David Brian Pearce, who was accused of the murders of model Christy Giles and her friend Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola in November 2021, was convicted of first-degree murder in their deaths on Tuesday,

Prosecutors told jurors that Pearce is a calculating serial rapist who lured women to his home by posing as a Hollywood bigshot and promising to help them break into the entertainment business.

David Brian Pearce, the self-proclaimed Hollywood producer charged with the murder of Christy Giles and Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola, awaited his fate Tuesday as a Los Angeles jury reached a verdict in his murder trial.