Staying in the courts, and the judge overseeing the ongoing Phil Spector murder trial has ruled that papers relating to the case should be made public. Spector's legal people argued publication of the grand jury hearings into the case would hinder the legendary producer's chances of getting a fair trial, but Los Angeles judge Larry Paul Fiddler has said that an unbiased jury could be found even once the 1000-page grand jury report was published. Over claims that it is even harder to find an unbiased jury for someone of Spector's fame, Fiddler added that many younger people would not appreciate the producer's fame anyway.
Commenting on the judge's decision Roger Rosen, one of Spector's legal team, said: "They [the reporters who had been calling for the document to be released] will go out and sell their newspapers. But this will have an effect on Mr Spector's life".
The defence team now have ten days to appeal the decision.
For those who have been living in a hole for the last year - Spector is currently on $1m bail over allegations he shot actress Lana Clarkson at his home in Alhambra in Feb 2003 - the producer claims she committed suicide.