Chie Coggins-Johnson and Scott Barker

According to LA Weekly,  According to the prosecution, Barker, who was 23 years old at the time and not paying his rent as he tried to land work in the entertainment industry, was enraged that Takazato had pushed his girlfriend, then 20-year-old former rhythmic gymnast Chie Alexandra Coggins-Johnson, into prostitution and pornography. Takazato was also abusive towards Coggins-Johnson, the prosecution said.

Coggins-Johnson and Takazato were once romantically linked, but that turned into a “friendship,” the prosecutors said. Friends don't usually ask other friends to help pay off their gambling debts by going into the troublesome worlds of porn and prostitution, but that's exactly what Takazato asked Johnson to do, according to the prosecution. And she continued to live on and off with Takazato in Beverly Hills.

Their victim was Katsutoshi “Tony” Takazato.

Scott Barker was convicted of this murder and sentenced to prison. You can write to him at:

Scott Barker, AN8780
Pleasant Valley State Prison
P.O. Box 8500
Coalinga, CA 93210








Chie Coggins-Johnso had nmurder charges but pleaded no contest to assault with a deadly weapon in exchange for testimony and received probation. Barket's lawyer insists she is lying to save herself.

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