ROBERT Blake. As in Baretta the Bum. As in the Emmy winner/ Golden Globe winner who was also the winner of a not-guilty verdict in the murder of his wife Bonnie Lee Bakely, despite testimony that he tried to hire a hit man. As in, oddly enough...
Former "American Idol" wannabeen Katharine McPhee was snapped outside of a restaurant next to Robert Blake ... and lived.
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Robert Blake's lawyer asked an appeals court to reconsider its decision ordering the actor to pay $15 million in damages to the children of his slain wife, Bonny Lee Bakley.
Robert Blake" align="left" hspace="5" />Robert Blake still has to pay. But not quite as much. Deeming the number "excessive," a state appellate court has halved the $30 million civil judgment handed down against Blake in...
TMZ.com: An appeals court upheld the verdict that Robert Blake was liable for his wife's death back in 2001 -- but cut the jury award in half. Let's hope those "Baretta" DVDs sell big this Christmas!The original ruling was for $30 mil -- but the appeals court... Read more
TMZ.com: Robert Blake was arrested for shoplifting $23.96 worth of steak -- but not that Robert Blake. A 30-year-old man with the famous moniker -- who is a spitting image of Baretta himself -- was popped at a City Market in Grand Junction, Co. Blake and a... Read more
The jurors who found Robert Blake liable for damages in his wife's death after he was acquitted of murder were out to get him even before the civil trial began, the actor's attorney said Tuesday as he appealed the case.
JAN. 15 is Robert Blake's appeal date. Unguilty Blake's civil trial found him responsible for the death of wife Bonny Lee Bakley and awarded her family $30 mil. Their hotshot lawyer Eric Dubin - known for taking high-profile cases on contingency and...
I don't care if Phil Spector burns. I'm not taking sides. I'm just telling you They are telling me that the L.A. money says he walks. Hung jury. Figures. In the land of O.J. and Robert Blake, knocking off a wife or ladyfriend is considered a...
Jury selection in Spector's long-delayed murder trial is scheduled to begin Monday in Los Angeles.
If convicted, the music producer faces 15 years to life for the shooting death of B-movie star Lana Clarkson. If acquitted, Spector becomes, after Simpson and Blake, the third modern-day show-business notable to foil murder-charging California prosecutors.
Here's a preview of the case:
THE DEFENDANT: Spector, a 67-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Class of 1989, who made his name in the 1960s as the producer on hits such as "He's a Rebel," "Be My Baby" and "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling."
THE VICTIM: Clarkson, a 40-year-old actress who achieved cult fame in the 1980s in the Roger Corman sword-and-bikini epics, "Barbarian Queen" and "Barbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back."
Not that Robert Blake was going to be whipping out the checkbook anytime soon, but his legal camp is still trying to keep the vault sealed permanently.
Nearly a year after losing his bid for a new trial and months after announcing his intent to appeal, Robert Blake has actually appealed the $30 million wrongful death verdict leveled against him in November 2005.
The "Baretta" star was acquitted of murder earlier that year, but a civil jury found him liable for the death of wife Bonny Lee Bakley, 44, who was shot in 2001 while sitting in the couple's car outside of a Studio City, California, restaurant.
In the 55-page appeal, filed Wednesday in California's 2nd District Court of Appeals, attorney M. Gerald Schwartzbach alleges that the jury was was trying to set an example as a warning to other celebrities, which they weren't allowed to do because punitive damages were not a factor in the case.
Police Department's internal affairs division is investigating allegation that lead investigator in Robert Blake murder case withheld evidence from defense and that police wrongly assumed actor was guilty because of his celebrity status.