An actor who is facing charges in connection with the deaths of two women, who were found at hospitals after allegedly being drugged, has been exclusively photographed by The U.S. Sun on the first day of his trial.
Brandt Osborn, who was arrested on the set of NCIS and released on $40,000 bail, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of accessory after the fact.
The 44-year-old actor is accused of assisting a Hollywood producer friend, David Pearce, in abandoning model Christy Giles and her friend Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola at two different hospitals after a night of partying.
Pearce has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder, along with unrelated alleged sexual assaults involving seven women between 2007 and 2020.
Exclusive photos and video footage obtained by The U.S. Sun shows Obsorn wearing a light gray suit, white shirt, and cream Yeezy sneakers this week.
He appeared carefree as he ate a sandwich and sipped on a bottle of Smart Water during a long first day of jury selection in Downtown Los Angeles.
Osborn was later seen with his lawyer waiting outside of court for a cab home after the proceedings ended around 4pm.
The U.S. Sun can confirm the pair were overheard chatting about football and the OJ Simpson trial before jury selection began early in the morning.
‘KILLER COCKTAIL’
Pearce, who is still in custody, was spotted donning gray hair and dressed in a white shirt and dark pants on Monday at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center.
Judge Eleanor Hunter explained to potential jurors that the trial is set to be longer than usual and could last between 18 to 20 days.
She read out the charges and told the court to expect harrowing details of the women’s deaths, along with the alleged sexual assaults on several Jane Does.
Hunter told possible jurors, “I’m sure this is not the way you wanted to start your New Year,” but expressed how important the case was after the deaths of Giles, a model, and her architect friend.
Family and friends of the two women were not in court on Monday but are expected to attend the trial later this week.
Giles and Cabrales-Arzol had been to a warehouse party in Los Angeles on November 12, 2021, according to the indictment.
The U.S. Sun previously revealed exclusive pictures of the squalid apartment shared by Pearce and Osborn where the two women were invited back after the night out.
Giles, 24, was already dead when she was later found outside Southern California Hospital in Culver City.
Cabrales-Arzol, 26, was in critical condition when she was discovered outside Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Hospital just hours after Giles was dropped off.
Her family later took her off life support – just a day before her 27th birthday.
The women’s heartbroken families are desperate for justice after believing they were drugged.
Their deaths were classified as homicides by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner, and toxicology reports found multiple drugs present in both victim’s systems.
Giles died of a mixture of cocaine, fentanyl, gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (date-rape drug GHB) and ketamine.
Cabrales-Arzol died from multiple organ failure, as well as multiple drug intoxication.
She had cocaine, MDMA, and “probable other undetermined” drugs in her system, the medical examiner-coroner ruled.Â
Surveillance footage revealed two masked men in a black Toyota Prius without license plates dropping Giles off at the hospital.
At the time of Pearce and Osborn’s arrests, police said they were concerned that other victims “could have been drugged by one or more of these men.”
Much of the focus in the case has been on the tragic final few hours of Giles and Cabrales-Arzola.
Their evening began at an art exhibit at Soho House in West Hollywood, with plans for clubbing and an afterparty in the Hollywood Hills.
But the women never arrived at their intended destination.
Giles’ phone records show that at around 5:30am on November 13, she sent her friend a message saying, “Let’s get out of here,” accompanied by a wide-eyed emoji.
Cabrales-Arzola responded with a simple “Yes” and mentioned that she had called an Uber, but after that, there was radio silence.
Giles stopped reading or replying to any further messages.
Her grieving husband, Jan Cilliers, expressed relief at the charges in an exclusive interview with The U.S. Sun in 2022.
Cilliers said, “The longer we can keep these men off the streets, the better.
“They shouldn’t have the opportunity to harm anyone else. While I can’t say what their intentions were, the outcome speaks for itself.”
Asked how he has been coping since the death of his wife, Jan went on, “It’s been a wild emotional rollercoaster – just coming to terms with life without her and the nightmare of how it all came to pass.
“It’s been tough, man. It’s been real hard.
“I’ve been going to a trauma counselor once a week and it’s definitely been helpful to learn how to process everything in a healthy way and get exercises that help my mental state of being.
“Christy’s memory is locked in stone for me, there’s not going to be anything that ever changes that.”
