The murder of Bonnie Lee Bakley
According to the BBC, another TV star, Robert Blake, claimed that Christian Brando was involved in the killing of Blake’s wife, Bonny Lee Bakley. Blake’s lawyers claimed, according to the Associated Press, that Brando and his associates murdered Blake’s wife because she taunted Brando with a picture of a baby she claimed to be his. After all, the daughter was named Christian Shannon Brando, after Christian Brando.
M. Gerald Schwartzbach, the attorney for Blake, called for the testimony of a man named Duffy Hambleton, one of the prosecution’s two central witnesses, who contradicted Blake’s claims and said Blake solicited him to kill Bakley. Another stuntman corroborated Hambleton’s account.
One potential witness, Dianne Mattson, claimed she overheard a conversation between Brando and Duffy where Brando said he wanted to put a bullet through Bakley’s head. However, Judge Darlene Schempp refused Mattson’s testimony because she had “credibility issues.” Prosecutors interviewed Brando and said he had no involvement in the murder.
Blake would be acquitted in the criminal trial for murder but would be convicted in the civil trial. In the civil trial, Brando invoked his Fifth Amendment right to protect himself from possible incrimination. During the trial, Christian Brando mouthed words and made gestures to the jury, according to the judge, who was found in contempt of court and fined $1,000
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