Phil Spector fears he will catch Valley Fever with jail move
September 2nd, 2009 - 5:52 pm ICT by ANINew York, Sep 2 (ANI): American record producer Phil Spector, who is being moved out of the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison in Corcoran after complaining he feared for his safety, has now said that he fears he would die from Valley Fever in the new prison.
Spector, 69, who was convicted of killing Lana Clarkson, is being moved to Pleasant Valley State Prison in Coalinga this week, but he fears that the outbreak of Valley Fever, which has killed 16 inmates in the last four years, will also kill him.
“They are sending Phil there to die. He is scared to death. When I saw him on Saturday, he was shaking . . . He’s 70 years old and 130 pounds . . . We are trying to appeal over this, but he’s been told he has no time,” the New York Post quoted his frantic wife Rachelle Short as saying.
“He’s already been given his bus pass out of Corcoran,” she added.
Valley Fever is caused by a fungus that resides in soil, and is released as spores.
“We cannot comment on prisoners who may be moved here in the future,” a Pleasant Valley rep said. (ANI)
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