Phil Spector trial: Day 41
Lawyer testifies that 40-year old actress earned $9 an hour
The Phil Spector murder trial resumed in Los Angeles today (July 31) with testimony from a DNA expert and a lawyer representing actress Lana Clarkson's employer.
Private DNA expert Marc Scott Taylor testified for the defence, describing the manner in which Clarkson's dried blood was collected by sheriff's criminalists. He said that he received samples wrapped in a paper Post-It note, which has been argued is not an ideal method of collecting physical evidence. The significance of this is not yet clear.
Also testifying today was Richard Munisteri, a lawyer for the parent company of House of Blues, where Clarkson was working at the time of her death.
Munisteri testified that the 40-year old actress was earning $9 an hour at her job as a hostess in the VIP room, reports the Los Angeles Times.
This testimony may help support the defence's argument that Clarkson was depressed because her acting career was floundering, which may have led to her taking her own life.
Spector is accused of murdering Clarkson in his Los Angeles mansion hours after meeting her at the House of Blues. The defence contends the actress' death was an accidental suicide.
--By our Los Angeles staff.
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Private DNA expert Marc Scott Taylor testified for the defence, describing the manner in which Clarkson's dried blood was collected by sheriff's criminalists. He said that he received samples wrapped in a paper Post-It note, which has been argued is not an ideal method of collecting physical evidence. The significance of this is not yet clear.
Also testifying today was Richard Munisteri, a lawyer for the parent company of House of Blues, where Clarkson was working at the time of her death.
Munisteri testified that the 40-year old actress was earning $9 an hour at her job as a hostess in the VIP room, reports the Los Angeles Times.
This testimony may help support the defence's argument that Clarkson was depressed because her acting career was floundering, which may have led to her taking her own life.
Spector is accused of murdering Clarkson in his Los Angeles mansion hours after meeting her at the House of Blues. The defence contends the actress' death was an accidental suicide.
--By our Los Angeles staff.
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