LA ATTORNEY SARA CAPLAN HELD IN CONTEMPT
Ex-lawyer for Spector held in contempt
By Michael Muskal, Times Staff Writer
3:01 PM PDT, June 18, 2007
Sara Caplan, a former lawyer for Phil Spector, was formally held in contempt this afternoon for refusing to testify about what she saw when defense experts searched the music producer's home where Lana Clarkson's body was found.
In a hearing lasting about 20 minutes, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Larry Paul Fidler ordered Caplan sent to jail until she was ready to testify before the jury in the Spector murder trial. He stayed the sentence, however, to allow the attorney time to appeal to a higher court.
Today's legal action was as stylized as Kabuki theater.
Caplan was sworn in and took the stand. Deputy Dist. Atty. Alan Jackson then asked the first of several questions that Caplan said she could not answer because of her role as Spector's former attorney.
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