Phil Spector To Call Ex-Wife To His Defense

Phil Spector is expected to call his ex-wife and Ronnettes star Ronnie to his defense according to reports surrounding the case which begun this week.

Although Spector’s lawyer Bruce Cutler is yet to announce a list of witnesses he will call it is a strong possibility the singer will be on there.

Spector is accused of killing actress Lana Clarkson at his £2 million home in 2003, a charge he has vehemently denied.

The case will be televised in the US, the first time such a big proceeding has been broadcast in California since the OJ Simpson trial in 1995.

Ronnie Spector has previously said that her former husband was a “terrifying� man when he got into a “dark rage�.

On hearing about the shooting she wrote: “I knew this guy who had imprisoned me in his home for years during our marriage to try and control me was capable of real crazy behaviour. But cold-blooded murder? To actually pull the trigger on someone?�

“I lived with him for 10 years and I knew two Phil Spectors. There was the charming Phil who makes great records and gets everyone laughing, the man I loved.

“But I’ve seen the dark rage that can suddenly rise out of nowhere in the dead of night when the gates to the mansion are closed and locked tight, and that Phil Spector is terrifying.�

Lawyers are currently picking a jury for the case.