EXCLUSIVE UPDATE

PHIL SPECTOR'S FATE IN THE HANDS OF THE JURY:

TO CATCH A DATELINE PRODUCER:
INSIDE THE SPECTOR
MURDER CASE:

JUSTICE SERVED
OR
MEDIA RUN AMOK?

(September 10th, 2007 10:30AM PST)

BY ERIC LONGABARDI

The Phil Spector case has now gone to the jury and ERSNews has learned exclusively that NBC's Dateline is busy preparing a one hour special for broadcast when the verdict of the famed music producer, on trial for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson is reached. The special is to be produced by a Los Angeles based female Dateline producer, according to sources familiar with the program. The program has been in the works for sometime.

According to sources familiar with the planning for the DATELINE special, it will feature NBC Dateline producer ADAM GORFAIN, who's inside knowledge and special access and direct relationship to the other jurors, will be exploited to the fullest by NBC.

As ERS News exclusively reported back in April of this year, (See Stories Below) the very day the trial began, that juror was ADAM GORFAIN, a 41 year old Senior Producer working for NBC News out of its Burbank studios.

As ERS exposed exclusively, Gorfain was less than forthcoming on his jury questionnaire when asked about his experience and views on issues related to DNA evidence and other matters relevant to the murder.

Gorfain, a Harvard grad, previously worked for ABC News and other print media outlets before coming to California in 2003 to cover the Michael Jackson molestation case for NBC. Gorfain and his wife, a former NBC Dateline producer herself reside in the Pasadena area of Southern California.

ERSNews originally reported on Gorfain's own admission he had been working on the Spector case for months before being seated on the Spector jury panel. In his juror questionnaire released by the court last Gorfain wrote that "for several months, I have been assigned to this case for NBC News as a senior producer," and informed the court that he had already read numerous court documents in the case. He also pointed out that he was not new to high profile celebrity criminal cases due to his professional experience. He told the court that he had experience covering high profile trials, "I have covered Simpson, Jackson and worked on many others," Gorfain stated.