"Transformers" director Michael Bay rejected on Monday claims that he had an altercation with the late actress Lana Clarkson at a Hollywood Hills party in January 2003, which defense says probably added to her suicidal tendency. The B-list actress was found dead of a gun shot wound to her mouth at Phil Spector's mansion just a few days after the party.
The 42-year-old director said he did not see the 6-foot blonde that day and that there is no question of an unpleasant encounter with her as claimed by a defense witness.
"She was funny, she was saucy, she had no problems coming right up to someone. If I had disrespected her she probably would have slapped me," Bay testified.
Bay had worked with Clarkson in 1998 on a car commercial.
The defense has claimed that the 40-year-old actress was depressed and financially troubled when she committed suicide at Phil Spector's mansion in February 2003.
However, the prosecution contends that Spector killed Clarkson when she tried to leave his home after coming there for a drink.
The musical genius will face life in prison if he is convicted of the killing.
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