Closing arguments heard in Spector retrial

LOS ANGELES, March 25 (UPI) -- Phil Spector's attorney maintained at the famed music producer's retrial that Lana Clarkson could have killed herself in Spector's Alhambra, Calif., home.

Defense attorney Doron Weinberg told the jury during closing arguments in Spector's second-degree murder retrial that the possibility Clarkson shot herself in 2003 couldn't be ruled out, CNN reported. Weinberg also reminded the jurors that only reasonable doubt was needed to acquit his client.

"This is a circumstantial evidence case ... no one can tell you, 'This is what happened,'" Weinberg said. "(Spector) did not kill Lana Clarkson, that's what the evidence shows."

Spector, 69, is charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of the 40-year-old actress and Hollywood House of Blues hostess.

The Grammy Award-winning music producer's first trial ended in a hung jury and was declared a mistrial in September 2007. His second trial began in October.

Prosecutors told jurors in closing arguments Monday that Spector was "a very dangerous man" who "has a history of playing Russian roulette with women -- six women. Lana just happened to be the sixth," CNN reported.

Clarkson's film credits included "Barbarian Queen" and "Amazon Women on the Moon."