LOS ANGELES ( WBRC ) - A former Hollywood producer has been sentenced in the 2021 deaths of an Alabama native and another woman.

A judge in Los Angeles sentenced 43-year-old David Pearce to 146 years to life in prison after he was convicted on two murder charges stemming from the deaths of 24-year-old model and aspiring actress Christy Giles - a Gardendale native - and her 26-year-old friend Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola.

Pearce was also convicted on seven separate sexual assault charges involving seven different women.

Back in November 2021, officials said Pearce gave Giles and Cabrales-Arzola GHB, also known as the date rape drug, along with fentanyl, causing the two women to fatally overdose at a Los Angeles apartment.

Pearce was then accused of dumping their bodies at area ho

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