Man who claimed to be Hollywood producer gets 146 years to life in prison for murdering 2 women i...

David Brian Pearce was convicted in February of fatally drugging Christy Giles and Hilda Marcela CabralesArzol after a 2021 party in Los Angeles. Man who claimed to be Hollywood producer gets 146 years to life in prison for murdering 2 women in drugging David Brian Pearce was convicted in February of fatally drugging Christy Giles and Hilda Marcela CabralesArzol after a 2021 party in Los Angeles. By Wesley Stenzel :maxbytes(150000):stripicc()/WesleyStenzelauthorphoto32b61793a2784639af623f2ae091477e.jpg) Wesley Stenzel is a news writer at . He began writing for EW in 2022.

David Brian Pearce was convicted in February of fatally drugging Christy Giles and Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzol after a 2021 party in Los Angeles.

Man who claimed to be Hollywood producer gets 146 years to life in prison for murdering 2 women in drugging

David Brian Pearce was convicted in February of fatally drugging Christy Giles and Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzol after a 2021 party in Los Angeles.

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Purported Hollywood producer David Brian Pearce has been hit with a lengthy sentence after being convicted of multiple sexual assaults and the fentanyl-induced murders of two women.

Pearce, 43, was sentenced to 146 years to life in state prison Wednesday, a representative for the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office confirmed to **.

In February, Pearce was convicted of fatally drugging model Christy Giles and her friend Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola with fentanyl after a party in November 2021. He was also convicted on seven rape charges perpetrated against seven different victims, all of whom testified at his trial.**

"This sentence delivers long-awaited justice for Ms. Cabrales-Arzola, Ms. Giles, and the courageous sexual assault victims who came forward and testified," District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman said in a statement. "Not only were the victims sexually assaulted, but the lives of Ms. Cabrales-Arzola and Ms. Giles were stolen in one of the most [devastating] ways — a fentanyl-induced sexual assault by Pearce."

Christy Giles; Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola.

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Hochman continued, "This case is a stark reminder of the devastation caused by fentanyl. Fentanyl poisoners who harm and exploit others will be held accountable. Every prosecution and sentence like this one moves us a step closer to deterring criminals from committing these crimes and protecting others from a similar fate."

An attorney for Pearce, Ronda Dixon, said in a statement to EW that it was "never proven" that her client supplied the two victims the drugs that killed them, and suggested that the overdoses were accidental.

"My heart goes out to their families as it is difficult to lose a loved one to a fentanyl overdose," Dixon said. "However, the message the DA sent out today is chilling to good Samaritans who seek to help someone who is an overdose victim. Certainly people will think twice before taking anyone to the hospital who they think is a victim of overdose."

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Pearce was charged alongside Brandt Osborn, who was charged with two counts of accessory to murder after the fact. A jury did not reach a verdict in Osborn's case in February, and he is expected to receive a new trial in the near future. A pretrial is scheduled for Nov. 18.

LAPD Det. Jonathan Vander Lee previously told CBS News that Pearce posed as a Hollywood producer, though he didn't actually have any production credits. "He'd introduce himself as a producer, as doctor, all these different things," Lee said. "He's none of these things… He might have been an intern at the time or something at a production company."

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Prosecutors said Pearce and Osborn met Giles and Cabrales-Arzola at a warehouse party in East Los Angeles around 3 a.m. on Nov. 13, 2021. The two women went back to the men's shared Beverly Hills apartment about two hours later, and Pearce allegedly gave them gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) and fentanyl that caused them to fatally overdose.

Cabrales-Arzola ordered a ride-hailing service just 35 minutes after entering the apartment, but neither of the women left until Pearce carried them out the following afternoon and dropped them off at different hospitals. Giles was dead upon arrival at the hospital, while Cabrales-Arzola was resuscitated, only to die 11 days later.**

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