She was married to Phil Spector. He was a music genius, but he was a real psycho. Held her prisoner in his estate in LA for years, always threatening to shoot her. Finally she escaped and made it back to her home in NY. Several years later Spector did murder a gal in his mansion, he is doing life in the California pen.
This and yes he should have rotted in prison (and he did, Ronnie outlived his sorry ass).