Producer gets 146 years in prison for murders, rapes

An L.A. County Superior Court judge handed a 146-year sentence to Hollywood producer David Pearce on Wednesday for multiple rapes and the 2021 deaths of a model and her architect friend.

- By ANDREW J. CAMPA

DAVID PEARCE, seen in 2022, acknowledged a booze- and drug-fueled lifestyle.

(FREDERICK M. BROWN Pool Photo)

Pearce was found guilty in February of two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of Christy Giles and Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola, who overdosed on fentanyl. Prosecutors said Pearce supplied them with the drug.

Pearce was also found guilty of crimes against a series of women between 2007 and 2021, including three counts of forcible rape, two counts of sexual penetration with force, one count of rape of an unconscious or sleeping victim, and one count of forced sodomy.

“This sentence delivers long-awaited justice for Cabrales-Arzola, Giles, and the courageous sexual assault victims who came forward and testified,” L.A. County Dist. Atty, Nathan Hochman said in a statement.

“Not only were the victims sexually assaulted, but the lives of Cabrales-Arzola and Giles were stolen in one of the most devastating ways — a fentanyl-induced sexual assault by Pearce.”

A call to Pearce’s lawyer was not immediately returned.