EXCLUSIVE
LOS ANGELES – A nurse who rushed to the aid of Robert Blake’s dying wife said the actor was evasive and oddly nonchalant as his spouse slowly died from gunshot wounds, according to a prosecution memo obtained by The Post.
The case against Blake is set to start this morning, with a preliminary hearing that will determine if there’s enough evidence to order a trial.
Blake, star of the 1970s TV hit “Baretta,” has been in jail since April 18, accused of murdering Bonny Lee Bakley after they dined at a Studio City restaurant on May 4, 2001.
Blake has told cops he left Bakley alone, sitting in their car, when he returned to Vitello’s Restaurant to retrieve a gun he accidentally left behind.
When he returned to find Bakley shot in the head, he ran to a nearby house to call 911, and then back to Vitello’s to get more help.
That’s where he apparently found nurse Teri Lorenzo-Castaneda, telling her that Bakley was hurt.
“Castaneda asked Blake what was wrong with his wife and he replied he didn’t know. Castaneda followed Blake out of the restaurant and as they walked toward Blake’s car, she repeatedly asked Blake what was wrong with his wife. He didn’t immediately answer,” according to the internal summary of prosecution witnesses.
According to prosecutors: “Castaneda later thought it was strange that Blake had only said there was something wrong with his wife, rather than telling her his wife was injured and bleeding.”
Castaneda was not the first bystander to tell cops of Blake’s odd behavior.
Movie director Sean Stanek, who allowed Blake into his house and called 911 for him, told cops he became suspicious.
Stanek was so concerned he even asked police to search his home in case Blake left behind any evidence.
“Stanek thought that it was possible Blake was armed with another gun and he may have hidden the gun in his house,” according to the memo.
Blake met with ABC’s Barbara Walters last week for a behind-the-bars chat to air tonight. He predicted he’d be acquitted but said cops and prosecutors have already destroyed him.
“What do I care [if I’m found guilty]? How do you kill a dead man?” Blake said.
“What are they gonna do to me they haven’t done already? They already took away my entire past. They took away my entire future.”