Sara Caplan, Ex-Spector attorney, to be jailed?

The judge in Phil Spector’s murder trial threatened Thursday to jail a former attorney for the record producer if she refuses to testify about possible evidence that was never given to prosecutors. Superior Court Judge Larry Paul Fidler ordered the attorney, Sara Caplan, to be jailed until she testifies.

In a dramatic courtroom confrontation, Spector’s former lawyer, Sara Caplan, broke down in tears as she refused to testify before the jury against her former client.

In a hearing without the jury present, Superior Court Judge said he wanted to avoid holding Sara Caplan in contempt but saw no other choice. He deferred the issue until Monday to give attorneys time to negotiate a compromise and ordered the trial to resume with other witnesses.

Caplan said earlier, under oath, that she saw forensic scientist Henry Lee place a white object in a vial at Spector’s house. Prosecutors think it is a piece of Lana Clarkson’s acrylic nail that had been blown off by the bullet that killed her.