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  <title>A&amp;E Crimes + Investigation: A Supposed Hollywood Producer Got 146 Years to Life in Prison for Fatally Drugging a Model and Her Friend</title>
  <pubDate>January 16, 2026</pubDate>
  <description>Robert Powers, associate professor of forensic science, comments that many common drugs used to facilitate sexual assaults have, 'effects on the ability to store memories.' This means drug-facilitated sexual assault victims may not remember the attack or even where they were prior to being drugged.</description>
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  <external_link>https://www.aetv.com/articles/david-brian-pearce-hollywood-producer-146-years-to-life-murder</external_link>
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  <author>robert-powers</author>
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    <tag>year-2026</tag>
    <tag>month-january</tag>
    <tag>name-robert-powers</tag><tag>college-business</tag>
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