The Execution of Bonny Lee | The Final Verdict | 7

Death of a Starlet

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True Crime, Josh Lucas, Tracy Pattin, Exhbit C, Hugh Hefner, Playboy, Peter Bogdanovich, Hollywood & Crime, Dorothy Stratten, Documentary, Exhibit C, Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 13 October 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

The prosecutions' star witnesses take the stand, but Robert Blake's defense has its own strategy to try and prove Blake is innocent. The final closing arguments lead to a shocking conclusion. Meanwhile, Bonny's family seeks justice in a civil trial, and a new attorney gets involved in their case.

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0:00.0	The execution of Bonnie Lee-Bakeley contains depictions of violence and some strong language. It's February 7th 2005 a Monday morning.
0:17.0	Shelly Samuels rises to face the jury as she's done for the past six
0:26.1	Mondays. Six weeks of trying to convince a jury that Robert Blake is guilty of
0:31.7	murder.
0:33.2	She's presented testimony from experts,
0:35.8	even took the jurors on a field trip to the crime scene,
0:38.9	but today she's pivoting to the most important phase of her case.
0:43.5	The people called Gerald McClarty.
0:46.9	Gary McClarty is a retired stuntman.
0:50.0	He will give firsthand testimony
0:51.8	that the actor tried to hire him to kill Bonnie.
0:55.0	There's just one problem.
0:56.8	McLarty has a history of drug addiction and delusions.
1:01.2	McLarty makes his way to the stand and the bailiff swears him in.
1:05.1	He looks credible enough in a blue blazer and a gold tie.
1:09.1	He has deep bags under his small eyes and walks with a limp from recurring hip issues.
1:15.0	Samuels takes him through the meeting he had with Blake at a diner in the valley.
1:20.0	McLarty thought Blake wanted to talk to him about a movie, but Blake had
1:25.2	murder on the menu. The actor then drove McClarty to his house, said he
1:30.6	wanted to show him some things. Strange things.
1:34.0	Nude photos and letters from Bonnie's mail-order porn business.
1:38.0	Blake kept bringing up how awful she was.
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