“Longet found herself dancing at the Tropicana Hotel & Resort in Las Vegas in 1961. As part of the Folies Bergère revue, the 18-year-old met 32-year-old crooner Andy Williams when he helped her after her car broke down. The pair married on Dec. 15, 1961, in Los Angeles.”
“Aspen was flooded with cocaine at the time, and Spider Sabich’s good looks and fame attracted invites to countless parties. But sources close to Claudine Longet claimed that she prohibited Sabich from attending a “Best Breast” party and that she even threw a wine glass at his head in a fit of jealousy.”
“She claimed she had found the Luger knock-off on the day of Sabich’s death and allegedly pointed it at him while making “bang-bang” noises when it suddenly misfired, killing him.”
‘A defense witness testified that the safety mechanism on the gun was faulty and that the firing mechanism was greasier than it should be. These factors made it highly plausible that the gun went off by accident.”
“After the four-day trial, jurors deliberated for a few hours before finding her guilty of criminally negligent homicide.
“She was sentenced to 30 days of her choosing in prison and a $250 fine.”
“the family of Spider Sabich filed a $780,000 civil suit against her.”
https://allthatsinteresting.com/claudine-longet
If that's true then that "Luger knock-off" didn't copy the safety mechanism very well because it's a solid blocking mechanism in a real Luger (P-08) that's almost impossible to fail.
I don't get the greasy firing mechanism either. Shouldn't be any grease in a gun just a light oil. In any case lubrication is to insure that parts move freely and do what they're supposed to do. If there really was grease on the "firing mechanism" it might prevent it from working (doubtful) and no pew pew would occur but it sure wouldn't make it work better than it is supposed to. That would nonsense.
Sounds like the judge let the defense bring in a liar as their firearms expert and the jury bought his BS.