Phil Spector Trial Sidebar: Bizarre tales from adopted son

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By Stone Martindale May 16, 2007, 23:53 GMT

Back when Phil was married to Ronnie Spector, of the girl group Ronettes fame, he adopted two twin boys aged six years-old. Phil Spector stands as the jury enters the courtroom during his murder trial in Los Angeles, California 16 May 2007. Spector is accused of killing Lana Clarkson in his home on 03 February 2003. EPA/PAUL BUCK

Phil Spector stands as the jury enters the courtroom during his murder trial in Los Angeles, California 16 May 2007. Spector is accused of killing Lana Clarkson in his home on 03 February 2003. EPA/PAUL BUCKNow, Inside Edition got an exclusive interview with Louis, one of the twins, who spoke about the "bizarre world" ruled by terror tactics at the hands of papa Phil."There's two personalities to my father," he said to Inside Edition. "There's Harvey Phil Spector, the name he was born with, and then there's a persona, Phil Spector, the man he became."Louis says he "was just six years old" when he and twin brother Gary were adopted as "Christmas presents" essentially for Ronnie, sent to live in the Beverly Hills mansion owned by Spector.Ronnie Spector of the Ronettes got out alive six months later, and by her own account Spector kept her a near-prisoner and limited her opportunities to pursue her musical ambitions. She details the nightmare in her autobiography,"Be My Baby, How I Survived Mascara, Miniskirts, and Madness," co-authored by Vince Waldron, published back in 1989"We were Christmas gifts, per se. We were adopted into the family with the intention that we would keep her prolonged into the family. We were meant to be shackles for Ronnie, but it didn't work," Louis said to Inside Edition.Louis and Gary along with another brother Dante, the natural son of Phil and Ronnie, were kept locked up in separate rooms "like prisoners."Louis claims to Inside Edition "the boys weren't even allowed to talk to each other and they were locked into their rooms at night and would try to talk to each other through an air conditioning vent."Memories of the women Phil Spector brought home and the current trial testimony brings back hard memories for Louis."He always carried a double holster, guns on both sides," he said to Inside Edition. "And he always wore his shades, and if he wanted to make a threat, all he had to do is lean over, tilt his shades a little bit and reveal his holsters and say something like: 'Now you don't want to be doing that again.'"Eventually Louis was kicked out at age 19. The trial is the first time in seven years the two have seen each other. "I am a stranger in his eyes as he is in my eyes," he said to Inside Edition in an exclusive interview.

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MaryMay 17th, 2007 - 01:00:53

There have been many bazarre stories from the children who have been adopted by 'stars' - the rich and famous. What does the future hold...what stories will come from the mouths of the children who are being added to the collections of the stars of today?
Will Oprah be sorry for being supportive?

Only the future will tell.

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James DavisMay 17th, 2007 - 02:08:48

Maaan, Phil Spector was waaay cooler w/ his gi-normous blonde afro, all Garfunkel-on-crack looking. But now... he just resembles my grandmother in her final days.

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trekMay 17th, 2007 - 14:40:26

This clown will be extorted by the same convicts that will tell him they will 'protect' him. He will never make it inside, knowing this personally

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Geno - USAMay 18th, 2007 - 12:34:15

I hope the prisoners in the joint treat him like he treated his kids and his wife.

This guy is talented scum. There are lots of talented scum around.

This should be a good lesson to anybody who wants to hang with talented scum - you will pay a heavy price.

...and to the talented scum - you will die like everybody else, only more people will hate you and your afterlife will not be pleasant.

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