We already knew that Phil Spector's former chauffeur Adriano DeSouza would testify that the legendary producer told him "I think I killed somebody" moments after Lana Clarkson was shot, because that evidence was central to the prosecution's opening remarks, but yesterday we heard it from the horse's mouth. Or, rather, the chauffeur's mouth.
DeSouza gave his testimony to the LA courts yesterday in the third week of the ongoing Spector murder trial, in which, of course, the music producer stands accused of shooting dead actress Lana Clarkson at his Beverley Hills home back in 2003. DeSouza told the court how he had been sitting in the producer's Mercedes behind Spector's home at the time of Clarkson's death. He says he heard a loud "pow" from the car and went to investigate, thinking the noise came from outside the mansion, but after failing to find the source of the noise he returned to the car. A few minutes later he saw Spector leave the house by a side entrance, holding a gun and with blood on his hand. Asked by prosecutor Alan Jackson if Spector had said anything after appearing at the side of the house, DeSouza responded: "He said 'I think I killed somebody'". The chauffeur claimes he then asked Spector what had happened, but that the producer simply shrugged his shoulders.
Of course the defence have already responded to DeSouza's version of events in its opening address, accusing the driver of being asleep at the time of shooting, and of mishearing Spector when he told him "I think somebody was killed". Spector, of course, claims that Clarkson shot herself that night in 2003.
The case continues.