for unpaid legal fees as well as state and federal taxes. On April 9, 2010, the state of California filed a tax lien against Blake for $1,110,878 in unpaid back taxes. On April 26, 2008, an appeals court upheld the civil case verdict, but cut Blake's penalty assessment in half, to $15 million. Blake's attorneys had protested that jurors improperly discussed the Michael Jackson and O. J. Simpson verdicts during deliberations of his case, but the appeals judge ruled that such discussions were not improper. See also List of unsolved murders References External links 1956 births 2001 deaths 2001 murders in the United States Actresses from Little Rock, Arkansas American murder victims American people convicted of fraud Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) Deaths by firearm in California Female murder victims People from Glen Gardner, New Jersey People from Memphis, Tennessee People from Morristown, New Jersey People from Studio City, Los Angeles People murdered in Los Angeles Unsolved murders in the United States 20th-century American women 20th-century American people