The defense team for music producer Phil Spector said Thursday that there is not enough scientific evidence to convict their client for the alleged murder of Lana Clarkson.

Defense lawyer Linda Kenney-Baden said in her closing arguments on Thursday that the prosecution could not come up with evidence proving that Phil Spector shot Lana Clarkson to death more than four years ago, instead putting on a “stage show.”

The lawyer urged jurors to find Spector not guilty, saying that the prosecution wanted to set an example with the famous music producer and prove that celebrities do not benefit from a double standard in court.

Phil Spector, 67, is accused of having fatally shot Lana Clarkson, 40, in his home, in the early hours of Feb. 3, 2003. The two had met that very night, at the House of Blues on Sunset Strip, where the struggling actress was working as a hostess in the VIP area of the Foundation Room.

Spector invited her back to his home for a drink. Hours later, police found her slumped in a chair in the foyer of his Alhambra mansion, shot once through the mouth.

The music producer maintains he is innocent and has been out on $ 1 million bail. If convicted, he could spend 15 years to life behind bars.

The defense claims that Lana Clarkson was despondent over her failing acting career, worried about financial matters and disappointed with the movie industry, thus killing herself.

Both sides have brought forensic experts in court to testify about the nature of Clarkson’s wound, the blood spatter pattern and other details.

Kenney-Baden told jurors yesterday that all the scientific evidence presented before them showed the actress had pulled the trigger herself. “Those sleeves by themselves prove Phillip is innocent,” she said, referring to the blood splatter on the jacket Spector wore on the night of Clarkson’s death.

On Wednesday, Deputy Dist. Atty. Alan Jackson said in the prosecution’s closing arguments: “You hire enough lawyers to hire enough experts. If you pay someone enough money, you can get them to wear a tutu in court. You can get them to say just about anything in court.”

He urged the jurors to return a guilty verdict, saying, “You know in your heart of hearts he is responsible for her death. He killed her.”

Kenney-Baden said Thursday: “Cute jokes, tall tales, theatrics, what ifs, possibilities, embellishments, speculation and salacious scandal fit only for gossip rags, replaces the lack of forensic evidence.”

She added that the police “made up their institutional mind on day one that this must be a murder. They wanted this to be the first celebrity notch on their belt.”

The jury is expected to get the case on Friday.