Phil Spector’s ex didn’t exactly make a killing in the real estate market.
Rachelle Short — the disgraced music producer’s third wife — has sold the Alhambra, California mansion where he murdered aspiring actress Lana Clarkson.
The 10-bedroom, 11-bathroom residence known as Pyrenees Castle was purchased for mere $3.3 million by an unidentified buyer, according to mansionglobal.com.
The house, built in 1925, is a quarter-sized replica of a French castle.
“There’s nothing else like it,” said real estate agent Tim Durkovic, who represented the buyer and seller. “It’s truly a castle.”
The 10,590-square-foot property, located in Alhambra, was initially listed for $5.5 million in 2019. The asking price recently dropped to just below $4 million.
Spector was one of the most influential music producers of all time.
Known for his “Wall of Sound” style recording, he helped propel The Ronettes and The Beach Boys to fame in the 1960s. He is also known for his work with Ike and Tina Turner.
On February 2, 2003, Spector met Clarkson, 40, while she was working at the House of Blues on Sunset Boulevard.
When they returned to his home that evening, he shot her.
After a second-degree murder conviction in 2009, the often creatively coiffed Spector was sentenced to 19 years to life.
He died in January this year in a California prison of COVID-19 complications at age 81.
Short was just 26 when the couple married in 2006.
They divorced a decade later.
