Spector had been pulling guns on people for decades (he shot off a round in the studio while producing Lennon's Rock & Roll album, a real piece of trash), and locking people in his Castle, refusing to let them out (including The Ramones). A lot of people let him get away with it for a long time, looking the other way because of his legendary status in the music biz. Happens in film and politics too. In fact, with celebrity in general. Celebrity is now the gauge of wealth in the U.S.A., if not the entire world.
