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A Hollywood producer and amateur actor has been charged with the slaying of a model and her friend after a drug binge, as well as several unrelated sexual assaults, and there are believed to be other victims, Los Angeles authorities said today. , USA.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Police Chief George Gasc\u00f3n announced that film producer David Pearce has been charged with the model’s murder Christy Giles <\/a>and her friend Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola<\/a>whose dead bodies were left outside two different hospitals on November 13, 2021.<\/p>\n 37-year-old Pearce was initially arrested at the beginning of the year on charges of rape and sexual assault on four women.<\/p>\n But yesterday investigators said they had found enough evidence to link Pearce to the deaths of Giles and Cabrales-Arzola, as well as the rapes and sexual assaults of three other victims.<\/p>\n “We knew this would be a long investigation, so we started with allegations that could be proven,” Gasc\u00f3n said at the press conference. “Many had to do with giving and using hard drugs.”<\/p>\n “The Los Angeles police worked hard because they knew we were dealing with a murder and now the charges have been confirmed,” Gasc\u00f3n added.<\/p>\n In addition to the two murders, Pearce faces assault charges in several other incidents, which occurred continuously from August 2010 to November 2021.<\/p>\n The gruesome allegations include three counts of rape, two counts of penetration with a foreign object and torture of women.<\/p>\n The accused is suspected of supplying prohibited substances and permitted drugs to Giles e Cabrales-Arzola, and now faces up to 120 years in prison if convicted.<\/p>\n Pearce’s defense lawyer said: “All the charges are based on flimsy evidence, they are based on the premise that ‘where there’s smoke there’s fire’, but they haven’t found the fire yet.”<\/p>\n Pearce’s colleague, the 42-year-old actor Brandt Osborn<\/a>has been charged as an accomplice in crimes on at least two occasions.<\/p>\n