More on the Phil Spector trial. Latest reports suggest that the legendary producer may call his ex-wife, Ronnettes star Ronnie Spector, as a defence witness. Spector's lawyer Bruce Cutler is yet to announce who he intends to call to testify as part of the defence case, but reports suggest Ronnie is on the list.
It's not clear, however, what the defence team would hope to get out of questioning the producer's ex-wife. Although she has, in past comments, said she doubted her ex-husband would actually be capable of killing someone, she has spoken on numerous occasions about the producer's split personality, and his very very dark side.
On hearing about the shooting she wrote: "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. 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?"
More recently, on hearing that Spector had once written to the organisers of the Hall Of Fame arguing that the Ronnettes should not be inducted into the music institution, Ronnie commented: "He's an angry and unhappy man, and he hasn't been successful since I left".
As previously reported, jury selection in the Spector case is ongoing.