Does someone actually feel sorry for Phil Spector? Author Scott Raab, who profiled Spector in his book Real Hollywood Stories, gives us his thoughts on the guilty verdict, and it's def not a widely shared opinion:
Besides being "stunned" that a celebrity was convicted of murder—a first, if ya can believe it in all the debauchery that's happened in H'wood's history—the typically hardass pisser Scott says he's "sad."
How the ef can someone be sad for a convicted murderer? Raab explains how:
"Yes, he's a convicted murderer," Raab tells us. "He's also an old man. Hard to see a guy like that, at his age, surrendering to an 18-year minimum sentence."
Raab dishes that after spending time with Spector, he's certain that Phil wouldn't get locked up without murdering again: "He would kill himself first.
"He is full of fear, and always was, and he lives with a sense of extreme vulnerability," S.R. continues, mentioning that Spector's own dad committed suicide.
So what? Should he have walked 'cause he's old and needs therapy? "I do think Judge Fidler was heavy-handed in both trials," says Raab. "I wish the conviction had been for manslaughter."
OK, he's old, but 40-year-old Lana Clarkson had a helluva lot more life to live before she headed to that schmuck's pad. It's pretty simple to pick sides in this sitch, please.
What do you think, readers? Worried Spector might off himself? Is it possible to feel any pity for the guy who didn't get away with a thing?
—Additional reporting by Becky Bain