Legendary producer Phil Spector, who is awaiting his trial for murder, of course (as is CMU's Murder Trial Correspondent, who's been waiting for her LA trip for months now), has reached a settlement with a former assistant, one Michelle Blaine, who Spector alleged had taken $425,000 from his pension fund while failing to repay a $635,000 loan. Blaine, for her part, claimed the loan was a gift, and that the pension fund money had been used to fund a film project that aimed to improve the producer's image (that has suffered since the murder allegations). As part of their settlement, Blaine will reportedly pay Spector $900,000, as well as dropping her counter-claim of sexual harassment. Spector's long awaited murder trail is expected to kick off next month - in fact our Correspondent is already checking out cheap flights. Are we triviliasing an actually serious story here? I'm not sure. Either way, Spector, of course, continues to plead not guilty of the murder of Lana Clarkson, who died at his LA home in February 2003.
Feb 7, 2007
•
1 min read
Spector reaches settlement in assistant lawsuit
Phil Spector has settled a dispute with former assistant Michelle Blaine, who will reportedly pay him $900,000 and drop her harassment counter-claim.