"David Brian Pearce, a Los Angeles man who lured women into his orbit by claiming he was a Hollywood producer, was sentenced Wednesday to 146 years to life for the fatal overdose of a model and her friend, as well as the sexual assaults of multiple women over 16 years. Pearce, 43, was convicted in February on two counts of first-degree murder in the overdose deaths of 24-year-old model Christy Giles and 26-year-old Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola."
"A few hours later, they accompanied Pearce back to his Beverly Hills home, where they were served a fatal cocktail of fentanyl, cocaine and other drugs. Within about 35 minutes, Cabrales-Arzola called a rideshare service to leave the apartment, but neither woman got in that car. Some 12 hours later, after being sexually assaulted, the women were carried out of the apartment and dumped outside two separate hospitals by masked men."
"The coroner later ruled the deaths a homicide, with both women having died from multiple drug intoxication and Cabrales-Arzola also dying from multiple organ failure. In addition to the murders, prosecutors said Pearce also committed numerous drug-facilitated sexual assaults against multiple women between 2005 and 2021. He was found guilty on three counts of forcible rape, two counts of penetration by use of force, and one count each of sodomy by use of force and the rape of an unconscious woman."
David Brian Pearce posed as a Hollywood producer and was sentenced to 146 years to life for the overdose deaths of Christy Giles, 24, and Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola, 26. The women met Pearce at a warehouse party in November 2021 and later went to his Beverly Hills home where they received a fatal mix of fentanyl, cocaine and other drugs. Within about 35 minutes Cabrales-Arzola called a rideshare but neither woman left; about 12 hours later they were sexually assaulted, carried out of the apartment and dumped outside two hospitals. Both died from multiple drug intoxication, with Cabrales-Arzola also suffering multiple organ failure. Pearce was convicted of first-degree murder and multiple sexual-offense counts for numerous drug‑facilitated assaults from 2005 to 2021, with several victims testifying that he pretended to be a well‑connected Hollywood insider.
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