'Phil Spector held a gun to my head'

As the clock ticks down to the trial of legendary record producer Phil Spector for murder - an event expected to eclipse even the Michael Jackson trial - ominous tales of drunken gunplay have surfaced in prosecution evidence.

Prosecutors have asked the judge to allow testimony from a former employee and one-time girlfriend of Spector who said the producer pointed a gun at her head.

In court documents filed on Tuesday, Deputy District Attorney Alan Jackson said the testimony demonstrates a "long history of gun-related violence directed at women" and should be admitted as evidence during Spector's upcoming trial on charges he shot and killed actress Lana Clarkson in February 2003.