SHORT TAKES : Kunstler Takes on a Movie Role
Flamboyant defense attorney William Kunstler took time off the murder case involving Marlon Brando’s son to act in Oliver Stone’s movie “The Doors.”
The movie, which stars Val Kilmer as the late Jim Morrison, leader of “The Doors,” and includes rock star Billy Idol in the cast, features the wild-haired Kunstler in a familiar role.
“I play a lawyer in the movie,” Kunstler said.
Off the set, Kunstler’s real-life lawyering is on behalf of 32-year-old Christian Brando, who is accused of killing house guest Dag Drollet, 26, at Marlon Brando’s hilltop estate last week.
Police said Christian Brando told them he shot his pregnant sister’s Tahitian boyfriend in a fit of anger because the man allegedly beat her.
According to a police report, the defendant also said he did not intend to shoot but there was a struggle and the gun went off. The prosecution asserts there was no evidence of a struggle.
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