Hollywood producer who ‘drugged women and dumped bodies’ is slammed for ‘trying to get mistrial by finding jury’s names’
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A HOLLYWOOD producer who is accused of drugging and dumping a model and her friend outside two separate hospitals has been accused of planning to engineer a mistrial. David Pearce is accused of murdering Christy Giles and Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola after a night out in November 2021.
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Pearce has pleaded not guilty to two counts, along with unrelated alleged sexual assaults involving seven women between 2007 and 2020. His former roommate, Brandt Osborn, has also pleaded not guilty to two charges of accessory after the fact. He has been accused of helping Pearce carry the women's limp bodies out of their apartment and drop them at two separate hospitals.
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The pair's joint trial began last week in Los Angeles and there has already been a shocking twist in the case. Prosecutors told Judge Eleanor Hunter they wanted to discuss on the record a phone call Pearce had allegedly made to his mother using another inmate's pin.
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They claimed the jail held calls to his mother and Pearce told her he had information on the jurors, regarding their identities and where they worked. Prosecutors alleged they he told her he was trying to engineer a mistrial, and his mom then called an attorney for a three-way conversation.
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Pearce's defense attorney, Jeffrey Von, said he had been informed about the situation and had spoken to police. Judge Hunter told the defendant, "That’s incredibly troubling. I don’t know what to say at this point but shame on you, but I'm sure you don't care about that.".
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