David Pearce Has Been Charged In The Deaths Of Model Christy Giles And Hilda Marcela Cabrales Arzola

During a press conference on Tuesday, Gascon officially announced that David Pierce has been charged in the deaths of model Christy Giles and her friend Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola, whose bodies were dumped in two separate hospitals on November 13, 2021. Pearce, 37, was initially arrested the following month and charged with allegedly raping and sexually assaulting four women. On Tuesday, Gascon said investigators have found enough evidence to also link Pierce to the deaths of Giles and Cabrales-Arzola, and the rape and sexual assault of three additional victims.
“We knew this was going to be a long investigation and we started with the charges we knew we could prove,” Gascon said at the news conference. “Most had to do with the use and administration of drugs. David Pearce has been charged in the deaths of model Christy Giles and her friend Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola.WireImage/ Chris Weeks “Los Angeles did a lot of work here as well as our prosecution team because we knew they were murders and we wanted to prove that, and that’s why the pending charges were confirmed,” Gascon said. In addition to the two counts of murder, Pearce also faces multiple felony charges in connection with separate incidents with seven women that allegedly occurred between August 2010 and November 2021. Those charges include three counts of aggravated rape, two counts of sexual penetration by a foreign object, one count of sodomy and one count of sexual penetration with force. He also faces two counts of sale/offer to sell a controlled substance to Giles and Cabrales-Arzola. Pierce could face a maximum of 120 years in prison if convicted of the charges, Gascon said. Jacob Glucksman, Pearce’s defense attorney, told The Post on Tuesday that his client is being held on insufficient information.
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón shares that the LAPD did a lot of work to confirm the allegations of the brutal murder. MediaPunch / BACKGRID “All the allegations, including the new charges, are based on extremely weak evidence,” Glucksman said. “The DA’s Office prosecutes under the premise that ‘where there’s smoke there’s fire.’ The problem is they haven’t detected a fire yet.” Pearce’s friend, 42-year-old actor Brandt Osborn, was also charged with two counts of being an accessory after the fact. Osborn, a Staten Island native and Hollywood hangman, was initially arrested on Dec. 15, but was released two days later after the DA’s office dismissed his arrest information, according to LA County Sheriff’s records. On Tuesday, Gascon said a warrant had been issued for Osborne’s arrest. Michael Ansbach was released on $100,000 bond. Facebook/Mike Ansbach LAPD investigators said Pearce and Osborn, along with a third man — filmmaker Michael Ansbach — met Giles and Cabrales-Arzola at a party in Los Angeles on Nov. 13 and continued their night at Pearce’s apartment in Olympic Boulevard. LAPD officials said two masked men driving an unlicensed Toyota Prius dumped Giles’ lifeless body at a hospital in Culver City. A short time later, the men dropped off Cabrales-Arzola at Kaiser Permanente in West LA Cabrales-Arzola died on Nov. 24 — five days before her 27th birthday — after being declared brain dead, her family said. A photo of Cabrales-Arzola sandwiched between Ansbach and Pearce taken at the warehouse party also surfaced shortly after the men were arrested. Actors Alexandra Creteau and David Murrietta Jr., who worked with Osborn, told The Post that Osborn allegedly disclosed information during a shoot in November that he partied with women and later helped dispose of their bodies. “He told me how they had been partying, two girls came back to their place and the girls had a bunch of drugs,” Murrietta said. Defense attorney David Glucksman addresses the court for David Pearce’s bail hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court. David Buchan/New York Post Murrietta added that Osborn told him he left his apartment to get tested for COVID-19 for a commercial shoot, and when he returned his roommate informed him that Giles was dead. “She checked her pulse, got scared, decided not to call 911 and they decided what to do with the body,” Murrietta said. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office, Giles died from a mixture of cocaine, fentanyl, gamma-hydroxybutyric acid and ketamine, while Cabrales-Arzola died from multiple organ failure due to cocaine, ecstasy and other drugs in her system. . The medical examiner ruled the manner of death of both women as homicides. Giles’ husband, Jan Cilliers, told The Post on Tuesday that he was relieved that the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office filed charges against Pierce and Osborne. “There can never be true justice for the deaths of Christy and Marcela,” Cilliers said. “Nothing will bring them back and their deaths will affect the rest of our lives. The best we can hope for now is that the full truth comes out and they are removed for the maximum amount of time so they can no longer harm anyone else.” Pearce remains in jail in lieu of $3.4 million bail. He is scheduled to appear at a preliminary hearing on July 11.
Ansbach, 47, was released Dec. 16 on $100,000 bond. Prosecutors have yet to file charges against him.