Former Assistant Sues Phil Spector

The Phil Spector case saw another twist this week when his former personal assistant filed a lawsuit, asking for $5.25 million in actual damages and millions in punitive damages, and claimed he repeatedly asked her to marry him so that she could not testify against him in his up-coming murder trial.

Spector is facing trial for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson (pictured) in his Hollywood home on Feb. 3, 2003. In September, Spector sued his former personal assistant Michelle Blaine, claiming she embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Blaine filed a counter suit this week claiming that Spector authorized all payments to her and gave her a $700,000 house. She also claims that Spector sexually harassed her.

"We believe there is very, very powerful evidence that Michelle Blaine acted not only appropriately but that she was very, very badly treated by Mr. Spector," Blaine's attorney, Tim Reuben, said.

In her lawsuit, Blaine claims that after the death of Clarkson, Spector proposed marriage to her several times in an effort to keep her from testifying in the criminal case. She also said Spector sent her to parties in Los Angeles and New York to hand out fliers saying the rock music producer did not kill Clarkson.

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