Accused killer Sam Haskell appears in LA court as judge delays setting date for preliminary hearing on whether he'll stand trial for 'murdering wife and her parents'

Sam Haskell IV, nan Hollywood superagent's boy accused of sidesplitting and dismembering his woman and besides murdering her parents, appeared successful tribunal Thursday to look the Los Angeles judge who will determine if he will guidelines proceedings for nan grisly slayings.

Haskell, 36 – who has been connected termination watch astatine LA's notorious Twin Towers jailhouse since his apprehension 8 months agone – was led into LA Superior Court shackled and bare-chested, conscionable arsenic he was astatine previous tribunal appearances.

Sporting a shorter haircut and a heavily-tattooed precocious torso, Haskell kept looking astir nan courtroom during his little appearance, arsenic if searching for faces he would recognize. 

But location were nary friends aliases family present.

At a proceeding earlier a different judge successful January, Haskell’s half-naked quality – caused by old, worn velcro allowing his bluish situation termination watch overalls to gaffe down to his waist – prompted his lawyer, Weimortz, to entity to his customer being photographed, saying his bare thorax was ‘dehumanizing'.

In consequence nan judge astatine that proceeding ordered photographers to only sprout Haskell from nan cervix up.

But Thursday Weimortz raised nary objection since Judge Lisa Lench allowed nary photographs successful her court.

A day was expected to beryllium scheduled for a preliminary proceeding wherever LA's District Attorney will coming grounds and grounds and Judge Lench will norm whether nan lawsuit against Haskell is beardown capable for him to beryllium tried by a jury.

But aft consulting successful chambers pinch charismatic Beth Silverman and Haskell's attorney, Joseph Weimortz, Judge Lench delayed nan mounting of nan prelim day by 90 days to a proceeding connected October 15.

That apt intends he won't person a afloat preliminary proceeding till astatine slightest different 90 days aft that, meaning January 2025.

Haskell, who could look nan decease punishment if convicted, was arrested aft nan headless torso of a female – later identified arsenic his Chinese-born woman Mei, 37 – was found successful a dumpster near his agency successful Encino, northwest of LA, past November.

He was charged pinch murdering Mei and besides sidesplitting her parents, mother Yanking Wang, 64 and father, Gaoshan Li, 72, whose bodies person ne'er been found.

He has pleaded not blameworthy to each 3 execution counts.

Mei's friends person told DailyMail.com she had wanted to divorce Haskell for astatine slightest 4 years, but feared his powerful supplier begetter would seduce courts to springiness him custody of their 3 sons Samuel, 11, James, 8 and six year-old William.

Last week, an LA probate judge appointed Britney Spears's ex-conservator Jodi Montgomery arsenic impermanent financial guardian of nan young Haskell boys who will yet inherit nan $2.5 cardinal Tarzana location wherever they lived pinch their parents.

Prosecutors opportunity that connected nan time pursuing nan murders, Haskell hired 4 time laborers to region achromatic trash bags from nan house.

One worker revealed that he was paid $500 to remove 3 ample trash bags - adding that Haskell claimed they were filled pinch rocks earlier later pretending nan assemblage parts were 'Halloween props'.

'When we picked up nan bags, we could show they weren't rocks,' he said, noting that nan bags were soft and soggy.'

He and his co-workers looked wrong nan bags and wrong they saw 'body parts, a belly button.'

The men past returned nan bags and nan money to Haskell's home, telling him they did not 'want to beryllium involved', and reported him to police.

Haskell is nan boy of Samuel Haskell III, a erstwhile executive vice-president and worldwide caput of tv for nan talent agency William Morris Endeavor.

His clients included Dolly Parton, George Clooney, Kathie Lee Gifford, Whoopi Goldberg and King Charles's brother, Prince Edward. He discontinue successful 2004, and went connected to recovered Magnolia Hill Productions.

Haskell elder was besides CEO of nan Miss America statement from 2015-17, but resigned aft he was recovered to person criticized immoderate of nan contestants successful backstage emails, ridiculing 1 for gaining weight and describing different arsenic promiscuous.

Mei's friends person revealed nan expected fearfulness she lived successful for years fixed nan family's connections.

Mei's parents had moved into their six-bedroom location successful Tarzana astir six years agone to thief look aft nan couple's 3 young boys. 

Haskell agreed to nan LA Probate Court's assignment of Jodi Montgomery arsenic impermanent financial guardian of his young sons - who are presently being looked aft by hissister, Mary Lane, 34. A proceeding scheduled for August 13 will apt corroborate Montgomery arsenic their imperishable guardian.

Montgomery is besides acting arsenic administrator to Mei's property which includes nan $2.5million house. 

According to tribunal papers, nan spot – vacant since November – has been trashed since nan murders and 'has been surgery into aggregate times, items person been taken, and a mini occurrence was group wrong nan premises.'

Last Friday workers were seen changing nan locks astatine nan spot and a neighbour confirmed to DailyMail.com that nan location had antecedently been vandalized by thieves making disconnected pinch immoderate children's toys, among different items.