LOS ANGELES - Record producer and murder suspect Phil Spector claimed in parts of a deposition released Friday that he was beaten up by Alhambra police the morning he was arrested, requiring him to seek medical treatment.

"I saw a nose doctor for a broken septum," Spector said in the deposition, which was taken July 19 as part of a then-pending civil lawsuit against his former attorney. Spector also claims to have suffered "a dislocated spine where they cracked my spine."

Spector, 66, is scheduled to go on trial April 24 on a murder charge stemming from the Feb. 3, 2003, shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson at his Alhambra mansion. Spector met Clarkson when she was working as a VIP hostess at the House of Blues in West Hollywood.

Yesterday, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Larry Fidler gave prosecutors and the public access to half of a deposition Spector gave in his lawsuit against Robert Shapiro, who initially represented him in the murder case.

The record producer had sued Shapiro and the attorney's law firm, claiming Shapiro refused to return the unused portion of a $1 million retainer after leaving the case.

Shapiro denied any wrongdoing, and Spector dropped the lawsuit in December.

In his deposition, Spector claimed he "wasn't clearheaded" during all of his initial dealings with Shapiro after his arrest because police officers Tasered and beat him.

"I wasn't clearheaded if I had been Tasered and I had been beaten up," Spector said. "… I was groggy. I couldn't think straight. My memory was unclear."

Spector claimed he eventually sought medical treatment for his injuries, including an MRI and X-rays for his spine.

Shapiro, who deposed Spector, asked the record producer to list the medications he regularly takes.

The music producer said for eight years he has taken Prozac, Neurontin, Klonopin, tetracycline "for my skin" and "a heavier antacid which is a prescribed antacid but it's not an antacid."

When asked the last time he took the medications prior to his arrest, Spector initially said a day to two days before, but then said "probably the day before."

Spector said he had been diagnosed with "manic depressiveness and various degrees of it" and mentioned the death of a child at the age of 10 before one of his attorneys, Ray Boucher, cut him off.

"Phil, just answer the question," he said.

Shapiro had asked about Spector's symptoms, which Spector then described as: "No sleep, depression, mood changes, mood swings, hard to live with, hard to concentrate, hard - just hard - a hard time getting through life."

However, the record producer also said his medications have "helped me immensely."

As far as alcohol and illegal drugs, Spector claimed he "is not a big drinker" and never drank more than three drinks with his medications. He denied using any illegal substances in the last eight years.

Shapiro questioned Spector about his activities the night before he was arrested, but the record producer's attorneys instructed him not to answer any questions about his visit to the House of Blues or any events that followed, leading up to his arrest.

Spector did say that police told him he had about 10 weapons locked in a room in the second floor of his mansion.

He claimed to have forgotten they were there, and also said he had ammunition in the house before Boucher cut him off.

"The basis for the question is that the fee in question is directly related to the circumstances surrounding the charge, and certainly if weapons are involved at the home, that would be something that would be taken into consideration in setting a fee and determining the difficulty of the defense of this type of case," Shaprio countered, but Spector followed Boucher's advice.

Spector claimed that when he was in jail he knew Clarkson had been shot, but didn't know that she was dead.

He also referred once to a woman, mentioned only as "Ms. Short," as his fiancee.

Fidler is expected to rule soon on whether the prosecution and the public can have access to the second half of the deposition, which deals with legal fees. He said he is uncertain whether the public will be able to see that part of the deposition even if he releases it to prosecutors.