famed music producer was intoxicated when Clarkson died.

Middleberg said that Spector's alcohol level registered as 0.07 percent, under the legal limit of 0.08 (any more than that and you can't drive), but that urine is a waste product, and therefore not as good an indicator of how drunk someone is as blood.

The Pennsylvania-based scientist said that he based his findings on the report written up by Los Angeles County Coroner criminalist Dan Anderson, which stated that traces of alcohol, Prozac and anti-seizure medication were found in Spector's urine.

Anderson wrote that he found alcohol and Vicodin in Clarkson's system. Several defense witnesses have testified that Clarkson had a habit of mixing booze and prescription medications.

Middleberg also said that it was hard to pinpoint what accounted for the alcohol level in the urine sample.

"It's hard to determine what the source of alcohol is," he said, adding that Spector has diabetes and that glucose could have been a factor in the test results.

Middleberg agreed, however, with Anderson's conclusion about what was in Clarkson's system when she died, stating that possible side effects of her meds could include drowsiness and impaired judgment. Her blood-alcohol level was 0.12.

On cross, Jackson asked whether it was easier to conclude that Spector was drunk if one took into consideration his physical build, the seven drinks he allegedly imbibed and the reports that he was slurring his speech and smelled of alcohol.

"If you combine their drinking history with scientific analysis, it becomes a little stronger, yes," Middleberg said.

Jackson also asked whether the combination of Vicodin and alcohol might have given Clarkson a euphoric feeling.

"Each time you take medication it's an experiment," Middleberg said. "You can't predict what can happen."

Wrapping up the day for the defense was Alhambra Police Officer James Hammond, one of the first cops at the scene after Spector's chauffeur called 911.

Defense attorney Bradley Brunon suggested that the death scene could have been contaminated when Spector, who was stunned with a Taser and tackled to the ground, was arrested.

Hammond told Deputy D.A. Patrick Dixon on cross, however, that extra force was required because Spector refused to comply with police orders to put his hands up.

Also in court Tuesday, L.A. Superior Court Judge Larry Paul Fidler barred the defense from calling former Hollywood madam Jody "Babydol" Gibson to the stand, ruling her possible testimony inadmissible and irrelevant.

It could become relevant later, Fidler conceded, but, for now, no go. He also sealed the defense's summary of her possible testimony.

Gibson was expected to state that Clarkson had once worked for her. In her memoir, Secrets of a Hollywood Super Madam, she referred to a tall, blond call girl named "Alana" who was later found "murdered in the home of a wealthy record producer."