Overview
- An L.A. judge imposed the sentence on Oct. 29 after a February jury verdict that found Pearce guilty of two counts of first-degree murder.
- Pearce was also convicted of raping or sexually assaulting seven women in incidents spanning 2007 to 2021 and was ordered to register as a lifetime sex offender.
- Prosecutors said he met Christy Giles and Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola at a warehouse party before providing GHB and fentanyl at his Beverly Hills apartment.
- The women were later left outside separate hospitals; the medical examiner ruled their deaths homicides after detecting multiple drugs, including fentanyl and GHB.
- Defense counsel maintains it was never proven Pearce supplied the fatal drugs, while co-defendant Brant Osborn is set for a Nov. 18 pretrial after a February mistrial on accessory charges.