Model Christy Giles’ alleged murderer ‘manipulating the system’ to delay trial: family - New York Post

An alleged murderer stands accused of “using loopholes to manipulate the system” and evade facing proceedings for the overdose deaths of 2 young girls, according to their families.

David Pearce precocious switched attorneys, pushing backmost his proceedings implicit the deaths of exemplary Christy Giles, 24, and designer Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola, 26, whose lifeless bodies helium is accused of dumping extracurricular Los Angeles hospitals.

The friends had died of “multiple cause intoxication,” aft a nighttime of partying with Pearce and his pals successful November past year.

Their deaths were ruled homicides by the LA County coroner and prosecutors allege Pearce supplied the drugs that killed the girls.

Pearce — who has pleaded not blameworthy to the murders — appeared successful tribunal for his arraignment this week, but the proceeding was continued to Nov. 29 due to the fact that helium precocious hired a caller defence attorney, his 3rd truthful far.

David Pearce and 2 different men were arrested arsenic suspects liable for the deaths of Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola (right) and exemplary Christy Giles (left).WireImage

Ivan Ibarra-Arzola said his younger cousin, Hilda Cabrales-Arzola, was excited to commencement her caller occupation arsenic an interior decorator successful L.A. Ivan Ibarra-Arzola

Dusty and Leslie Giles, who flew successful from Alabama to be the proceeding successful the Los Angeles, walked retired upset.

“I conscionable consciousness similar David Pearce is manipulating the justness system,” Dusty told The Post.

“He’s been capable to resistance this retired for astir a twelvemonth present and helium continues to manipulate everyone, which continues to inflict pain.”

Alleged fishy David Pearce with Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola hours earlier her death.

Cabrales-Arzola’s cousin, Ivan Ibarra-Arzola, said helium was upset Pearce had been capable to hold his proceedings from starting.

He told The Post: “We conscionable privation justice. Nothing volition ever bring them back, but knowing [Pearce] is successful jailhouse and not hurting different people, that different household won’t endure gives a tiny comfort. But he’s inactive utilizing loopholes to manipulate the system.”

“We don’t privation a predator similar that retired successful the streets. People request to beryllium connected alert for radical similar him.”

Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola immigrated from Mexico to L.A. conscionable six months earlier her death, her relative said.

Despite the claims of the slain girls’ families, Pearce has not done thing legally improper nether the law, and is legally entitled to alteration his lawyer astatine immoderate time, who past has to beryllium fixed clip to hole his defence earlier a proceedings tin instrumentality place. Pearce’s existent lawyer did not respond to a petition for remark from The Post.

Architectural decorator Cabrales-Arzola and Giles met Pearce astatine a rave warehouse enactment past near with him and 2 different men and ended up astatine his Beverly Hills apartment. 

Giles had fentanyl, cocaine, ketamine and GHB successful her strategy erstwhile she died portion Cabrales-Arzola tested affirmative for cocaine and ecstasy, arsenic good arsenic different undetermined drugs, resulting successful aggregate organ failures. 

David Pearce with Paris Hilton and porn prima Ron Jeremy. WireImage

Ivan Ibarra-Arzola, left, said his younger relative precocious moved to L.A. to commencement her career.

Pearce was good known connected the Hollywood enactment country wherever helium claimed to beryllium a shaper though helium was amended known arsenic a nightclub enactment promoter paid to get world TV stars into clubs.

A thread connected the gossip tract TheDirty.com titled “Dave Pearce is simply a Bad Person” was dedicated to him. Anonymous posters claimed arsenic acold backmost arsenic 2012 that Pearce stole from them and that helium was physically and emotionally abusive.

Pearce was arrested successful December 2021 connected rape charges, with prosecutors alleging helium had sexually assaulted 1 pistillate successful 2010, raped different pistillate successful 2019, and 2 much women successful February and October 2020. He has pleaded not blameworthy to those charges.

Christy Giles’ parents Dusty and LeslieNY Post/David Buchan David Thomp

Pearce was incapable to wage bail of $3.4m and has remained successful jailhouse since, wherever helium was slapped with the execution charges relating to the deaths of Giles and Cabrales-Arzola.

Ibarra-Arzola added: “Our justness strategy is genuinely failing america … There were rumors astir this feline for truthful galore years but wherefore did nary 1 cheque up connected this?”

He said his younger relative had conscionable moved to Los Angeles from Mexico aft she secured a occupation with an interior plan firm. 

Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola’s received apical honors from the Universidad de Monterrey successful Mexico.

“She had conscionable had gotten each those things that you request erstwhile you archetypal get — she passed the DMV (test) and she had her visa truthful she could commencement working.

“She got an flat successful West Hollywood conscionable a fewer miles from her bureau and everything was going great. She was over-the-moon.”

Ibarra-Arzola said his creator cousin, who grew up successful Durango, Mexico graduated cum laude from the prestigious Universidad de Monterrey successful Mexico. 

Although she had lone been successful LA for astir six months, the talented decorator rapidly bonded with Giles, who had been reasoning of branching disconnected from her vocation successful modeling into design.