fatally shooting actress Lana Clarkson at his suburban Alhambra, California mansion, replacing his former attorney, Robert Shapiro. She resigned from representing Spector over conflicts between them; he went on to be convicted of murder, under different counsel. In popular culture In 1993, while the trial was still ongoing, she was parodied on Saturday Night Live, where she was portrayed by Julia Sweeney, along with John Malkovich and Rob Schneider as Lyle and Erik Menendez. Sweeney portrayed Abramson again the following year as a talk show host defending the actions of Tonya Harding (played by Melanie Hutsell) and Slobodan Milošević (played by Patrick Stewart). In the 1994 television film Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills, Abramson is portrayed by Margaret Whitton. In 2017, Edie Falco portrayed Abramson in the first season of Law & Order True Crime, based on the Menendez trial. Falco was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for the role. Personal life Abramson was married to a pharmacist whom she divorced in 1969, with whom she had a daughter, Laine. She married Los Angeles Times reporter Tim Rutten, and the couple adopted a son. References 1943 births Living people People from Flushing, Queens 20th-century American women lawyers California lawyers Criminal defense lawyers Queens College, City University of New York alumni UCLA School of Law alumni 20th-century American lawyers 21st-century American lawyers 21st-century American women