Monday, March 18, 2013

Kelley's Email To The Daily Beast Re. Phil Spector And Leonard Cohen



From: Kelley Lynch <kelley.lynch.2010@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: Phil Spector
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Hello Mr. Riordan,

Reading that anyone views Leonard Cohen as a hero is sickening.  He has relentlessly targeted me, my children, elderly parents, stolen from me, lied about me, lied about Phillip, and it just doesn't' end.  Another embellished Leonard Cohen story.  Why do these journalists fall for this?

Love,
Kelley

He’d even been reported to have taken a shot just past John Lennon’s head after they’d made the Rock & Roll album together, to encourage Lennon to hand over the acetate master recordings. He’s said to have pulled a gun on the Ramones, and on Leonard Cohen—who became even more of a hero to me when he told my journalist friend Chris Goodwin that he’d responded by saying something along the lines of, “Oh, Phil, you’ve been pulling guns on everyone your whole life and you’ve never shot anyone yet and you’re not going to shoot me either, so just put it down.” And Spector was so taken aback that he did.
On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 6:44 PM, Kelley Lynch <kelley.lynch.2010@gmail.com> wrote:
To the Daily Beast,

I don't know why Leonard Cohen would be anyone's hero.  He has lied about Phil Spector since they worked together.  I was Leonard Cohen's personal manager for almost 17 years.  I knew him for 20 and worked for his former attorney/manager.  Leonared Cohen has targeted me relentlessly due to the fact that I reported his tax fraud (that is clearly criminal) to the IRS.  Canada's National Treasure cannot live in Canada for a reason.  Canada Revenue asks where you reported your income the prior year while the IRS does not.  Leonard Cohen has utterly destroyed my life; withheld millions in commissions for work I did; stole my 15% share of all intellectual property; and gone to unreal lengths to target me.  I ended up on trial when Cohen, the City Attorney of Los Angeles, and the District Attorney of Los Angeles concocted a deranged story that I intended to annoy Leonard Cohen with my requests for tax information, financial data, and a proper accounting - addressing assets, liabilities, and equity.  However, Cohen ended up testifying quite a lot about Phil Spector, DA Steve Cooley, and Spector prosecutor Alan Jackson.  He now has three versions of his good rock and roll comments about Phillip before LA Superior Court.  At trial, he testified that Phil Spector held a gun to his head; he privately wrote the prosecutor (who concealed this exculpatory evidence and has attempted to retaliate against me during my appeal which raised issues re. her prosecutorial misconduct) that Phillip held a gun to his neck.  The prosecutors in Phil Spector's matter used a version that involves a gun to the chest.    See my Blog for further details re. Leonard Cohen's good rock and roll comments about Phil Spector.  I have known Phil Spector for approximately 30 years; worked with him; and have remained a great friend of his.  I have steadfastly held to my belief that he is innocent and met with him after the incident and heard the details re. Clarkson's self-inflicted gunshot wound.  His former assistant, Paulette Brandt, wrote me recently that Clarkson told him "this is what I can do to your cock." 

Leonard Cohen is not a hero.  What he has done to Phil Spector and me is an outrage.  It is indeed Phil Spector's last chance and he deserves that chance.  He has been rendered unrecognizable by the news media and various artists - such as Leonard Cohen - who advanced his career using Phil Spector and his good rock and roll stories.  So, which version of his story before LA Superior Court does the Daily Beast believe?  Two must be lies, no?

Leonard Cohen threatened the journalist who wrote this article and planned to submit it to Rolling Stone.  It's factual.


Leonard Cohen has now stolen from me, Steven and Marty Machat, and sold Phil Spector's master tapes to Sony.  Read the transcript of my conversation witih Steven Machat.  I worked for Machat and Machat in the 80s.  I then became Cohen's personal manager and interned with Phil Spector.


LA Confidential is alive and well.  Not only does it conceal exculpatory evidence, it has serious problems with prosecutorial misconduct and lying prosecutors.  It's unfortunate that the U.S. Supreme Court couldn't be bothered to hear his case.  

All the best,
Kelley

MONDAY, MARCH 18, 2013

Leonard Cohen's Phil Spector Gun Stories Will Be Addressed With The Appellate Division - Including The Email Prosecutor Sandra Jo Streeter Continues To Conceal


PHIL SPECTOR

I have not ACCUSED Leonard Cohen of testifying before a Secret Grand Jury in Phil Spector’s matter.  Mick Brown/UK Telegraph and I began emailing one another in 2005.  He was about to attend a hearing in the Phil Spector matter and we planned to meet.  I wanted to give Mick Brown a master tape of Phil Spector’s that I thought he would appreciate but that has been destroyed or seized by the Sheriff’s Department.  If they saw Cohen’s name on something - for instance partnership documents - they seized them which I believe was and remains illegal.  Mick Brown had written a book on my teacher, 16th Karmapa, and was involved in an ongoing dialogue with my teacher the 14th Sharmapa.  Mick Brown was also writing a book on Phil Spector.  He wrote me, at one point, according to my recollection and said he had the Grand Jury transcripts and Cohen testified about Phil Spector.  Mick Brown and I have since communicated about this matter.  He was kind enough to write my public defender during the trial and clarified that Leonard Cohen’s statements were presented to the Grand Jury.  There may also be some confusion due to the fact that statements are referred to as testimony in the UK.  In any event, Leonard Cohen’s statements - according to Mick Brown - were presented to Phil Spector’s Grand Jury.  I have been very clear that I heard about this from Mick Brown and it is outrageous that Cohen blamed me for this.  It is very similar to the situation with Ann Diamond/Freda Guttman’s version of events re. Lorca Cohen’s comments that her father molested her.  That is not my accusation.  I did not accuse Leonard Cohen of testifying in Phil Spector’s Grand Jury but I believe this testimony was introduced for sinister purposes and I view it as illegal discovery and am convinced that’s why the DA’s investigator was hanging out in the courtroom and lunching with Cohen on the taxpayer’s dime, no doubt.  Leonard Cohen’s statements were also used by the prosecutors in Phil Spector’s trials and these motions are available online at LA Superior Court and on the internet.  I personally believe Leonard Cohen’s good rock and roll stories and embellished stories about Phil Spector did ultimately help convict Phil Spector.  That is my personal opinion and nothing will ever change my mind.  They are still being repeated throughout the internet, in articles, etc. whenever someone wants to argue that Phil Spector holds guns on people.  Leonard Cohen told me, for 20 years, that Phil Spector never held a gun on him.  I think it’s clear that people know where a gun is pointed at them if it actually happened.  Cohen’s testimony that he wasn’t threatened when someone held a gun to his head but was threatened by my emails (with the IRS, FBI, DOJ, Treasury, FTB and Phil Spector’s attorneys copied in) was and remains absurd.  Please note - Steve Cron was my lawyer.  He had previously represented me; I asked him to be present for the meeting with the detectives from the Sheriff’s Department; and I did not sign a conflict waiver.  At first, Cohen testifies that Steve Cron represented him and he had attorney/client privilege with  him.  That’s absurd.  He can’t have attorney/client privilege with my lawyer and you don’t have attorney/client privilege with LA Sheriff’s Department present.  Furthermore, he lied.  Steve Cron told me to leave when I advised him that I did not want to be dragged into Phil Spector’s trial; was a close friend of Phil Spector’s; had met with him after the Clarkson incident and he explained to me how she shot herself.  Cohen was well aware of the fact that Phil Spector and I had dinner after the Clarkson incident and I have always felt that he placed the so-called anonymous tip to the DA’s office about Phil Spector and my friendship.  After all, in 2004/2005 he was represented by former DA Ira Reiner.  I was not in Cohen’s house.  Steve Cron advised me to leave before Detectives Tomlin and Fournier arrived.  I met them on my way out and they seemed like professional men to me.  Cohen then told me they were surprised that his stories were 30 year old good rock and roll stories.  He told me he advised them that Phillip never held a gun on him.  And he called Detective Tomlin a “darky.” He finds that type of comment amusing.  The man is a lunatic.  

Streeter:  What about -- did she ever mention Phil Spector or Phillip in any of those?
Cohen:  She accused me of testifying before a Secret Grand Jury which resulted in the conviction of Phil Spector.  RT 57

Streeter:  Okay, in any of her emails, did she ever mention Phil Spector?
Cohen:  She often mentioned Phil Spector, repeating over and over that I had testified before a Grand Jury and I was involved in the conviction of Phil Spector.  RT 61

Streeter:  Did you have any involvement in the Phillip Spector trial?
Cohen:  None whatsoever … May I qualify that?  
Streeter:  Yes.
Cohen:  At the very beginning of the trial, after the -- the death of Lana Clarkson was made public, I was visited by two sheriffs from LA County.  And they interviewed me as to my relationship with Phil Spector.  My attorney, Mr. Cron, was present at the time.  I told the detectives that Phil Spector had produced an album of mine in 1977, and they asked me about some stories that were circulating in the newspaper about his use of guns in the studio.  I told them of my experience.  Then they asked me when I’d last seen Phil Spector.  I said the last I’d seen him was shortly after the record was released, which I think was 1977 or 1978, and I hadn’t seen him since.  When they discovered that I hadn’t seen him since, they were no longer interested in interviewing me and left.  So that was some connection I did have with the trial.  Subsequent to that, I’ve had nothing to do with the trial whatsoever.

Streeter:  When you spoke to the detectives do you know where Ms. Lynch was?
Cohen:  My attorney, Mr. Cron, asked Ms. Lynch to leave the room, so that I think the attorney/client privilege would not be challenged.  
Streeter:  But she was somewhere around?
Cohen:  She was in my house.  RT 159

Francisco, this email is disturbing.  It was not sent to Cohen or his lawyers.  I would assume Streeter and Cohen are aware of that fact.  Streeter has Cohen review the email to confirm that he was a recipient.  He testified that he was after reviewing the document.  He was not and was forced to acknowledge this on the witness stand.  I believe Spector prosecutor Alan Jackson was a recipient.  How did Streeter obtain this email?  It was sent to Dennis Riordan and involves Phil Spector and a gun.  I believe the Spector testimony was planned and coordinated.  Please use this as an example of Streeter’s eliciting perjured testimony and Cohen perjuring himself, yet again.  I have no idea why Steve Cooley and Alan Jackson were repeatedly raised at trial but know this - Cohen appears to have information that Steve Cooley or those near to him were reading my emails and that information has been concealed.  Who near to Cooley was reading my emails?  Did they also read my letter to Alan Jackson?  That letter was hand delivered, by Investigator William Frayeh, to Steve Cooley, DDA Alan Jackson, and DDA Truc Do.  What happened with my Complaint to their Major Fraud Unit?  Do they think Leonard Cohen’s lies about Phil Spector are irrelevant when a man’s life is at stake?  Do they think targeting me is acceptable and appropriate conduct on the part of the government?  Or, do they think we’re in LA Confidential and they had to nail a celebrity?

Email dated April 18, 2011 - to Dennis Riordan.  Leonard Cohen and his lawyers were not copied in on this email.  I believe Alan Jackson was.

Streeter:  Just look at the first page on the date, see if that refreshes your recollection.  Let me know when you’ve done that … Does that refresh your recollection as to whether or not you received an email on April 18, 2011 at approximately 8:11 AM in the morning?
Cohen:  Yes, this is the email I received.  

Streeter:  If you could look at it and see if that email helps you recall whether or not there was any mention of either a Phil, a Phillip or Phil Spector in the email?
Cohen:  In this particular email, Mr. Spector is called Phillip.  RT 161
Streeter:  Is your name mentioned in any way with Phillip, Mr. Cohen?
Cohen:  Yes.  It says, Cohen told me Phillip never held a gun on him, and that would support what he told the LAPD.  RT 161

Leonard Cohen - Cross:

Public Defender:  Now, one of these emails that she mentioned was sent on April 18th, 2011 .. Now, Mr. Cohen, do you remember testifying about that email?
Cohen:  I’m sorry?
PD:  Do you remember testifying about that email?
Cohen:  Yes, I believe I did.
PD: And when you testified about that email, you said that you remember receiving that email?  RT 265
Cohen:  I think iI did.
PD:  Can you point out where exactly on the list of recipients that your email address shows up?
Cohen:  Perhaps I missed this one.
PD:  But you did testify, though, that you remember receiving that email, correct?  Do you remember testifying to that?
Cohen:  I believe I did.  RT 266
PD:  And so you’ve had a chance to look over that email, the recipients?
Cohen:  Yes.  
PD:  And your email is not on that , correct?
Cohen:  That’s correct.  RT 266

Streeter:  Is there any mention of Mr. Spector in that email?
Cohen:  Yes, Ma’am, there is.
Streeter:  And is there any mention of you?
Cohen:  Yes.  It says, everyone wants to know about Cohen’s perjury in the Phil Spector matter.  RT 162
Streeter:  And is that something that Ms. -- prior to that date of December 17th, 2011, is that something that Ms. Lynch has accused you of, of perjuring yourself?
Cohen:  Yes.  Ms. Lynch has continually accused me of testifying against Phil Spector in the Secret Grand Jury.  RT 163

Streeter:  Is there any reference to a Cooley and another person in page 1?
Cohen:  Yes, there is.
Streeter:  And can you read that sentence that refers to Mr. Cooley?
Cohen:  Cooley and Jackass must run for office, and if an innocent man must take the fall, sobeit.  RT 198

My son had a serious accident at Whole Foods in Brentwood, California.  There is clearly criminal negligence in that matter.  I have reviewed the depositions and it is outrageous.  OSHA’s attorney felt there might be criminal negligence and advised me to contact the DA’s office about this matter.  They could care less if my son lost his fingers.  This is an outrageous situation and I have no idea why Streeter had Cohen testify about this or elicited testimony about my son’s accident.  From my perspective, she is a vicious woman and my mother is in disbelief that Cohen testified about Rutger’s accident. I’m not.  Leonard Cohen is postively evil from my perspective.  Well, I was correct.  The DA doesn’t care that there is criminal negligence in my son’s Whole Foods matter and aligned himself with Leonard Cohen.  It absolutely has the appearance of a classic legal conspiracy.  

Streeter:  Is there any reference to Mr. Cooley?
Cohen:  Yes.  It says, Cooley’s tough on crimes but doesn’t mind young men being maimed.  He has to stand with the fraud thief, Cohen.  RT 198

Steven Machat is Marty Machat’s son.  His father was Cohen’s manager/attorney.  Leonard Cohen has stolen from Steven and Marty Machat who owned 15% of Stranger Music and Cohen’s intellectual property.  He spoke to my public defender and was going to fly into LA to testify on my behalf but had a scheduling conflict.  I have no idea why the trial wasn’t continued and why my lawyers didn’t obtain a declaration from Steven.  

Cohen:  Phil Spector is in prison for Christmas because Steve Cooley and Alan Jackson had to run for District Loser.  Well, Steven Machat is a music insider who knows Cohen is a fraud and a thief and who has stolen millions from his father and himself.  RT 206

Public Defender:  I know I’ve made a lot of these objections, but a lot of these I don’t think go to the relevance of he knows about Steve Cooley and Alan Jackson that don’t reference Mr. Cohen.  RT 209

I have no idea why Streeter continually elicited testimony about Phil Spector’s appellate attorney, Dennis Riordan, but suspect it relates to the email entered into evidence; the DA; Spector prosecutor; and the investigator hanging out in the courtroom and lunching with Leonard Cohen.  Was the man a cop?  Who knows?  If he’s Captain Jack Horvath, he’s a liar.  Make no mistake about that.  Investigator Brian Bennett rolled by my house about Phil Spector in 2005.  Horvath advised the court that I began contacting the DA’s office in 2007.  That would be the year the DA’s investigators advised me that I was probably a witness in the Phil Spector matter.  

Streeter:  Did you hear the mention of a gentleman by the name of Dennis Riordan in that last sentence Mr. Cohen?
Cohen:  No, I didn’t.  RT 234
Streeter:  Did you hear a mention of a Dennis Riordan in there, Mr. Cohen?
Cohen:  Yes, I did.  RT 234
Streeter:  Do you recall if Ms. Lynch  has mentioned Dennis Riordan in any of her emails?
Cohen:  Many times, but I just don’t remember at this moment what the connection is.  RT 235
Streeter:  Is Mr. Riordan one of the recipients?  Is there, like, Dennis --
Cohen:  He’s the first recipient.  RT 237
Streeter:  Does it say Dennis Riordan or Mr. Riordan?
Cohen:  It says dennis@riordan-horgan.com.  
Streeter:  Who’s the name on the first line of the actual text of the email?
Cohen:  Mr. Riordan.
Public Defender:  Object to relevance.  RT 237/238

This is factual.  Supreme Court John Roberts once addressed a hapless toad in California.  Given the fact that the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Phil Spector’s matter, I have concluded that a hapless toad in California has more rights than Phil Spector.  Streeter appears to have a bizarre obsession with subject line law and the number of times I am forced - in a given email - to request the 2004 1099 Cohen is obligated to provide me, ask Cohen to rescind the illegal K-1s, etc.  What do you know about subject line law, Francisco?  Perhaps it’s merely a waste of taxpayer dollars.  Nevertheless, this area of law fascinates Sandra Jo Streeter who doesn’t like to hear the truth about herself but feels perfectly comfortable lying about me - including to LAPD after the appeal was filed.  I see right through this woman and her bullshit antics.  

Streeter:  What is the subject line of this email, Mr. Cohen?
Cohen:  One hapless toad who chose to live in California has more rights than Phillip.
Streeter:  That Phillip, is that the Phillip, Phil Spector.  RT 238

Streeter:  And is Mr. -- Dennis Riordan one of the recipients?
Cohen:  Yes, he is.  
Streeter: … See if there is any mention of the District Attorney or Steven Cooley in there.
Cohen:  Yes, there are many mentions.  RT 239

Streeter:  And what is the subject of that email?
Cohen:  The subject is re. Let’s wish Phil Spector a Merry Christmas.  He has loved my son Rutger since he was born.  RT 249

Steve Cooley should have received a subpoena.  How does Leonard Cohen know that people near to him were reading my emails?  Leonard Cohen believes the IRS was reading my emails.  I would assume that explains the perjury, insane comments about his alarm, etc.  

Leonard Cohen Cross:

PD:  Do you think Steve Cooley was reading all of these emails?
Cohen:  I wouldn’t be surprised if he was.
PD:  But you don’t know?
Cohen:  No, sir.
PD:  Do you believe that he was?
Cohen:  I believe that people close to him were.
PD:  Do you believe that the IRS was reading every single one of these emails?
Streeter;  Objection; relevance.
Court:  Sustained.  RT 305

Francisco, Leonard Cohen is concerned that people will believe me.  He also understood, prior to my arrest, that I was writing a book.  I think this figures into my arrest.  Streeter was focused on my online posts.  She’s evidently never read the U.S. Constitution and doesn’t understand that the truth is the defense to slander.  I am telling the truth.  Leonard Cohen just doesn’t like it.

PD:  You testified yesterday that you were concerned that people would get these emails and they would read these emails and think information that was true about you.  Do you remember say that?
Cohen:  Information that was …
PD:  Well, you said that you were worried about what other people would think regarding these emails.  RT 306

Francisco, Leonard Cohen has now changed his story.  Steve Cron is no longer his attorney but rather AN ATTORNEY.

PD:  Now, I want to talk to you about what you mean by threatened.  You actually -- you were telling us about Phil Spector.  You were testifying about talking to the LAPD.
Cohen:  Yes, sir.
PD:  And you talked to the LAPD with your attorney, correct?
Cohen:  With an attorney present, yes, sir.  RT 308
PD:  You started talking about an interview or a story about Phil Spector, correct?
Cohen:  Correct.
PD:  And how he would oftentimes have guns when you were producing an album, correct?  He would have guns in the studio when he was producing an album with you?
Cohen:  That’s correct.  RT 308
PD:  Was he drunk at the time when he had these guns?
Cohen:  I don’t remember, sir.
PD:  Was he hostile at the time?
Cohen:  Not to me.

Francisco, I think the appellate court should be made aware of the email Cohen sent Streeter with a different version of his Phil Spector gun story.  I will insert a copy of that at the end of this document.  That version involves a gun to the neck.  I think we should also address the fact that Phil Spector’s prosecutors used a version that involves a semi-automatic held to Phillip’s chest.  The email to Streeter, from Cohen, proves that he - yet again - perjured himself.  I suppose that’s why she feels comfortable concealing that piece of extremely relevant evidence.  

PD:  But he actually put a gun to your head?  Is that correct?
Cohen:  That’s correct.
PD:  It was a revolver?
Cohen:   No, it wasn’t a revolver.  It was an automatic.
PD:  But you weren’t actually -- you didn’t feel threatened when he put a gun to your head?
Cohen:  No, sir.  RT 309

Excerpt of Prosecutor Sandra Jo Streeter Email to Leonard Cohen
April 5, 2012 at 2:20 PM

7.  Did you know Phil Spector?  If so, how?  Did you testify in front of the grand jury?

Phil Spector produced a record of songs we wrote together in 1977.  I have not seen or spoken to him since.  I did not testify before a grand jury.  

Leonard Cohen Email to Sandra Jo Streeter
April 5, 2012 at 9:31 PM

Dear Ms. Streeter,

This is a short note I prepared for a biographer last year.  I know you’ve been burdened with an enormous heap of material, but this rounds off the question you asked about Phil Spector.  

Sincerely
L

PHIL SPECTOR

Shortly after t death of Lana Clarkson, I was visited in my home by two detectives from the Homicide Bureau of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, Detective Paul Fornier, and Detective Richard Tomlin.

Kelley Lynch thought it would be a good idea to have a lawyer present, so she arranged for attorney Steven M. Cron to be there for the interview.  Mr. Cron asked Kelley Lynch to excuse herself, and she left the room.

Apparently the detectives had come across some old interviews I did in 1978 or 1979 in which I spoke of the difficulties of recording Death Of A Lady’s Man with Phil Spector:  the brandishing of guns, armed bodyguards, drunkenness, and Phil’s famous megalomania.  Even though Phil put his arm around my shoulder and pressed an automatic into my neck, except for the real possibility of an accident, I never at any moment thought that Phil meant to do me harm.  In ever felt seriously threatened.  I conveyed this to the detectives.  I said the incident was repeated in the press over the years, with exaggerations, but it was basically just a good rock ‘n roll story.  

Then they asked me when I had last seen Phil Spector.
I said it’s been over 20 years.  They were very surprised.  They said they were under the impression we were close friends.  I said no.  Hearing this they thanked me for my time, finished their coffees, and left.  It was clear that I was not to be considered a valuable witness.

I was never approached again by anyone concerned with the case.  Needless to soay, I did not testify before a Grand Jury.  

Mick Brown Email to Nikhil Ramnaney
April 10, 2012

Dear Nikhil Ramnaney,

Thank you for your letter.  I’m afraid there has been a misunderstanding here.  At the time, I was writing my book about Phil Spector I was sent copies of material that, as I understood it, had been submitted to the Grand Jury in the Phil Spector case.  Included in this material were (short) statements from Leonard Cohen.

I might well have mentioned to Ms. Lynch that these statements were included in materials presented to the Grand Jury.  However, I do not recall having stated that Mr. Cohen himself had testified to the Grand Jury.  Indeed, I would have had no way of knowing whether he had or not.  My feeling is that these statements had not been given by Mr. Cohen personally at the time but were actually taken from one or more statements that he had given in the past concerning his recording sessions with mr. Spector.

I hope this answers your question.  If it’s helpful, I shall try to find the original material that was sent to me.  If I can be of any more help to you please don’t hesitate to contact me.  

Best wishes,
Mick Brown

From: Mick Brown <mick.brown@telegraph.co.uk>
Date: Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 4:18 AM
Subject: Re: Kelley Lynch Trial - Leonard Cohen, Phil Spector
To: Kelley Lynch <kelley.lynch.2010@gmail.com>

Kelley,

I have looked for the documents I was sent in connection with the Grand Jury and been unable to find them. They were sent to me by my friend the journalist and author Carlton Smith, who unfortunately has since passed away. However, I'm sure you would be able to access them from the same source as Carlton did. My understanding is they were/are on the public record.

I do not recall ever saying to you that Cohen himself had testified. If I did, it was my mistake. My recollection is that the statement from Leonard Cohen was the same  statement that had already appeared in media interviews, pertaining to the incident in the studio during the recording of 'Death Of A Ladies Man'. My recollection is that it was on a single sheet of paper. I have no idea whether Leonard Cohen personally made this statement to the DA, or whether - and I suspect this is the case - that quote had simply been taken from previously published interviews

There was no mention of any statement attributed to Cohen in either of the two subsequent trials.

Mick

The People of the State of California vs. Phil Spector
Case No. BA255233

MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO ADMIT EVIDENCE OF OTHER CRIMES

OTHER ACTS OF GUN-RELATED VIOLENCE SUBMITTED FOR RECONSIDERATION

On February 17, 2005, the People filed a motion in limine to admit evidence of other acts committed by Spector. Under that separate cover, the facts of the following incidents were set forth in detail and in their entirety. Thus, in an effort towards brevity, only a short recitation of such incidents will be discussed below.

C. The 1977 Brandishing on Leonard Cohen
1977, Spector produced musician Leonard Cohen's record album, "Death of a Ladies man." during production of the record, Cohen and Spector, who were friends, were taking a break in the lobby of the music studio. Spector walked up to Cohen, placed on arm around Cohen's shoulders, and pointed a semi-automatic pistor at Cohen's chest with his other hand. Spector told Cohen, "I love you Leonard." Cohen looked at Spector and said, "I hope so, Phil." Spector then walked away from Cohen.


Harvey Kubernik:

The track Cohen and Spector are particularly interested in listening to right now is "Don't Go Home With Your Hard-On," the album's all-out stomper, with hosts of loud horns and pulsating beat that's hammered all the way home by dual drummers playing in perfect synch. Above it all, comes Cohen's menacing, gritty vocal work, which holds center stage in a most unexpected but effective way. "I can really belt 'em out, you know," says the singer, as he takes a swig of Jose Cuervo from the bottle.

But that is hardly enough for Phil Spector--whose brilliance only starts with the songs he writes, but really gets to shining when he gets those songs into a studio. And so it is obvious that the Leonard Cohen sessions have been important to him--almost therapeutic. He certainly seems to be taking his work extremely seriously: He has been decidedly less theatrical in the studio of late; the usual Spector circus atmosphere seems to have been replaced at least in part by a rediscovered, or new interest in the music itself. And that seems to be very good medicine, both for Spector and for Cohen.


[Don't Go Home With Your Hard-On]
Leonard Cohen

That happened at a very curious time in my life because I was at a very low point, my family was breaking up, I was living in Los Angeles which was a foreign city to me, and I'd lost control, as I say, of my family, of my work, and my life, and it was a very very dark period. And when he got into the studio it was clear that he was an eccentric, but I didn't know that he was mad. He's not mad any longer, I've spoken to him on the phone recently, he's really quite reasonable and calm, but we were, you know, I was flipped out at the time and he certainly was flipped out, my flipped out was, you know, the expression was withdrawal and melancholy, and his was megalomania and insanity, and the kind of devotion to armaments, to weapons, that was really intolerable. With Phil, especially in the state that he found himself, which was post-Wagnerian, I would say Hitlerian, the atmosphere was one of guns, I mean that's really what was going on, was guns. The music was subsidiary an enterprise, you know people were armed to the teeth, all his friends, his bodyguards, and everybody was drunk, or intoxicated on other items, so you were slipping over bullets, and you were biting into revolvers in your hamburger. There were guns everywhere. Phil was beyond control … And at a certain point Phil approached me with a bottle of Manishewitz kosher red wine in one hand and a 45 in the other, put his arm around my shoulder and shoved a revolver into my neck and said, "Leonard, I love you". I said, "I hope you do, Phil".

Kelley Lynch Direct:

PD:  And what happened after you were present?
Lynch:  I explained to Steve Cron that the detectives had asked me to arrange an appointment with Leonard Cohen and I did not want to be dragged into Phil Spector’s matter.  I thought it would affect the custody of my child to some degree, and I just really did not want to be dragged into it.  So Mr. Cron advised me to leave the house before the detectives came.  I was leaving and ran into Detectives Tomlin and Fournier out on the steps of Leonard Cohen’s house.
PD:  You heard the story about Phil Spector putting a gun to Mr. Cohen’s head?
Lynch:  Well, I’ve heard that he put a gun to his neck and I’ve heard he’s put it to this head.
PD:  Now, is this what you learned from Mr. Cohen prior to that interview with the police?
Lynch:  No, it is not.
PD:  And what were you under the impression of?
Lynch:  I was not under the impression, I was told.  RT 467

PD:  Now, you heard voice mails and emails regarding the Phil Spector issue, and you mentioned in the email about -- something about a Grand Jury.  What did you mean in those emails?
Lynch:  What I meant is that Mick Brown of the UK Telegraph wrote me -- and advised me that he was writing a book on Phil.  That he had Grand Jury testimony, and that Leonard Cohen had testified against Phil Spector.  He later wrote, recently, and said he was confused.  It wasn’t actually testimony - this was in the past couple of days, and it wasn’t actually testimony.  Statements were given of Leonard Cohen’s to the Grand Jury.  So I was confused and because Mr. Brown felt that Leonard Cohen had given testimony, I thought he testified and was shocked.  RT 468

Kelley Lynch Cross:

Francisco, Streeter doesn’t think these emails re. Phil Spector re. written in good faith or for a legitimate purpose.  Cooley, according to his lying Captain Jack Horvath, found them annoying.  There is an innocent man in prison and Leonard Cohen lies about Phil Spector.  If that’s not legitimate, what is?  Was it legitimate for Streeter to attempt to sabotage me and the IRS while running a mini-Phil Spector trial or engaging in some form of illegal discovery re. Phil Spector?  In any event, Leonard Cohen’s lies about Phil Spector evidently annoy Streeter, Cooley, Jackson, Horvath, and others.  It’s all terribly annoying to these lunatics. I want this appeal abandoned because I cannot stand LA Confidential.  If the appellate division likes these type of people, let them affiliate with them.  I have never seen so many liars in my entire life.  

Streeter:  Directing your attention to the last one.  The subject line of that one is about Phil Spector, correct?
Lynch:  Yes, it is.
Streeter:  It has nothing to do with your taxes, correct?
Lynch:  No, it doesn’t.  It has to do with the fact that I think Leonard Cohen lied about Phil Spector holding a gun on him.  So as I said, I’m copying everybody so we are all on the same page.
Streeter:  So it wasn’t just the taxes -
Lynch:  No, it wasn’t just the taxes.  It’s a very serious matter where I’m not represented by a lawyer.  RT 502
Streeter:  So it’s not just the taxes that you were contacting Mr. Cohen --
Lynch:  It’s primarily the taxes.  Where there’s matters with  -- I think a Phil Spector murder trial is a deadly serious matter, as does the DA.  I believe, and so anything I am discussing, Phil Spector, and anything where I feel Leonard Cohen lied about that, yes, I have copied the DA in, I’ve copied other people like Dennis Riordan, as I’ve said earlier.  I’ve copied Leonard Cohen in so that everybody is on the same page and I cannot be accused later of saying one thing to one person and another thing to another person.  RT 502
Streeter:  You sent the email to Mr. Cooley, the District Attorney for the County of Los Angeles.
Lynch:  Yeah, I had sent -- I had filed a complaint with the Major Fraud Unit of the District Attorney’s Office about all of this.  RT 503  I have no idea what Mr. Cooley can do … Mr. Cooley’s website says that they handle fraud over $300,000 and goes into great detail about how they treat victims.  And they have a Fraud Complaint that you can file, which I did, with the Major Fraud Unit, and apparently they will then investigate.  RT 503/504  I’ve been clear with you, right?:  There are fraudulent matters … RT

Francisco, I have been very public with my views on the Los Angeles District Attorney and suspect this has something to do with the decision to retaliate against me and target me during this intent to annoy trial.  His investigator - hanging out with Cohen on the taxpayer’s dime - probably ran right back to tell Cooley I testified about this.  Very frightening and my trial lawyers were concern I would be targeted by the DA as well.  I personally think intimidation was an element re. this trial.  My speech about a politician annoys Leonard Cohen?  What a bunch of bullies.  Who cares what Cohen thinks about Steve Cooley or my views on him.  It is NONE of his business.  Is Streeter going to tell me who to vote for also?

Lynch:  I think the DA should be investigated for what’s gone on here.
Streeter:  So that’s a yes.
Lynch:  That’s my personal opinion.
Streeter:  So that’s a yes.
Lynch:  Yeah.  Yeah, I think he should be legally taken down and investigated.  I’ve been very clear about this.
Streeter:  And you don’t think that Mr. Cohen should feel any --
Lynch: I don’t think Mr. Cohen should feel anything about what I say about Steve Cooley.  He doesn’t know the man.  RT 511  Why would that annoy Leonard Cohen?  Is he protecting Steve Cooley?  I mean, that seems like a real stretch.  RT 511

Leonard Cohen is NOT threatened when a man allegedly holds a gun to his head but my emails alarm him.  I’m convinced that is actually because he saw the IRS, FBI, DOJ, Treasury, FTB, and Phil Spector copied in.  He hasn’t seen me in over 7 years but thinks of me when he hears a car slow down?  My trial lawyers should have demanded a psychiatric examination that took into consideration his lifelong history (publicly documented) of legal and illegal drug abuse - including prescription meth.  Perhaps the man‘s  not simply lying.  Perhaps he has borderline personality disorder and teh drugs have taken their toll, as a psychiatric nurse mentioned to me as one possibility not too long ago.

Defense Closing:

I want to focus on that threatened comment.  He says every time he sees a car slow down, he gets a little worried because of the emails that my client sent him.  This is coming from a man who says he recorded an album with Phil Spector, a man who was constantly drunk in the studio, volatile and always had guns on him.  And a man who once pulled Leonard Cohen, put his arm around him, put a gun to his head.  And what did Mr. Cohen say?  I wasn’t threatened by that.  But he’s threatened by my client sending him email?  Does that sound reasonable and credible to you?  RT 585

Now, this case has nothing to do with Deputy District Attorney Alan Jackson or the District Attorney, Steve Cooley.  And I have no ideea why the prosecution spent so much time discussing the references to those people in the emails.  It has nothing to do with Oliver Stone.  RT 595

http://riverdeepbook.blogspot.com/2013/03/leonard-cohens-phil-spector-gun-stories.html


But if Alhambra was a surprise, the possibility that he’d finally shot and killed somebody was most definitely not. After all, the world had been hearing stories about his gunplay and mean temper for more than 30 years. He’d even been reported to have taken a shot just past John Lennon’s head after they’d made the Rock & Roll album together, to encourage Lennon to hand over the acetate master recordings. He’s said to have pulled a gun on the Ramones, and on Leonard Cohen—who became even more of a hero to me when he told my journalist friend Chris Goodwin that he’d responded by saying something along the lines of, “Oh, Phil, you’ve been pulling guns on everyone your whole life and you’ve never shot anyone yet and you’re not going to shoot me either, so just put it down.” And Spector was so taken aback that he did.




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