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Wife Breaks Silence on Spector

Rachelle says she's not a trophy wife

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 5, 2009 4:02 PM CDT

(Newser) – She was muzzled by a court order during her husband’s trial, but now that Phil Spector has been convicted of murder, Rachelle Spector is free to talk to the media. The 28-year-old tells the Los Angeles Times she’s no trophy wife—“I don't take anything from my husband, and I never have”—and that she “wants it known” that “they treat people worse than animals” in the prison where her 69-year-old husband is incarcerated.

“He's locked in a 5-by-9 cell, 23½ hours a day,” she says. The pair met at a Los Angeles restaurant and were married while he was under indictment; Rachelle was known for her tough attitude during her husband’s trial. "That man couldn't hurt a fly," she said.

Music producer Phil Spector and his wife Rachelle leave the Los Angeles Country Superior Court Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008.
Music producer Phil Spector and his wife Rachelle leave the Los Angeles Country Superior Court Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008.   (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
Music producer Phil Spector and his wife Rachelle Spector arrive at the Los Angeles County Superior Court for a hearing Friday, March 28, 2008, in downtown Los Angeles.
Music producer Phil Spector and his wife Rachelle Spector arrive at the Los Angeles County Superior Court for a hearing Friday, March 28, 2008, in downtown Los Angeles.   (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
Phil Spector arrives at court with his wife, Rachelle Spector, Tuesday Sept. 18, 2007 in Los Angeles.
Phil Spector arrives at court with his wife, Rachelle Spector, Tuesday Sept. 18, 2007 in Los Angeles.   (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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COMMENTS
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riffran
Jun 6, 2009 10:19 AM CDT
thats what he gets for those hair don'ts...he should get the same treatment he gave the hooker
inky
Jun 6, 2009 4:53 AM CDT
ICK.
RobN
Jun 6, 2009 2:52 AM CDT
Of course she's secretly praying they won't allow conjugal visits.

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