Phil Spector said in a civil trial deposition released Friday that he made the rounds of upscale restaurants but didn’t drink heavily or use illegal drugs on the night actress Lana Clarkson was shot to death in his mansion.

The documents were ordered released by the judge in Spector’s upcoming murder trial at the request of prosecutors. Superior Court Judge Larry P. Fidler noted that he had read the material and found “no smoking gun” in the testimony.

Spector, who said he has been diagnosed as manic depressive, said for the past eight years he had been taking anti-depressant medications prescribed for him by psychiatrists. Among them, he said, were Prozac, Neurontin and Clonopin.

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