After 14 Years Of 'Sexual Depravity,' Convicted Murderer Faces Life In Prison: DA

LOS ANGELES — A Beverly Hills man is facing life behind bars after he was convicted for charges related to 14 years of what prosecutors called "sexual depravity and violent tendencies," including the overdose death of two women and the sexual assault of rape of seven victims.

David Pearce, 42, was convicted of the following:

• two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Christy Giles and Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola
• three counts of forcible rape
• one count of sexual penetration by use of force
• one count of sodomy by use of force
• one count of rape of an unconscious woman
• one count of sexual penetration by foreign object

He's due back in court for sentencing on March 13 and faces up to 148 years to life in prison. He will be required to register as a sex offender for life, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.

“Today, a serial rapist was held accountable,” District Attorney Nathan Hochman said in a statement. “The office will prosecute to the fullest extent of the law those who illegally supply fentanyl and destroy lives, especially those who commit sexual assaults.”

Pearce met Giles and Cabrales-Arzola at a warehouse party in East Los Angeles in November 2021. Two hours after meeting, the women accompanied him, Brandt Walter Osborn and one other man to Pearce's Beverly Hills apartment, according to prosecutors.

At the apartment, Pearce provided the group with fentanyl and GHB. Both women overdosed, prosecutors said.

Pearce carried Giles out of the apartment about 11 hours later and carried Cabrales-Arzola about 90 minutes after that. He dropped the women off at two different local hospitals, prosecutors said.

Giles was dead when she was dropped off at the hospital. Cabrales-Arzola was resuscitated and died 11 days later, a day before her 27th birthday, prosecutors said.

"Upon further investigation, it was discovered that Pearce committed numerous drug-facilitated sexual assaults against multiple women. Seven victims testified at trial to Pearce’s sexual depravity and violent tendencies," prosecutors said.

Osborn, 44, was charged with two counts of being an accessory after the fact, but the trial resulted in a hung jury. He's due back in court for a pretrial hearing on March 13.

The DA's office referred to Pearce as a "Hollywood producer," while he described himself as an “entertainment professional,” though Pearce appears to have no production credits, according to the Hollywood Reporter.