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O.J. Simpson faces charges over Las Vegas robbery
Sun Sep 16, 2007 5:28pm EDT
http://www.reuters.com/article/wtMostRead/idUSN1421498820070916
By Damon Hodge

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Las Vegas police are questioning football star O.J. Simpson and he is expected to be charged in connection with last week's alleged armed robbery at a hotel room in the U.S. gambling capital, a top law enforcement official said on Sunday.

"We're arresting him for probable cause," said the official, who asked not to be named.
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O.J. Simpson arrested in armed robbery in Las Vegas

The Assoicated Press
    1:48 PM CDT, September 16, 2007
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/chi-070916simpson-arrest-story,0,4701676.story?coll=chi_tab01_layout
LAS VEGAS - Police say they have arrested O.J. Simpson on charges related to the armed robbery of sport memorabilia.

Simpson was arrested shortly after 11 a.m. and is being brought back to a police office, Capt. James Dillon said.
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O.J. Simpson Accused in Vegas Robbery
 By RYAN NAKASHIMA | Associated Press Writer
    8:19 AM EDT, September 17, 2007
LAS VEGAS - O.J. Simpson's arrest may be the start of a new legal odyssey for the fallen football star, one that could reopen the possibility of prison time more than a decade after his acquittal on murder charges.

Police arrested Simpson on Sunday, saying he was part of an armed group that burst into a Las Vegas hotel room and snatched memorabilia that documented his storied career
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O.J. Simpson held without bail in Las Vegas robbery
 Dan Whitcomb, Reuters
Published: Monday, September 17, 2007
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Simpson, 60, was taken into custody at the Palms hotel just off the Las Vegas strip on Sunday morning without incident and booked on suspicion of armed robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, conspiracy and burglary, Las Vegas police said. If convicted on all charges, Simpson could face some three decades in behind bars.

Simpson will be held without bail pending a court hearing on Thursday, Sgt. John Loretto said.
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OJ's robbery caught on tape.  Go to TMZ to listen.  It's very damning, IMO:

http://www.tmz.com/2007/09/17/o-j-confrontation-caught-on-tape/

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The tape was recorded by Thomas Riccio, who co-owns the auction house Universal Rarities. Riccio met up with Simpson just before the confrontation at the Palace Station Casino on Thursday night.

We're told Riccio was on hand to help Simpson prove certain memorabilia being auctioned by Alfred Beardsley was ill-gotten. Riccio says he believed Simpson was going to confront Beardsley in the hotel room to give him an ultimatum -- either hand over the goods or Simpson would call the cops.

Riccio turned his Olympus digital voice recorder on before the group entered the room -- a group that included Simpson and four other men. Almost immediately, Simpson went wild, hurling profanities at Beardsley and another memorabilia dealer, Bruce Fromong.

The confrontation lasts six minutes. It is graphic and telling. Simpson is clearly the ringleader. Simpson repeatedly says, "Think you can steal my s**t and sell it?"

To hear much more of the confrontation, watch TMZ TV tonight.

We're told Riccio also recorded the police interview with Beardsley and Fromong. Riccio also claims he has audio of Beardsley and Fromong conceding they didn't have a right to the memorabilia. Riccio also says he has audio of Bruce Fromong saying he helped Simpson hide money in offshore accounts.

And there's this: Riccio's partner, Jeff Woolf, says Simpson left a message on Riccio's cellphone trying to convince him that there was no gun involved in the robbery

OJ Audio

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I made a rare spectacle of myself last night (Sunday 9/16/2007) and watched part of Geraldo (Big Show?), and all of Greta and Kimberly discuss OJ.

I tried today to locate the transcripts so I could post links but don't know how to find transcripts at the Fox site.

However, here is what I have pieced together about this incident, and I hope I have not mis-attributed information, but it does start blurring together.

The most telling information was from a telephone interview with a man named *I think* Mike Gilbert, who is a sports agent, and who was *I think* OJ's agent at the time of the two legal trials - both the criminal case and the civil case.

I can't plug in names here. No names were mentioned, because I think this story amounts to a conspiracy to defraud the Goldmans. The agent did use pronouns like "we" and "us" and "I" but I hesitate to attribute specific actions to him because he also talked about "they". (Maybe someone else can find these transcripts.)

This saga starts with the end of the civil trail and the award of $33 million to the Goldmans. (Oh, and quick reminder, JQK was the Goldman attorney for the civil case, or one of the attorneys, anyway.)

OJ and/or a friend got a tipoff the day before about people (sheriff's office?) coming to the Rockingham estate the next day to claim and collect valuables as a result of the Goldman award. (A query: Who gave the tipoff?)

If I heard this correctly, some Friends of OJ (FOJs) rented a truck and worked through the night to help OJ remove items from the home. From there, the items were taken to one or more rental storage facilities.

Some FOJs also helped set up off shore accounts to hide $$.

Flash forward 10+ years. Fairly recently it seems that a person I will call FOJ A got a notice from the storage rental place that the bill was in arrears, and if not paid by X date, the contents would be sold. (FOJ A representing the person in whose name the facility was being rented.)

This resulted in one or more Persons Unknown (FOJ A? B? XYZ?) going to the storage facility, paying the arrears amount, and unloading the storage container.

The contents were among the items that turned up in that LV hotel room Thursday night 9/13/2007. There were leather-bound copies of a never-published book OJ worked on while he was in jail during the criminal trial. Plus, some OJ-autographed footballs, jerseys and similar, typical sports memorabilia. AND (you just can't make up this stuff) a photo of OJ with J. Edgar Hoover …

(There must have been a fairly large volume to have required a commercial storage facility, or perhaps there was more at one time … maybe  FOJ A? B? XYZ? have been leaking items for sale over the years? Maybe that container had so little left in it, that FOJ A? B? XYZ? decided to shut it down - and have a "Close Out" sale?)

I am trying to clarify that when the Police say that "ownership" is in question, they're not merely talking about the items taken 9/13 that were Joe Montana memorabilia etc. As FOJs clearly know, legally speaking, the OJ-related stuff belonged to the Goldmans.

So a number of FOJs are really annoyed with him because his action (an over reaction, really) has exposed them to possible legal repercussions for helping him with these nefarious dealings all these years. This is why the guys who were selling the stuff have been a bit vague about "ownership" …

Given this scenario, there is no way OJ would have called the cops, and even threatening to call them would have been laughable. "Hey, LAPD? Somebody's stolen some stuff I was hiding from the Goldmans ... "

Meanwhile - again, if I heard this correctly - the suit that has been mentioned … the suit OJ was wearing when he was acquitted … according to this Gilbert guy, it is in his (Gilbert's) possession, was never in a storage facility, and was not among the items in the hotel room that night. I inferred that OJ gave it to him right after the trial, and he's had it ever since.

No idea how close to the mark any of this is - but it seems to explain a lot.

Did y'all notice that the "groom" is one of the suspects? (Supposedly it was a renewal of vows, not a "real" wedding ... )

Will Walter Alexander Sing: OJ Simpson May Finally Do Hard Time
By Lynda Johnson
Sep 16, 2007
http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_272616107.shtml
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Here's the situation so far for Simpson.  Walter Alexander, 46, of Arizona, was arrested Saturday night on two counts of robbery with a deadly weapon, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, conspiracy to commit robbery and burglary with a deadly weapon. He was described as one of Simpson's golfing buddies.

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Speculation is that he may roll over on Juice.  Robert Rentzer Alexander's lawyer tells TMZ that he spoke with Alexander yesterday, and after a brief conversation, instructed Alexander to fly to L.A. to meet with him. On his way to the Las Vegas airport, cops arrested Alexander
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Oprah Winfrey Boycotts O.J. Simpson Book
by Staff
Published: Sep 14, 2007
http://www.postchronicle.com/news/original/article_212103649.shtml

Interview on Geraldo at Large with Tom Riccio who set up the sting..

http://tinyurl.com/2n6lzo

Simpson Arraignment Set For Wednesday
http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=7086499
Sep 17, 2007 01:25 PM
as Vegas -- O.J. Simpson's arraignment has been set for Wednesday, with a bail hearing to be held after that. That's according to a Las Vegas court information officer.
 
A judge ordered Simpson held without bail after he was arrested and booked Sunday on charges connected with what police described as a robbery at a Las Vegas hotel.
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Thanks for all the news reports. I am much more interested in how you feel about OJ.

I think he did a stupid thing in Las Vegas. He got away with murder but now he will go down for a robbery.

What a pin head.

Maybe there really is a God. For sure, Karma got him.

You Got that Right!  I hope justice is served for the murders, even if it's for this stupid action and his narcisstic and arrogant ways! 
Life or More!  He's already got to enjoy 13 yrs. of freedom for the murdrers.

My biggest curiosity is how those jurors really feel now after 13 yrs!?

I personally think he got away with murder... and I do hope they are able to really punish him.


On the issue of double jepordy which I posted more fully on the Musings Thread, I hope that they try him on a different charge or add to his sentence here so that he fully pays his dues. 

I heard speculation somewhere today that these guys were possibly the accomplices to the murder... I forgot where I heard that though..(.heck, my day was so long I may have just read it...)

Louise, you and are are thinking alike on this one.  :thumright:

Dedicated to OJ:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=XILPUjF232M

Sorry, couldn't resist.  :lol:

O.J. Simpson lawyer says there's no evidence against former star
By LINDA DEUTSCH AP Special Correspondent
Article Launched: 09/17/2007 06:30:18 PM PDT
http://**/breakingnews/ci_6921679
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"If it was anyone but O.J. Simpson, he would have been released by now," said Galanter who maintained that witness statements will clear Simpson
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What does that mean?  "If it was anyone but O.J. Simpson....Awww.  Are they pickin' on innocent ole O.J. again?  imo O.J. put himself right where he is-in jail.

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Simpson had offered to surrender to police even if he had to return from his home in Miami, but they chose to arrest him, Galanter said.   :shock: :shock: Really now.  How shocking.  The police chose to arrest him.   Memo to O.J.:  The police can do that.  They don't have to make a deal with you.  No special treatment for O.J. He shouldn't be treated worse than the average citizen, but he shouldn't get ANYTHING extra either.  He can just deal with it like the rest of the population when they pull an armed robbery, imo

http://www.tmz.com/2007/09/17/another-simpson-suspect-surrenders/

Another Simpson Suspect Surrenders
Posted Sep 17th 2007 9:30PM by TMZ Staff
Filed under: Celebrity Justice

Las Vegas Metro Police have arrested a third suspect in the O.J. Simpson investigation.

53-year-old Clarence Stewart turned himself in to cops at his lawyer's office earlier today, reports the Associated Press. Stewart is accused of being one of the gun-toting men in Simpson's posse when the group allegedly broke into a Vegas hotel room and stole a bunch of sports memorabilia last Thursday.

Cops say Stewart has turned over some of the missing goods, including autographed footballs.

Stewart was held on two felony counts of robbery with a deadly weapon, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, burglary with a deadly weapon and conspiracy

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070918/ap_on_re_us/o_j__simpson

Goldmans to seek Simpson memorabilia
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On Tuesday, the family plans to file request in Superior Court to obtain ownership of the sports memorabilia seized.
David Cook, an attorney for Goldman's father, Fred Goldman, said he believed Nevada authorities would turn over the items with a court order after Simpson's criminal case finishes. The items include Simpson's Hall of Fame certificate, a gold Rolex watch and the suit Simpson wore on the day he was acquitted, Cook said.

"Assuming that this case is resolved one way or another, at the end of the case, the stuff will never go back to Mr. Simpson," Cook vowed. "He's going to walk out of Clark County empty-handed."

I am beginning to have an issue with Fred Goldman.  I keep seeing interviews with him where he says its not about the money.  Now that is just a very dumb remark on his part.  It is ALL about the money.  It is not that they do not have a right to seek a return on their lawsuit.  It is more about let's just tell it like it is.   In the last interview I saw he was gesturing with his hands about how each little bit of money they could keep from Simpson was justice and it had nothing to do with money.  Sorry Fred, but it ain't so.  When the book was banned from being published by OJ you won!!!!!  OJ was stopped from earning one dime from the book.  It needed to stop there.

Now the book is going to be published and since OJ doesn't get the money it is very apparent that it is now about the money.  As I said before, the Goldman's have a right to seek justice with their lawsuit, but don't paint it to be something it isn't.  In fact, I would have to guess that given OJ's perverse sense of wishing to be in the spotlight, the book will give some measure of satisfaction to OJ just to know that he is letting other know how clever he was.   NOT .... but not in his own eyes.

I can understand Fred Goldman feeling that getting Simpson in tight financial straits is, after all, the only way remaining to inflict punishment on him. The Goldmans have an enabling court award.  It IS about the money - not so much the Goldmans making money, but preventing Simpson from doing so. Clearly this has been a long and tedious process and I doubt that the Goldmans have retrieved very much so far.

The book has alienated the Goldmans and Browns. Nicole's family didn't want the book published, period - I understand that OJ says nasty things about Nicole in the book. I don't know how I would feel if I were in either party's shoes.

In my own shoes, I don't plan to buy or read the book. I'm not interested in a thing OJ has to say.

Judge denies broad request to seize Simpson property

By ROBERT JABLON, Associated Press Writer

Tuesday, September 18, 2007
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2007/09/18/entertainment/e105458D03.DTL
A Superior Court judge tentatively denied a request Tuesday by the father of murder victim Ron Goldman to take O.J. Simpson's earnings from everything from autograph signings to video games to satisfy a multimillion-dollar legal judgment awarded 11 years ago.

Instead, Judge Gerald Rosenberg gave Fred Goldman's lawyer, David Cook, one week to come up with a list of sports memorabilia items the former football star was accused of stealing last week from a Las Vegas hotel room.

Simpson was acquitted in criminal court of the 1994 murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Goldman, but a civil court jury found him liable for the deaths and ordered him to pay $33.5 million. The award remains largely unpaid.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - If the Goldman family has its way, it may soon own the sports memorabilia O.J. Simpson is accused of committing armed robbery to recover for himself. One man charged along with the former football star said Tuesday that the Las Vegas hotel room dispute seemed like a setup.

Walter Alexander, 46, said Simpson may have been tricked because the memorabilia dealer who tipped him off also recorded everything on tape.

"It sounds like a setup to me," Alexander told ABC's "Good Morning America" on Tuesday. He said Simpson had thought the memorabilia belonged to him after getting a call from the dealer.

"He did believe that he was going to retrieve his own property," Alexander said.

One of the memorabilia dealers who spoke publicly about the incident on Monday and described Simpson and a group of men coming into the hotel room "commando style" was hospitalized later that day with chest pains, a staff member at Century City Doctors Hospital said Tuesday.

Bruce Fromong was transferred to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the staff member said, declining to give her name. A Cedars-Sinai spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a call seeking information about Fromong's condition.

Simpson was being held without bail Tuesday in Clark County Detention Center on six felonies, including two counts of robbery with use of a deadly weapon.

Witnesses and authorities have said that they don't believe Simpson had a gun but that some of the men with him did. If convicted, Simpson could receive up to 30 years in state prison on each robbery count.

The Heisman Trophy winner has been in and out of the spotlight since he was acquitted of murder in the 1994 deaths of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman.

The Goldman family, which won a civil verdict against Simpson, has waged a decade-long campaign to track down and claim his assets to fulfill the civil verdict. It planned to file a request in Superior Court on Tuesday to obtain ownership of the sports memorabilia seized.

David Cook, an attorney for Goldman's father, Fred Goldman, said he believed Nevada authorities would turn over the items with a court order after Simpson's criminal case finishes. The items include Simpson's Hall of Fame certificate, a gold Rolex watch and the suit Simpson wore on the day he was acquitted, Cook said. {Again with this suit - per a previous post, I thought the sports agent guy, Mike Gilbert??, said he has the suit.}

"Assuming that this case is resolved one way or another, at the end of the case, the stuff will never go back to Mr. Simpson," Cook vowed. "He's going to walk out of Clark County empty-handed."

Another man suspected in the alleged heist surrendered Monday. Clarence Stewart, 53, of Las Vegas, lived at one of the residences that police searched early Sunday to recover some of the memorabilia.

Stewart turned over some of the missing goods, including footballs bearing autographs, police said. He was being held on six felony charges, including robbery with a deadly weapon and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon.

A fourth man, Tom Scotto, was questioned and cleared of suspicion after police concluded he was not in the room, reducing the number of outstanding suspects to two, police said. Both were apparently seeking attorneys and preparing to surrender, police said.
{Scotto was the "groom" at the renwal of vows ceremony.}

Alexander, who faces charges almost identical to Simpson's, said he went to Las Vegas for a wedding and not to see Simpson. "I just happened to get caught up in a bad situation," he told ABC's "Good Morning America."

Simpson's arraignment was set for Wednesday. Yale Galanter, Simpson's lawyer, said he was preparing a bond motion and will ask for Simpson's release on his own recognizance.

"If it was anyone other than O.J. Simpson, he would have been released by now," he said.

"You can't rob something that is yours," Galanter said. "O.J. said, 'You've got stolen property. Either you return it or I call the police.'"

The Goldmans hope the property never finds its way back to Simpson.

In 1997, a civil jury in Santa Monica returned $33.5 million in judgments against Simpson in a wrongful-death lawsuit by the families of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.

The jury awarded $8.5 million in compensatory damages to Ron Goldman's estate and a total of $25 million in punitive damages, divided equally between both estates. Despite extensive court hearings, however, most of the judgment has remained unpaid.

In 1999, seized personal property was auctioned off, raising only $430,000, more than half of it from the sale of his Heisman Trophy. The house itself did not generate anything toward paying the judgment. A bank foreclosed on the home, put it up for auction and bought it back.

Tuesday's hearing was originally scheduled in connection with any money the Goldmans say Simpson earned from a video game featuring his likeness.

Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8RNVQG80&show_article=1 (http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8RNVQG80&show_article=1)

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/18/oj.simpson/index.html

Prosecutors charge O.J. Simpson and three others
Story Highlights
NEW: Prosecutors file numerous charges against Simpson and others

NEW: Alleged victim in critical condition following heart attack, hospital says

Man alleges O.J. Simpson, others entered room with authority

Ex-NFL star Simpson held without bond, due in court Wednesday


LAS VEGAS, Nevada (CNN) -- Prosecutors on Tuesday filed numerous criminal charges against former NFL star O.J. Simpson and three other men in connection with an alleged armed robbery at a Las Vegas hotel last week.

The charges include conspiracy to commit a crime; conspiracy to commit kidnapping; conspiracy to commit robbery; and first-degree kidnapping with use of a deadlyweapon.

One of the alleged victims of the purported robbery suffered a major heart attack and is in critical condition at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the hospital said.

Bruce Fromong was hospitalized Monday after experiencing chest pains, The Associated Press reported. He was admitted to one hospital and then transferred to another, according to AP.

Simpson is accused of using force to illegally seize sports memorabilia from a hotel room where Fromong and another alleged victim were located.

One alleged victim said he thought the whole thing was a law enforcement operation.

"They came into that room like policemen or military style people," Alfred Beardsley said on CNN's "Larry King Live" Monday night.

"They were well dressed. It was a takeover situation and they knew what they were doing. I thought they were involved in law enforcement or the FBI," Beardsley said of the incident Thursday.

Simpson, 60, was arrested Sunday and booked on two counts of robbery with a deadly weapon, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon and one count each of armed burglary and conspiracy to commit burglary, Las Vegas police Capt. James Dillon said.

Prior to his arrest, Simpson said he was merely retrieving items that belonged to him, and that no guns were involved.

Police said Simpson orchestrated the incident and the suspects had at least two firearms, which authorities recovered during searches.

Simpson is being held without bail and is expected to appear in court Wednesday morning, when charges are likely to be filed, Las Vegas Judge Nancy Oesterle said Monday.

Another suspect, Walter Alexander, was arrested Saturday in connection with the incident and released without bail.

A third suspect, Clarence Stewart, was booked Monday night on six counts of robbery, assault, burglary and conspiracy. He posted bail early Tuesday morning and was released, the Clark County Detention Facility said.

Beardsley told Larry King that he was contacted last month by Thomas Riccio, who said he had a client who wanted to buy some high-end O.J. Simpson items and would pay top dollar for them.

Beardsley then called Fromong, a Simpson acquaintance, who gave him a list of items he could provide.

Although the items Fromong mentioned were in the room at the Palace Station Hotel and Casino on Thursday, Beardsley said he himself did not purchase them.

"There's a lot of controversy about who is owner of the items right now," Beardsley said. "I'd rather let a judge decide who is the owner, (but) they were in mine and Bruce Fromong's possession."

That ownership will be disputed Tuesday in a court in Los Angeles, as Fred Goldman and his family ask a judge to order Simpson to turn over the items he allegedly stole in the hotel incident.

Beardsley said he was still in shock over the robbery, which he said involved at least two guns.

"This guy came over at gunpoint and ordered me to pack the items up," he said. "I refused. I was told to 'Get the f--- up, get the f--- up.' "

"It was scary. You just wait it out, see what's going to happen. ... It was pretty bad," Beardsley added.

Beardsley also identified Walter Alexander as the man who shouted "Police!" when the group came through the door of the hotel room.

Alexander, 46, was arrested Saturday in connection with the alleged robbery and was released on his own recognizance, said his attorney, Robert Rentzer.

The attorney said Alexander agreed to talk to prosecutors "on the condition that nothing he said could or would be used against him."

Police retrieved two firearms after Alexander gave them information that resulted in the issuance of three search warrants, Dillon said Sunday.

Alexander told King that he had been friends with Simpson for years, and he was in Las Vegas to attend the same wedding that Simpson planned to attend.

He said he knew "exactly what happened in that situation (the alleged robbery) before, during and after," and he claimed that Simpson was "set up."

According to a recording that a celebrity news Web site claims came from the incident, Simpson walked into the hotel room barking orders and profanities and repeatedly accusing someone of stealing his things.

The audio recording on TMZ.com portrays an angry Simpson ordering people to stay in the hotel room and questioning the person he thinks stole from him.

"Don't let nobody out of this room," Simpson says to one person in the room before directing his ire at one person. "Motherf------, you think you can steal my s--- and sell it?" Hear TMZ's recording of the confrontation »

Alexander told King Monday: "It's very obvious that Thomas Riccio had intentions to set O.J. up, and that's what happened."

Riccio, who is an auctioneer, is the source of the recording, according to TMZ.com.

"Unfortunately, I was in the wrong place at the wrong time and now I'm in the middle of this mess and I hate that it happened," Alexander said.

He predicted that this time, Simpson will go to jail for what happened.

"There's been an outcry for him to pay for possibly past transgressions," Alexander said.

Here is the actual complaint filed:

http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2007/images/09/18/criminal.complaint.pdf

Simpson charges include kidnapping


Former football star and three other men are charged with 10 felonies in connection with the alleged theft of sports memorabilia in Las Vegas.
By Ashley Powers, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
3:25 PM PDT, September 18, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/celebrity/la-me-simpson19sep19,1,4045240.story?coll=la-celebrity-news

http://www.tmz.com/

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Big Surprise ... O.J.'s Got No Friends!
Posted Sep 18th 2007 8:50PM by TMZ Staff

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department has just released the visitor list for O.J. Simpson, and apparently he's got no friends! (*crickets*).

According to a press release issued by the cops, the following people have visited the Juice in his cell:

Legal 09/17/07 @ 0840 Scott Holper(atty) Phillip Kohn(Pd) Daren Richards(Pd)
Legal 09/17/07@ 1230 Scott Holper(atty) Liborius Agwara (atty) Malcolm Lavergne(atty)
Social 09/17/07 @2000 Christine Prody, Mattie Baker
Legal 09/18/07 @0830 Scott Holper (atty)
Legal 09/18/07@0940 Gabriel Grasso (atty)
Religious 09/18/07@1450 Robert Greene(religious)
As of 09/18/07 @ 1620 hrs., these are the only visits that he has had.

Christine Prody is the Juice's longtime girlfriend and Mattie Baker is his sister.

Sign that guy up for MySpace!

The last part of the robbery video tape  - uncensored

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According to OJ its always somebody else's fault.
I hope the Goldman's are able to take everything from OJ. What else can they do? Its their only way of punishing him for what he did. Im lovin it.

I wonder why Marcia Clark is in the courtroom? Scary thought, lol.

OJ Simpson granted bail
Wed Sep 19, 2007 12:15 PM EDT161
http://tinyurl.com/2pzfdlLAS VEGAS (Reuters) - A Las Vegas court granted bail of $125,000 on Wednesday to former American football star O.J. Simpson, who faces criminal charges stemming from what police say was an armed robbery of his own sports memorabilia at a Las Vegas hotel.
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 A court spokesman, Michael Sommermeyer, said Simpson would be freed on bail later on Wednesday.

Under the bail conditions, Simpson, who lives in Florida, will have to surrender his passport but will be allowed to travel within the United States.
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I watched Fox News during my lunch hour.  They were reporting that the judge specified that O.J. surrender his passport, that he make no attempts to contact witnesses in any way (including phone or email) AND that he not engage anyone else to contact the witnesses. 

I was glad to hear that....out of fear something mysterious might happen to a witness before the next court appearance in late October.

I must admit, I haven't followed this case closely.  I am puzzled though, why would the Goldman's want that stuff of OJ's??  I would think its worthless junk to anyone but OJ.  Well maybe that football is worth big bucks,  but pictures aren't IMHO.  Besides,  why would the Goldman's want anything that reminds them of a murderer? 
MsVada

Apologies on messing up the post/ quote.  I didn't go down far enough, past the quote notation when I posted  :2doh:

Just heard on the news a little while ago that some of the 'stuff' was his mothers'.  Guess he could say he had given it all to her.  Give me a break!   :-x

In the civil trial, the Goldman's were awarded $30+ million.  Many things were set to be confiscated from OJ to be sold and money give toward the settlement (the only form of punishment/justice the Goldman's could get).  Just before the items were to be confiscated, OJ says his "stuff" was stolen and there was nothing for the Goldman's to have.  Money disappeared, too. However, OJ did not make a police report.  Was widely thought at the time that OJ had some of his friends take away his "stuff" so that the Goldman's could not have it.

Now, we know from the Las Vegas incident, that these items are some of the "stuff" that was taken.  We also know, because it's on tape, that one of OJs friends back then was upset with OJ breaking in on them and said "I opened off-shore accounts for OJ".

Thinking.....there's money to be found.  This is NOT over!!

'You're a Fool'
O.J.'s friend challenges Mark Fuhrman to on-air debate

Video Link (http://www.foxnews.com/video2/player06.html?091907/091907_studiob_fuhrman&Studio_B&%27You%27re%20a%20Fool%27&acc&US&-1&News&100&&&new)

Muffy

Thank you for responding.  Your post was helpful to me to see why they would want it.  Worthless as it might be, it is something personal to OJ and taking that away from him is in a way, getting a bit of satisfaction.  I know that didn't come out right, but I'm sure you know what I mean.....

I hope to God that OJ will not dominate the media from now until his next trial. I can't find any TV news station that is not talking about OJ. In 1995, when the jury said they had a verdict, the company I worked for assembled in the conference room to watch the TV. I was shocked at the not guilty verdict but my boss was elated and shaking hands with many people.

I am filled up to my neck with OJ. I'm tired of hearing about him. It seems he is two different people.

He isn't two different people, he is one monster that I hope finally gets what he deserves! 

I think I understand what Louise meant.  My husband said several days ago that he had once thought that OJ had some intelligence or an ounce of such...many looked upon his early successes in football & film as 'something'.  The murder trial negated this thought & now this latest confirms he never did deserve to earn any admiration by the public.  (DH had once bumped into him while leaving a Ft Lauderdale restaurant with business associates long before 1994 and was quite impressed that he was leaving a place that OJ frequented)

The image of long ago & the reality of who OJ is perhaps what Louise is referring to as two people.  Just my thought, at present.

Hi 2NJSons_Mom.

Thanks for your thoughts.

I hate football and was never an OJ fan, although my daughter was. The world loved him.

What I mean when I say he is two people, is that he is so jovial and friendly and likable and on the same day, he is committing robbery and guns are involved. Then he goes back to smiling and schmoozing.

Court apologizes to Simpson lawyers for camera-phone photo
updated 4:53 p.m. EDT, Fri September 21, 2007
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 LAS VEGAS, Nevada (CNN) -- A court administrator apologized to lawyers for O.J. Simpson on Thursday after a court employee was caught taking a picture of the former football star during his first court appearance on robbery, kidnapping and assault charges.
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Simpson appears in court Wednesday -- offering a tempting target for an amateur paparazzo.

Charles Short, the chief executive officer for Clark County, Nevada, courts, said a court reporter used a mobile phone camera to snap the picture of Simpson as he left the courtroom at the end of Wednesday's hearing.
Our court is a professional organization, and this behavior is an aberration and will not be tolerated," Short wrote in a letter to Simpson lawyers Yale Galanter and Gabriel Grasso.

The photo was deleted before it could be distributed, and the employee's actions have been addressed "in the appropriate way," he wrote.
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A Timeline of Latest O.J. Simpson Case

18 hours ago
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Louise, this is the behaviour of a true sociopath.  As much as I hope he gets the "book thrown at him", in the back of my mind, I have my doubts.  If that man dies, and the other "victim" refuses to press charges, some are saying he might get away with it.  I truly hope Nevada is better at inforcing the law than Ca.  It seems that you can get away with murder there if you have the money....ex. Phil Spechter...OJ himself....both obviously proven guilty by the Prosecutors......WTH do they get their Jurists from????

Antiem,

I have been on jury duty five times over twenty years in Los Angeles. I wanted to do my civic duty. I enjoyed it.

My daughter received many jury notices and she threw them in the trash. My neighbors who can't speak English came to me and I told them to throw it in the trash.

My old shrink got a notice and he was nervous about trying to get out of it. I gave him some tips on how to get the judge/lawyers to dismiss you. They do not like having psychiatrists on a jury. Nor actors.

I got a notice some months ago to which I did not respond. I got another notice and ignored it. Then I got a postcard saying that if I didn't contact them immediately, I could be subject to a fine. There is no way to prove I got any of those notices.

My last time on jury duty was in the same courtroom as the Wynona Rider case with the same judge.

Once in the late 60s I was on a jury with a crazy man who didn't know how to vote. He asked us, "Should I vote innocent or guilty?"

My bottom line is that the most intelligent people in LA do not want to serve on jury duty and are smart enough to escape.

I have acquitted two cases, swung the jury on another case, and hung the jury on the last two cases.

You have an interesting view of jury duty, Louise.  Even at my age, I have never served on a jury.  I suppose I could get out of it if that was my inclination.  Around here there are not very many public employees that end up on juries.  I can remember being called once, but that was during a summer.  You see, around here they do not like to call teachers or educators during the school year because they are being paid by tax dollars.  It would put pressure on the budgets if they were to include educators in the "pool."  I never thought that was fair, but really very few of us ever served.  I suspect that is true of most employees being paid under a budget funded by tax dollars.

The only time I went through questioning was for a personal injury case and the doctor giving the testimony in the trial just happened to be my own.  I was excused immediately and I have never been called again.

Oct 5, 7:09 PM EDT
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O.J.'s Rolex a Fake, Ordered Returned

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) -- O.J. Simpson is getting his fake Rolex watch back. The timepiece, seized earlier this week by attorneys for Fred Goldman, was ordered returned to the former football star after it was determined to be a knockoff made in China.
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Cook had hoped the watch might be worth as much as $22,000, but an appraisal from San Francisco jeweler Shreve & Co. concluded it was worth only about $100. Simpson had told his lawyer, Ronald Slates, he paid $125 for it.
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I wonder if this was an old switcherooty. Did OJ have a real Rolex and has had this fake one for the reason he was afraid it would be taken?  Or did he just want to have that Rolex look without the Rolex pricetag?

Witness to O.J. Simpson's Alleged Armed Robbery

Wednesday, October 10, 2007
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,300697,00.html
 This is a rush transcript from "On the Record ," October 9, 2007. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.

GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, HOST: There is a dramatic new twist in the O.J. Simpson alleged armed robbery at a Las Vegas hotel room.

Christy Lutkemeier was not in the room that day, but Christy heard the entire heist go down.

How is that possible? Christy is here to explain. She is joined by her attorney, Ken Miller. Christy and Ken, nice to see both of you.

Christy, let me start with you. Let's go back to September 13. How is it that you know what happened in that room?
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Oct 12, 6:29 PM EDT

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LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A co-defendant in O.J. Simpson's armed robbery case will plead guilty to a reduced charge and testify that guns were involved in the theft of sports collectibles from two memorabilia dealers, the man's lawyer said Friday.

Charles Cashmore is accused of being one of five men who joined Simpson in a hotel-room confrontation with two sports memorabilia dealers. He will testify that two of the other men who entered the room with the former football star were armed, Cashmore's lawyer Edward Miley said.

Miley said Cashmore will plead guilty Monday to being an accessory to robbery, a felony that could get him up to five years in prison. A court hearing is set for Monday, a court clerk confirmed.

"He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time," Miley said of Cashmore, a 40-year-old laborer, bartender and disc jockey who lives in Las Vegas.

A spokesman for Clark County District Attorney David Roger declined immediate comment.

Simpson and the others are charged with kidnapping, armed robbery, assault, burglary and conspiracy in the Sept. 13 encounter in a Las Vegas casino hotel room between Simpson and memorabilia collectors Alfred Beardsley and Bruce Fromong.

Simpson also faces a felony charge of coercion, alleging that he took a cell phone from Fromong.

Simpson has said he wanted to retrieve personal items that belonged to him, and his lawyers have maintained that no guns were used.

But Cashmore will testify that Walter Alexander and Michael McClinton, two men who entered the room with Simpson, had guns, Miley said. Miley said Cashmore was unarmed during the alleged robbery.

"The only people with guns that he knew of were Alexander and McClinton," Miley said, adding that Cashmore's crime was failing to immediately go to police and turn over the items he carried out of the room.

Cashmore surrendered to authorities six days later and turned over the items, after police released images from hotel security videotapes showing him carrying a box from the room.
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Co-Defendant: O.J. Said to Bring Guns to Meeting
Wednesday, October 17, 2007

 
LAS VEGAS —

O.J. Simpson wanted armed men with him when he confronted two sports memorabilia dealers, according to a co-defendant who has agreed to a plea deal agreed to testify for the prosecution in the armed robbery case.

"O.J. said 'Hey, just bring some firearms,"' Walter Alexander told police in a transcript of his tape-recorded statement obtained by The Associated Press.

Alexander told police after his arrest Sept. 15 that he and another man showed up with guns at the former football star's request, then headed with him into a casino hotel room to retrieve collectibles that Simpson said belonged to him.

"He said ... 'we won't have to use 'em, but ... just to look tough, you know, so that these people know that, you know, we're here for business,"' Alexander said.

Simpson has denied guns were involved.

If Alexander's assertion turns out to be true, "it hurts O.J. tremendously," Edward Miley, lawyer for co-defendant Charles Cashmore, said Wednesday.

Cashmore also has agreed to a plea deal

O.J. Getting Close to the Juicer  

Posted Oct 23rd 2007 12:48PM by TMZ Staff
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Two co-defendants have pleaded guilty to reduced charges and agreed to testify in the O.J. Simpson armed
robbery case in Las Vegas.

Walter Alexander and Charles Cashmore were in court today in Las Vegas. In return for their testimony against O.J., Clark County District Attorney David Roger agreed to drop charges including kidnapping, armed robbery, assault with a deadly weapon and conspiracy against both men. The two remain free pending sentencing.

New charges expected against O.J. Simpson

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LAS VEGAS (AP) -- New charges are expected to be filed in Nevada against O.J. Simpson and three co-defendants in an alleged hotel armed robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers.

Their lawyers are due in court later today to discuss a revised criminal complaint. Court documents obtained by The Associated Press outline the additional charges.

According to the documents, Simpson and the other three will now face 12 charges. A new charge of coercion is set for Simpson; two new coercion charges are set for the other three.

The complaint removes Walter Alexander and Charles Cashmore from the case. They pleaded guilty to reduced charges yesterday.

Alexander had told police that Simpson wanted armed men with him when he confronted the sports memorabilia dealers to retrieve items that Simpson said belonged to him. Simpson has maintained that no guns were used in the incident.

FBI knew of O.J. Simpson plan in advance By LINDA DEUTSCH and KEN RITTER, Associated Press Writers
52 minutes ago
 


LOS ANGELES - Federal agents learned three weeks in advance that O.J. Simpson and a memorabilia dealer planned an operation to retrieve personal items Simpson said were stolen from him, according to FBI reports obtained Friday by The Associated Press.

Dealer Thomas Riccio told FBI agents Aug. 21 that Simpson wanted to televise the operation as he confronted a collector who was peddling thousands of pieces of Simpson's memorabilia.

But Riccio was not clear how the operation would unfold, and there was no mention in the report of guns that were allegedly drawn as Simpson and five other men stormed a Las Vegas hotel room.

Riccio was advised to contact a lawyer before taking any action and was told that alerting the FBI would not absolve him of any potential crime, agent Linda Kline wrote of the meeting, which occurred in Los Angeles.

"I went along with O.J.'s plan," Riccio told the AP on Friday. "It was a self-organized sting operation. Except for the final result, with him bringing people who had guns. I knew nothing about that."

Simpson, 60, and five other men were arrested after they allegedly stormed into a Las Vegas hotel room Sept. 13 to seize items that were believed to include family photos and the suit Simpson wore the day he was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife and her friend.

Las Vegas Police Detective Andy Caldwell, the investigator handling the case, said Friday the FBI did not alert his department before the confrontation between Simpson and collectors Alfred Beardsley and Bruce Fromong in a room at a Las Vegas casino hotel.

"They contacted us afterward and provided us with the documentation," Caldwell told the AP.

He said he had no information about any FBI investigation into the incident and said he has no idea about the nature of the contact between federal agents and Riccio "or why they were talking with him."

FBI spokesman Laura Eimiller declined to comment on the interview.

Riccio told the AP on Friday that he called Los Angeles police and the FBI and "no one seemed to be concerned about it. They didn't seem all that interested."

Simpson, 60, is charged with an assortment of felonies including armed robbery and kidnapping. Three of his co-defendants have since pleaded guilty to lesser charges and said they would testify against Simpson. A preliminary hearing is scheduled next week in Las Vegas.

The FBI reports, written Aug. 21 and Sept. 19, said Riccio told agents he had been approached by Beardsley, who wanted to sell thousands of Simpson items.

The documents said Riccio described Beardsley as a fanatic and said Riccio contacted Simpson about the items. Simpson said his belongings were stolen from his Florida house by his former agent, Mike Gilbert, and others who had worked for him.

"Riccio and Simpson want to do a television broadcast confronting Beardsley regarding the items that were stolen," one report said. "Simpson wanted Riccio's assistance in setting up the operation and helping obtain interviews for Simpson through various media outlets after the fact."

Beardsley told police he had been robbed by Simpson and a group of men wielding guns. Simpson has denied there were any guns involved. He said Riccio set up the meeting and he planned to surprise Beardsley and retrieve his property.

Simpson told the AP he went to the hotel room after being alerted by Riccio that Beardsley and another collectibles dealer, Fromong, were trying to sell his possessions. Simpson knew both dealers.

Simpson, who was in Las Vegas for a friend's wedding, said he arranged to meet Riccio at the Palace Station hotel. He said Riccio had set up a meeting with collectors under the guise that he had a private collector interested in buying Simpson's items.

He said he was accompanied by several men he met at a wedding cocktail party, and they took the collectibles.

"We walked into the room," Simpson said. "I'm the last one to go in and when they see me, it's all 'Oh God.'"

"There was no armed robbery here," Simpson said then. "It wasn't a robbery. They said `Take your stuff and go.'"

Riccio has said the plan to take Simpson's property unraveled because he brought other men with him. He has subsequently released a tape recording he made of the incident and been granted immunity by prosecutors.

Many of his sports collectibles, including his Heisman Trophy, were seized under court order and auctioned to pay some of the $33.5 million awarded in a wrongful death lawsuit to the estate of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and the family of her friend Ronald Goldman.

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Associated Press Special Correspondent Linda Deutsch reported from Los Angeles. AP writer Ken Ritter reported from Las Vegas.

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2NJSons_Mom

Thank you for posting the latest information. I was going to mention it but you beat me to it!

The following two statements from your post make we wonder why the FBI (who knew August 21) let the scam / sting go down. Why? Were they thinking that since OJ got away with murder, they were going to get him on another charge?

"Las Vegas Police Detective Andy Caldwell, the investigator handling the case, said Friday the FBI did not alert his department before the confrontation between Simpson and collectors Alfred Beardsley and Bruce Fromong in a room at a Las Vegas casino hotel. He said he had no information about any FBI investigation into the incident and said he has no idea about the nature of the contact between federal agents and Riccio "or why they were talking with him."

Louise, I really don't know because I have not followed up on it.  We were away at a wedding until this AM.  I did hear a reporter on one of the news channels Friday night say that it could mean OJ will walk away again, but I did not hear the entire segment, and do not have details to expain his comment.

Can anyone else tell me?  I wonder why the FBI (who knew August 21) let the scam / sting go down. Why? Were they thinking that since OJ got away with murder, they were going to get him on another charge? Why would OJ walk away again?

Sep 2, 5:42 PM EDT

Lawyer: OJ Simpson ready for trial in Las Vegas

By KEN RITTER
Associated Press Writer

 LAS VEGAS (AP) -- O.J. Simpson's lawyer on Tuesday declared the former football star all set for jury selection to begin next week in his trial on allegations of robbing two sports memorabilia dealers at gunpoint almost a year ago.

"Ready for trial, judge," Simpson lawyer Gabriel Grasso said during the last scheduled pretrial hearing.

But Robert Lucherini, lawyer for Simpson's only remaining co-defendant, Clarence "C.J." Stewart, made yet another pitch to sever or postpone the trial, a request Clark County District Judge Jackie Glass denied. He told the judge he would ask the Nevada Supreme Court to reconsider its denial of his request for a separate or delayed trial.

Glass said a pool of 500 would-be jurors was reduced to about 250 after defense lawyers and prosecutors spent several hours behind closed doors Aug. 25 reviewing answers provided on 26-page questionnaires.

"We did excuse most of the people, if not all of the people, who expressed extreme opinions about the parties, in an effort to have a very efficient jury selection process," Glass said.

Jury selection is to begin Monday, and the judge said she expected to complete it within a week. The trial is expected to last as long as five weeks.

Clark County District Attorney David Roger, who earlier submitted a list of almost 80 witnesses, said Tuesday that he expects to call about 25.

Grasso said he and fellow defense attorney Yale Galanter planned to call those witnesses, plus perhaps three more.

Lucherini said he would probably call six or seven witnesses on Stewart's behalf.

Simpson and Stewart have pleaded not guilty to 12 charges, including felony kidnapping, armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon in a September 2007 confrontation with two sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas casino hotel.

A kidnapping conviction could get them life in prison with the possibility of parole. A robbery conviction would mean mandatory prison time.

Four other men who accompanied Simpson and Stewart have accepted plea deals, pleaded guilty to felony charges and agreed to testify for the prosecution.

A state high court panel last week turned down Lucherini's appeal of Glass' earlier refusals to delay or sever Stewart's trial from Simpson's.

Lucherini argues it will be impossible for Stewart to get a fair trial sitting at the defendant's table with Simpson, a former NFL star, film actor and advertising pitchman. Simpson was acquitted in the 1995 slayings in Los Angeles of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman but later found liable in a civil case.

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A jury finds O.J. Simpson guilty of all 12 counts in his Las Vegas armed robbery and kidnapping trial.

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (CNN) -- Former gridiron great O.J. Simpson was found guilty of all 12 counts in the armed robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers at a Las Vegas, Nevada, casino hotel last year.


The jury reached the verdict 13 years to the day O.J. Simpson was acquitted of two murders.

 Simpson, 61, and his co-defendant Clarence "C.J." Stewart, 54, were charged with a dozen offenses stemming from the alleged sports memorabilia heist.

Stewart was also found guilty of the same charges as Simpson. Both men will likely spend the rest of their lives in prison.

Simpson arrived at the Clark County Justice Center at around 10:50 p.m. (1:50 a.m. Saturday ET). He told CNN's Ted Rowlands on the phone before the verdict was read that he was "apprehensive."

The jury of nine men and three women, none of them African-American, began deliberations Friday after hearing from 22 witnesses over 12 days of testimony. Chief among the witnesses were seven of the nine people inside Room 1203 of the Palace Station Hotel and Casino for the September 13, 2007 confrontation.

The evidence included testimony from the two dealers, four co-defendants who cut plea deals and cooperated with prosecutors and hours of often-profane, crackling, secretly recorded audiotapes.

Prosecutors alleged that the men, led by Simpson, burst into the room, flashed a gun and threatened memorabilia dealers Bruce Fromong and Al Beardsley.

The men then filled two pillowcases with Simpson trinkets, signed Pete Rose baseballs and Joe Montana lithographs. Simpson's defense attorneys maintained their client was merely trying to retrieve personal photographs and other mementos that belonged to him.

Neither Simpson nor his co-defendant Clarence "C.J." Stewart testified during the trial. Instead, their attorneys savaged the motives of the other witnesses.

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Simpson's lawyer, Yale Galanter, said Simpson was a target of investigators from the very beginning. The case "has taken on a life of its own because of Mr. Simpson's involvement," he added.

"Every cooperator, every person who had a gun, every person who had an ulterior motive, every person who signed a book deal, every person who got paid money, the police, the district attorney's office is only interested in one thing: Mr. Simpson," Galanter said.

Stewart was characterized by his lawyer, E. Brent Bryson, as the trial's forgotten player.

The most compelling evidence for all sides came from the audiotapes.

For the prosecution, conversations taped by collectibles middleman Thomas Riccio took jurors from the poolside planning to the profanity-laced hotel room confrontation.

Riccio, a chatty sports memorabilia dealer and convicted felon made the rounds on network news shows immediately after the hotel room fracas. He admitted on the stand that various media outlets paid him $210,000.

The crucial evidence for the defense came from two audiotapes, a voicemail from a key prosecution witness who seemed willing to tailor his testimony for a price and tapes of Las Vegas police officers laughing and joking about Simpson's Los Angeles acquittal following his arrest.

Galanter told jurors the surreptitious recording captured police investigators in the hotel room after the confrontation. "They're making jokes. They're saying things like, 'We're gonna get him,"' he said.

Police were called to the hotel around 8 p.m. on September 13, 2007. Shortly after midnight, detectives visited Simpson at his hotel. He told them he was just trying to recover property that had been stolen from him.

"Why are they not in trouble?" Simpson asked about memorabilia dealers Beardsley and Fromong, according to police reports filed in the case. Both men testified for the prosecution, although Beardsley said Simpson did nothing wrong and was "set up" by the "rat Riccio."

Riccio, who was not charged in the case, testified that he didn't think twice about recording Simpson when asked for help retrieving what Simpson claimed was his property.

All four of the former co-defendants testified for the prosecution. Two of them tied Simpson to guns and threats.

Michael McClinton testified that Simpson instructed him to bring a gun and "look menacing" before they entered the hotel room.

Simpson has told police he had no idea the people with him were armed.

The testimony was laced with innuendo about unsavory activities by several of the witnesses, many with criminal records. Riccio and Beardsley feuded openly, calling each other names and questioning each other's sanity.

Aware that loose cannons on the stand could blow the case into mistrial purgatory, Judge Jackie Glass refused to let David Cook testify. Cook, an attorney for the family of Ronald Goldman, searches for Simpson assets to satisfy the $33.5 million civil judgment against the former NFL star.

Simpson was acquitted of killing his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Goldman in a trial that ended 13 years to the day before the Las Vegas jury began its deliberations.

Regarding Glass' ruling, Cook told CNN: "If you read between the lines, I think she thought my appearance would bring up the Ghost of Christmas Past."

The case featured 19 male witnesses and just three cameo appearances from women. Swagger and testosterone ran rampant with hard stares from the witness stand.


As testimony neared its end, Glass, a former television news reporter, vented her frustration with the quibbling lawyers.

"I'm trying to get this trial back on track," she snapped. "I am surprised you haven't seen my head spin and fire come out of my mouth at this point in this trial

I will never forget the way I felt after watching the verdict in OJ's double murder case 13 years ago.  I was shocked beyond belief that he was acquitted, and have considered it one of the most heinous miscarriages of justice that I have witnessed in my lifetime.  I had followed the case very closely and felt sure that he would be convicted of killing his former wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman. 

OJ saw it coming tonight when they found his co conspirator guilty on all counts first, it was well worth staying up and watching.

 ::MonkeyCool::

Video of OJ Simpson while the verdicts were read against him.

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What a creep. He looks at the jury with a spiteful vengeful stare. Then he grimises when they put the cuffs on him like he is being hurt. Oh please!

In the video I watched the LE guy behind him, he was taking visual signals from the front of the court and wasn't going to let OJ make a step out of line.

OJ should thank the jury for their fair and just decision, instead his sociopath personality won't allow him to feel any guilt.
I hope he rots in hell.

That judge rocked btw!!!
OJ played the last race card with the Nicole trial. That was a great trial in history and we will never make that mistake again!

Simpson guilty of robbery, kidnap charges

Ex-NFL star convicted exactly 13 years after acquittal on murder charges

The Associated Press
updated 9:27 a.m. CT, Sat., Oct. 4, 2008

LAS VEGAS - O.J. Simpson, who went from American sports idol to celebrity-in-exile after he was acquitted of murder in 1995, was found guilty Friday of robbing two sports-memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in a Las Vegas hotel room.

The 61-year-old former football star could spend the rest of his life in prison. Sentencing was set for Dec. 5.

A weary and somber Simpson released a heavy sigh as the charges were read by the clerk in Clark County District Court. He was immediately taken into custody.

The Hall of Fame football star was convicted of kidnapping, armed robbery and 10 other charges for gathering up five men a year ago and storming into a room at a hotel-casino, where the group seized several game balls, plaques and photos. Prosecutors said two of the men with him were armed; one of them said Simpson asked him to bring a gun.

The verdict came 13 years to the day after Simpson was cleared of murdering his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman, in Los Angeles in one of the most sensational trials of the 20th century.

"I don't like to use the word payback," defense attorney Yale Galanter said. "I can tell you from the beginning my biggest concern ... was whether or not the jury would be able to separate their very strong feelings about Mr. Simpson and judge him fairly and honestly."

Co-defendant also convicted
Simpson's co-defendant, Clarence "C.J." Stewart, 54, also was found guilty on all charges in the Las Vegas case and taken into custody.

Simpson showed little emotion as officers handcuffed him and walked him out of the courtroom. His sister, Carmelita Durio, sobbed behind him in the arms of Simpson's friend, Tom Scotto, who said "I love you" as Simpson passed by. As spectators left the courtroom, Durio collapsed.

Jurors made no eye contact with the defendants as they entered the courtroom. They declined to answer questions after the verdict was read.

Galanter said his client had expected the outcome, and in a courthouse conversation with an Associated Press reporter on Thursday, Simpson had implied as much.

Simpson said he felt melancholy and that he was "afraid that I won't get to go to my kids' college graduations after I managed to get them through college."

Galanter said it was not a happy day for anybody. "His only hope is the appellate process," he said.

Clark County spokesman Dan Kulin said prosecutors would not comment until the case was "completely resolved."


Judge Jackie Glass made no comment other than to thank the jury for its service and to deny motions for the defendants to be released on bail.

She refused to give the lawyers extended time to file a motion for new trial, which under Nevada law must be filed within seven days. The attorneys said they needed time to submit a voluminous record.

"I've sat through the trial," Glass said. "If you want a motion for new trial, send me something."

Appeal promised
Stewart's attorney, Brent Bryson, promised to appeal.

"If there was ever a case that should have been severed in the history of jurisprudence, it's this case," he said of unsuccessful attempts to separate Stewart's case from Simpson's because of the "spillover" effect.


From the beginning, Simpson and his lawyers argued the incident was not a robbery, but an attempt to reclaim mementos that had been stolen from him. He said he did not ask anyone to bring a weapon and did not see any guns.

The defense portrayed Simpson as a victim of shady characters who wanted to make a buck off his famous name, and police officers who saw his arrest as an opportunity to "get" him and avenge his acquittal.

Prosecutors said Simpson's ownership of the memorabilia was irrelevant; it was still a crime to try to take things by force.

"When they went into that room and forced the victims to the far side of the room, pulling out guns and yelling, 'Don't let anybody out of here!' — six very large people detaining these two victims in the room with the intent to take property through force or violence from them — that's kidnapping," prosecutor David Roger said.

Kidnapping is punishable by five years to life in prison. Armed robbery carries a mandatory sentence of at least two years behind bars, and could bring as much as 30.

'Don't let nobody out of this room'
Simpson, who now lives in Miami, did not testify but was heard on a recording of the confrontation screaming that the dealers had stolen his property. "Don't let nobody out of this room," he declared and told the other men to scoop up his items, which included a photo of Simpson with former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover.

Four other men charged in the case struck plea bargains that saved them from potential prison sentences in return for their testimony. Some of them had criminal records or were otherwise compromised in some way. One, for example, was an alleged pimp who testified he had a revelation from God telling him to take a plea bargain.

Memorabilia dealer Thomas Riccio, who arranged and secretly recorded the hotel-room confrontation, said he netted $210,000 from the media for the tapes.

Similarly, minutes after the Sept. 13, 2007, incident, one of the alleged victims, sports-memorabilia dealer Alfred Beardsley, was calling news outlets, and the other, Bruce Fromong, spoke of getting "big money" from the case.

Shadow of Simpson's past
Simpson's past haunted the case. Las Vegas police officers were heard in the recordings chuckling over Simpson's misfortune and crowing that if Los Angeles couldn't "get" him, they would.

During jury selection, Simpson's lawyers expressed fears that people who believed he got away with murder might see this case as a chance to right a wrong.

As a result, an usually large pool of 500 potential jurors was called, and they were given a 26-page questionnaire. Half were almost instantly eliminated after expressing strong feelings that Simpson should have been convicted of murder.

The judge instructed the jurors to put aside Simpson's earlier case.

In closing arguments, Galanter acknowledged that what Simpson did to recover his memorabilia was not right. "But being stupid, and being frustrated is not being a criminal," he said.

He added: "This case has taken on a life of its own because of Mr. Simpson's involvement. You know that. I know that. Every cooperator, every person who had a gun, every person who had an ulterior motive, every person who signed a book deal, every person who got paid money, the police, the district attorney's office, is only interested in one thing: Mr. Simpson."


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Yeah, Nicole won't be able to make the kids graduation either.

My thoughts exactly jj...he is responsible for their mother not being there for them for most of their lives now.  He won't get any sympathy here.

  OJ Simpson is a Murderer.  How that man could have lived with himself for 13 years knowing he brutally murdered the Mother of his own Children and her friend is unfathomable.

Kind of eery though---13 years to the day his acquittal and the jury spent 13 hours in deliberation.   Wonder if the Prison ID # he will be assigned will have 13 in it. 

I hope he doesn't get any special treatment in jail- but they are probably going to have to keep him in some sort of isolation.  He will die an old and lonely man with plenty of time on his hands in there to reflect on all the evil things he did which reaked havoc and ruined so many lives.   (Including the lives of his own children!  There have been media reports in the past about how messed up they are.  Such a shame.)

Of course now they are saying that 5 of the robbery jury members think the verdict in the murder trial was wrong. I'm sure OJ's lawyer made that choice intentional so he could appeal because OJ knew he was going to lose this one (because of the evidence against him).

5 out of 12 is still a minority and I hope the judge throws out the appeal if it happens. Gotta love the American justice system but too many take advantage of it if they can afford to.

 ::MonkeyTongue::

O.J. Simpson sentenced to long prison term
Ex-NFL star apologizes to judge moments before his sentencing
updated 7:13 p.m. ET, Fri., Dec. 5, 2008
LAS VEGAS - A weary and beaten-looking O.J. Simpson was put away Friday for at least nine years — and perhaps the rest of his life — for an armed robbery in a hotel room, bringing a measure of satisfaction to those who believed the football star got away with murder more than a decade ago.

The 61-year-old Hall of Famer listened stone-faced, his wrists in shackles, as Judge Jackie Glass pronounced the sentence — 33 years behind bars with eligibility for parole after less than a third of that.

Moments before, Simpson made a rambling, five-minute plea for leniency, simultaneously apologizing for the holdup as a foolish mistake and trying to justify his actions.

He choked back tears as he told her: “I didn’t want to steal anything from anyone. ... I’m sorry, sorry.”

The judge said several times that her sentence in the Las Vegas case had nothing to do with Simpson’s 1995 acquittal in the slaying of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman.

“I’m not here to try and cause any retribution or any payback for anything else,” Glass said.

'We are thrilled'
But Goldman’s father, Fred Goldman, and sister, Kim, said they were delighted with the sentence.

“We are thrilled, and it’s a bittersweet moment,” Fred Goldman said. “It was satisfying seeing him in shackles like he belongs.”

Simpson said he and five other men were simply trying to retrieve sports memorabilia and other mementos when he stormed a Las Vegas hotel room occupied by two dealers on Sept. 13, 2007. He insisted the items, which included his first wife’s wedding ring, had been stolen from him.

But the judge emphasized that it was a violent confrontation in which at least one gun was drawn, and she said someone could have been shot. She said the evidence was overwhelming, with the planning, the confrontation itself and the aftermath all recorded on audio or videotape.

Series of sentences
Glass, a no-nonsense judge known for tough sentences, imposed such a complex series of consecutive and concurrent sentences that even many lawyers watching the case were confused as to how much time Simpson got.

Simpson could serve up to 33 years, according to Elana Roberto, the judge’s clerk.

In state prison, he will remain in his own cell protected from the general prison population because of his celebrity.

Simpson’s lawyer suggested again that his client was a victim of payback for his acquittal in Los Angeles.

“It really made us all aware that despite our best efforts, it’s very difficult to separate the California case from the Nevada case,” attorney Yale Galanter said.

Some people who followed the case said justice had finally caught up with Simpson.

“You do things and you’ve got to expect karma to come around,” said Greg Wheatley, 32, of Los Angeles.

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OJ Simpson Appeals Conviction
Updated: Tuesday, 26 May 2009, 1:27 PM CDT

LAS VEGAS - O.J. Simpson is appealing to the Nevada Supreme Court to overturn his conviction on Las Vegas armed robbery and kidnapping charges.

A court clerk says his appeal was filed Tuesday in Carson City.

The 47-page brief alleges Simpson's conviction in a hotel room confrontation with two sports memorabilia dealers was tainted by judicial misconduct, a lack of racial diversity on the jury, and errors in sentencing and jury instructions.

The document heaps blame on Clark County District Court Judge Jackie Glass, and accuses prosecutors of improperly questioning witnesses about allegations of intimidation.

It could take a year or more for justices to issue a ruling. The former football star is serving nine to 33 years in state prison.

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May 28, 5:41 PM EDT

OJ co-defendant appeals Nev. robbery conviction

By KEN RITTER
Associated Press Writer


LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A former golfing buddy of O.J. Simpson on Thursday appealed to overturn his conviction in an armed hotel room heist, saying he suffered "spillover prejudice" from being tried with the former NFL football star.

Clarence "C.J." Stewart, 55, also said in his appeal to the Nevada Supreme Court that crucial audio recordings were improperly admitted as evidence and that the jury foreman committed misconduct by withholding his bias toward Simpson until after the pair were convicted and sentenced.
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Bryson said the most significant issue in his appeal was the judge's decision to admit recordings of a conversation between Simpson and others planning the confrontation and another recording made in the room by the man who arranged the meeting.

Bryson said the recordings, which were sold to a celebrity gossip Web site before turned over to police, could have been manipulated and that no witness authenticated them in court.

"But that appears to be what the jurors hung their hat on: the recordings," Bryson said.

Stewart's appeal also alleged bias and inconsistencies by jury foreman Paul Connelly in his pretrial juror questionnaire and comments made after the verdict.

"Some people think (Simpson) should have been given life 13 years ago," Bryson quoted Connelly as saying after the trial. "That was my opinion, but I think that's reserved for the court to decide."

Connelly did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.

Simpson, 61, filed an appeal separately Tuesday in which his lawyers cited insufficient evidence for conviction and improper exclusion of blacks from the jury. Stewart's appeal Thursday raised several of the same issues. Both defendants accused Clark County District Court Judge Jackie Glass of judicial misconduct and bias against defense lawyers.

A clerk for Glass said the judge could not comment. The judge has denied requests for a new trial, but threw out two coercion charges against both men before the sentencing on Dec. 5.

A spokesman for Clark County District Attorney David Roger said he was confident the convictions would stand.


"From the beginning of trial until its conclusion, the jury was improperly presented with 'prejudicial,' 'tainted' and 'unreliable' evidence," Stewart attorney Brent Bryson argued. "The cumulative error that infected this trial warrants reversal of these convictions."

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Jun 15, 9:26 PM EDT

Judge: Simpson `acquittal suit' to stay in storage

By LINDA DEUTSCH
AP Special Correspondent
 SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) -- A judge on Monday ordered O.J. Simpson's former manager to keep the former football star's so-called acquittal suit in storage until it is determined who rightfully owns it.

The ruling came after a contentious hearing that ultimately spilled into a courthouse hallway, where the former manager, Mike Gilbert, and a lawyer for Fred Goldman exchanged heated accusations.

Goldman - the father of Ronald Goldman, who was slain alongside Simpson's ex-wife 15 years ago - is seeking to satisfy a $33.5 million civil judgment against Simpson by selling the suit the Hall of Famer wore to court when he was acquitted on murder charges.

Gilbert said Simpson gave him the suit the day after his Oct. 3, 1995, acquittal. He claims it is his property because Simpson had not yet been found civilly liable for Ronald Goldman's and Nicole Brown Simpson's deaths.
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Jul 24, 8:20 PM EDT

O.J. Simpson wants items seized in Las Vegas
 
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- O.J. Simpson has filed a declaration in Superior Court saying most of the items seized by authorities following a bungled hotel heist that sent him to prison last year are rightfully his and should be returned.

The declaration was filed Friday in Superior Court in Santa Monica. A hearing is scheduled for Aug. 19.

Most of the items listed are signed footballs Simpson was awarded during his glory days as a college pro football player. Also listed are ties Simpson says he wore during his trial for the 1994 murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman.

Simpson was acquitted of the killings in criminal court but found liable for the deaths in civil court.

He is incarcerated in LOVELOCK CORRECTIONAL CENTER, NEVADA, at least until the year 2023 -- He has no rights, period.

He wants his stuff back, does he?   People in he77 want ice water too... ::MonkeyDevil::

And why would Simpson want the ties he wore during his trial for the 1994 murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman?  Because they were seen on him during the trial and will be worth $$$ in the future?  Or did he want to keep some small mementos from how he managed to murder two people and get away with it?  I could see why he might want the signed footballs.  But the ties?   ::MonkeyNoNo::

 
Nevada Supreme Court considers releasing Simpson 
 
Aug 3 02:55 PM US/Eastern
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  LAS VEGAS (AP) - A trio of Nevada Supreme Court justices is considering whether to let O.J. Simpson and a former golfing buddy out of prison while the full court reviews their convictions for a gunpoint hotel room heist.
Justice Michael Cherry didn't say at the end of a hearing Monday how long it will take for the three-member panel to rule on whether the former football star and convicted co-defendant Clarence "C.J." Stewart should be allowed to post bond.


Simpson and Stewart weren't in the courtroom, but their lawyers say they deserve to go free while they work to prove that they were denied a fair trial.

Clark County District Attorney David Roger argued that a jury had spoken, and the two men should continue to serve their sentences for kidnapping and armed robbery.

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Aug 19, 1:58 AM EDT

Judge in Santa Monica divides Simpson memorabilia

By LINDA DEUTSCH
AP Special Correspondent

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SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) -- A California judge ordered some memorabilia returned to O.J. Simpson Tuesday, even as the football Hall of Famer sits in a Nevada prison for stealing it during a hotel room heist.

In a ruling that capped more than a year of legal wrangling, Superior Court Judge Gerald Rosenberg on Tuesday gave nine souvenir footballs and a few other items to a lawyer for Simpson nemesis Fred Goldman for auction. Goldman is trying to collect on a $33.5 million civil judgment against Simpson.

But in another odd twist, the judge said Simpson must get the first $6,075 from the auction.

Rosenberg said it was possible that figure would not be reached, and then Goldman would get nothing.

The most satisfied litigant was memorabilia dealer Bruce Fromong, who was able to reclaim about 600 photographs and several books that he said were taken from him during the Las Vegas hotel room confrontation on Sept. 13, 2007.

During his trial, Simpson called it a sting operation designed to recover his memorabilia, which he said had been stolen from him.

Another of the participants in the dispute was Simpson's former manager Mike Gilbert, who asked for nothing at the hearing and received nothing.
Outside of court, Gilbert grumbled, "I think America is tired of O.J. Simpson, tired of Fred Goldman and tired of me. I just want it over."

Because of the hotel room standoff, Simpson was sentenced to nine to 33 years for convictions on armed robbery, kidnapping and other charges. He has applied for release on bond while he appeals.

Rosenberg had all of the items seized from the hotel room brought to his courtroom in cartons, which he opened and displayed. Among the items returned to Simpson were framed awards, a signed photo of him and others with former FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover and three neckties that he wore at his murder trial. Simpson also received a few souvenir footballs.

One of the men who was in the hotel room, Alfred Beardsley, was given back only the baseball hat he wore the night of the heist. He proudly put it on.

Attorney David Cook, representing Goldman, received nine game balls and two pillow cases from the hotel room, for the auction.

Beardsley, who took up Simpson's cause after he blew the whistle on him, said outside court: "I'm happy and excited for O.J., that he'll be getting some of his stuff back."

Meanwhile, Simpson attorney Ronald P. Slates, told the court clerk that if the $6,075 is obtained, it should be deposited in a trust account because "it's tough cashing checks in prison."

Cook, who initiated the campaign to seize the items, acknowledged that "it's chump change" and his battle to collect on the memorabilia has been "enormously futile." Cook has collected substantial amounts in other proceedings.

The judge said he was following a law that exempted certain items from civil judgments, including household furnishings, decorations and items used in business. Awards that were displayed in Simpson's house fell into that category, he said.

Fromong estimated he could sell his photos and books for $15,000 to $30,000, but the sports market is flooded with Simpson memorabilia now, he said, so prices may be down.

Slates acknowledged there was an irony in Simpson receiving items he always claimed were his.

"It was his," he said, "but you have to go about getting the things lawfully."

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Aug 19, 5:58 PM EDT

Goldman will refuse to sell Simpson footballs

By LINDA DEUTSCH
AP Special Correspondent


LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The lawyer who won possession of nine O.J. Simpson footballs in a yearlong legal fight on behalf of Fred Goldman said Wednesday he will not sell them unless Simpson agrees to contribute the first $6,075 of proceeds to a foundation named for Goldman's slain son.

Simpson's lawyer immediately declined the offer and said Simpson won't auction the footballs either. In light of that, both lawyers conceded the year-long legal battle was for naught.

"Am I going to walk away empty handed?" said Goldman lawyer David Cook. "You betcha. But we're not going to work for O.J. or his legal team."

The footballs were part of a cache of items that Simpson was convicted of stealing from a Las Vegas hotel room during an armed robbery on Sept. 13, 2007. Simpson is in a Nevada prison serving a sentence of nine to 33 years for the confrontation.

In an ironic twist Tuesday, a judge ruled that many of the items did belong to Simpson as the former football star claimed. His lawyer, Ronald P. Slates, said Simpson should have acted within the law to try to get them back. Instead, he burst in with an armed posse.

Superior Court Judge Gerald Rosenberg ruled Tuesday that a number of items including framed awards, neckties and a picture with J. Edgar Hoover should be returned to Simpson. But he said the commemorative game balls could be awarded to Goldman.
Rosenberg said, however, that Simpson has a legal exemption that allows him to collect the first $6,075 in proceeds from any sale. He ruled that the footballs came under a category of "tools of the trade" that are exempt from seizure in a civil action up to that figure.

If the footballs were sold for a larger profit, the balance would go to Goldman. Cook said that was not acceptable.

The attorney said he proposed to Slates that the $6,075 be donated to the Ron Goldman Foundation for Justice.

If Simpson declined the proposal, Cook said, Goldman would return the footballs to Simpson, who can sell them on the sports memorabilia market.

"To the extent that Mr. Simpson generates a recovery in excess of $6,075 we will proceed with legal recourse for the excess," Cook said.

Slates said Simpson has always wanted his children to have the footballs and did not plan to sell them.

Ron Goldman was slain along with Simpson's ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, on June 12, 1994. Simpson was acquitted of the murders but was subsequently held liable in a civil trial and ordered to pay $33.5 million. He has repeatedly said he will not pay the judgment because he is not guilty of the murders, and Goldman continues to try to seize Simpson's property to satisfy the judgment.

Slates said he hopes this is the end of collection litigation between Goldman and Simpson.

"It's time to stop," said Slates. "It's been 13 years. Enough already."

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Court: OJ jury questions should have been public

Posted on December 24, 2009 at 5:36 PM

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jury questionnaires in last year's O.J. Simpson robbery-kidnapping trial are subject to public disclosure and should not have been kept from the media by the judge, the Nevada Supreme Court has ruled.

In a 6-0 ruling Thursday, the court sided with open records arguments by The Associated Press and Stephens Media LLC, owner of the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Attorney Donald Campbell, who represented AP and the Review-Journal in the case, hailed the decision as "a victory for the First Amendment and a victory for every citizen."

"One of the most critical features of our legal system is public access and open trials," Campbell said. "This decision reinforces just how important that commitment to full access is."

The court ordered the release of the blank and completed questionnaires from the Simpson case, but acknowledged the matter is now moot.

Simpson's trial ended in October 2008, and the former football star was sentenced later that year to nine to 33 years in prison after he and co-defendant Clarence "C.J." Stewart were convicted of kidnapping and armed robbery in a hotel room confrontation with two sports memorabilia dealers. Stewart was sentenced to 7 1/2 to 27 years.

Both Simpson, 62, and Stewart, 55, are appealing their convictions and sentences. Thursday's ruling did not address those appeals.

In the 26-page ruling, signed by five other justices, Chief Justice James Hardesty said that questionnaires used in jury selection are presumptively subject to public disclosure, and that judges need specific findings identifying a "countervailing interest to public access" before ruling that closure is appropriate.

The ruling said the court took the case, heard oral arguments last March and issued their Christmas Eve decision to underscore a legal point "for the purpose of providing guidance to the district courts in future criminal cases."

The state high court said Clark County District Court Judge Jackie Glass was wrong to delay release of blank and completed jury questionnaires at the start of Simpson's trial in September 2008, and didn't fix the problem by redacting questionnaires before releasing them after trial.

Glass was off work Thursday and unavailable for comment, a clerk in her court said.

Judges normally are permitted to withhold jurors' personal information such as Social Security and driver's license numbers. But the AP and Review-Journal argued that Glass illegally censored without explanation information such as where jurors were born and raised, their parents' occupations, whether they had children and whether they owned a home.

The attorneys argued that written surveys are simply extensions of open-court questioning known as voir dire.

The court faulted Glass for denying the media a chance to intervene at the time to protect public access in a criminal proceeding.

Glass was wrong to providing a "blanket promise of confidentiality" to jurors and a promise that their answers to questions would be kept "under seal," the court said.

Glass had said she was withholding the questionnaires because of extraordinary pretrial publicity and fears that someone might try to contact jurors and affect the outcome of the proceedings.

A deputy Nevada state attorney general argued before the high court later that releasing personal information about jurors could hinder future efforts to find people willing to serve on a jury.

"We stress that a 'naked assertion ... without any specific finding of fact' does not justify closure of the voir dire proceedings," the justices said.

Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto issued a statement Thursday saying she was "glad to see the Supreme Court provided guidance on this important issue for all other judges in our state."

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OJ Simpson Acquittal Suit Finds New Home At Newseum
Tuesday April 6, 2010

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NewsCore) - The suit worn by O.J. Simpson when he was acquitted in 1995 of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman will be acquired by the Newseum in Washington, D.C., it was announced Tuesday.

The tan Armani suit and white and gold colored tie will be added to the museum’s collection of items from the media coverage of the trial, the Newseum said in a statement.

A California judge approved the donation earlier this year as the solution to an extended court battle over the fate of the suit between Simpson, his former agent Mike Gilbert, and Goldman’s father Fred.

The so-called “acquittal suit” was offered to the Smithsonian Insitution last month, but was rejected by the museum.

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OJ co-defendant takes plea deal in Las Vegas heist
January 5, 2011

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A one-time O.J. Simpson golfing buddy whose conviction in their 2007 armed robbery and kidnapping case was overturned in October took a plea deal Tuesday to be freed from prison and avoid a retrial.

Clarence "C.J." Stewart, 56, stood in shackles before a Nevada judge and pleaded an equivalent of no contest to felony robbery and conspiracy. The so-called Alford plea didn't admit guilt, but acknowledged that prosecutors could prove their case at trial.

"Mr. Stewart will be released after he pleads ... with the understanding and agreement that he will begin house arrest," his attorney Brent Bryson told the judge.

For his part, Stewart declared himself "guilty by way of the Alford plea." He was released Tuesday evening, Bryson said.

Simpson is now the only person convicted in the case to remain in prison. Now 63, the pro football Hall of Famer is more than two years into a nine- to 33-year sentence at Lovelock Correctional Center in northern Nevada.

Clark County District Court Judge Jackie Glass agreed Stewart can serve nine months of home detention in Louisiana to be near family members, if parole and probation officials in both states agree.

Stewart also faces an unspecified additional term of probation under terms of the plea deal worked out with prosecutors. Glass ordered Stewart released from the Clark County jail to house arrest in Las Vegas pending sentencing Jan. 11.

Clark County District Attorney David Roger said later he was satisfied the 27 months Stewart has served behind bars, plus the additional time restricted to home, was appropriate punishment for his role planning and taking part in the gunpoint robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers at a Las Vegas hotel.

"He was offered 30 months at the time of the trial. Another nine months will take him to 36 months," the prosecutor said outside court. "For his role, it's a fair resolution."

"Mr. Simpson was the main culprit who formulated the plan and was the person who wanted to steal this property," Roger added.

Glass sentenced Stewart after trial to 7 1/2 to 27 years in prison.

Simpson always maintained he was only after family photos, heirlooms and mementos that had been stolen from him following his acquittal on criminal charges in Los Angeles in the 1994 slayings of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman.

Four other men, including two gunmen, who took part in the Las Vegas robbery in a room at the Palace Station pleaded guilty. They testified against Simpson and Stewart and received varying sentences of probation. A middleman who arranged and recorded the meeting and later testified was never prosecuted.

Simpson — a former football star, movie actor, television pitchman and celebrity criminal defendant — was found guilty of 12 criminal charges including kidnapping, armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon.

A three-justice Nevada Supreme Court panel in October upheld his conviction, and the court hasn't ruled on a request for reconsideration.

Roger said he was confident the request would be denied.

In its separate ruling granting Stewart a new trial, the state high court ruled that Stewart didn't get a fair jury trial because of Simpson's notoriety.

Since then, Stewart had been unable to raise $150,000 bail to be released pending a new trial.

Simpson attorney Malcolm LaVergne said Tuesday he was glad Stewart was being freed and wished him well.

"Our petition for rehearing is still pending," LaVergne said. "Mr. Simpson waits for it patiently."

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Victim of O.J. Simpson Vegas robbery accused of shoplifting
February 11, 2012

One of the sports memorabilia dealers whom O.J. Simpson was convicted of robbing in a down-market Las Vegas hotel is now fighting his own court battle.

Bruce Fromong, who testified against Simpson in the 2008 armed robbery trial, is accused of shoplifting from the Nellis Air Force Base Exchange near Las Vegas, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.  He is scheduled to appear in court Monday.

Authorities say that in October, Fromong swiped a Madden football PlayStation game from its package and a Case Logic briefcase; and that in November he removed another Madden disc from its package, taped up the box and put it back on the shelf.

In 2007, Fromong and Alfred Beardsley had gone to the Palace Station hotel expecting to sell Simpson collectibles to a wealthy buyer. The meeting was a ruse. Simpson and a ragtag band of men –- two of them armed -– stormed into Room 1203 and scooped up dozens of items. Simpson claimed he was merely trying to get back memorabilia stolen from him.
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Nevada judge to hear evidence in O.J. Simpson bid for new trial
Published October 19, 2012, Updated October 20, 2012

LAS VEGAS — A Nevada judge agreed Friday to reopen the armed robbery and kidnapping case against former football star O.J. Simpson to determine if the former football star was so badly represented by his lawyers that he should be freed from prison and get another trial.

Simpson wasn’t in a Las Vegas courtroom while Clark County District Court Judge Linda Marie Bell agreed to hear evidence and consider 18 of 22 questions cited in a May appeal by Simpson appeals lawyer Patricia Palm.
The judge dismissed four other grounds on which the 65-year-old Simpson seeks release from state prison, where he is serving nine to 33 years.

The development could put Simpson on the witness stand for the first time. He stood trial in 2008 after authorities said he led five men, including two with guns, in a September 2007 confrontation with two sports memorabilia dealers and a middleman in a cramped room at a Las Vegas casino-hotel.

The judge also granted a waiver of attorney-client privilege on questions in dispute between Simpson and his trial lawyer, Yale Galanter.

A key question will be whether Galanter had personal financial and business interests that posed a conflict that should have precluded him from handling Simpson’s case.
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Nevada judge to set hearing in O.J. Simpson freedom bid
November 9, 2012

LAS VEGAS –  A Nevada judge will be asked to set a date next spring for evidence hearings in football star O.J. Simpson's bid to prove he was so badly represented by lawyers during his armed robbery and kidnapping case trial three years ago that he should get a new trial.

Simpson won't be in a Las Vegas courtroom for Friday's date-setting conference.

He's serving nine to 33 years in a Nevada prison.

His appeals lawyers, Patricia Palm and Ozzie Fumo, say they expect Clark County District Court Judge Linda Marie Bell will pick a hearing date next April or May.
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O.J. Simpson Due in Las Vegas Court on Monday
May 12, 2013

O.J. Simpson is expected to make the legal equivalent of a hail Mary pass on Monday in a Las Vegas courtroom, asking a judge to grant him a new trial on grounds his former attorney mishandled his case.

The most public glimpse of Nevada inmate No. 1027820 since his conviction will begin on Monday when Simpson arrives in Clark County District Court for the start of his five-day hearing.

Simpson, 65, is serving a nine-to-33 year sentence at Lovelock Correctional Center in Nevada after he was convicted in 2008 of leading a sports memorabilia heist at gunpoint in a Las Vegas hotel room.
Simpson, who never testified in his 1995 murder trial, often called the "trial of the century," or in the 2008 trial when he was convicted, is expected to take the stand in a final bid for freedom this week.

Much of his testimony is expected to point fingers at his former attorney, Yale Galanter, who Simpson believes fumbled the handling of his case.
In a sworn statement obtained by The Associated Press, Simpson said he told Galanter he planned to confront two sports memorabilia dealers to retrieve personal items he believed had been stolen from him.

"I fully disclosed my plan to Yale Galanter, and he advised me that I was within my legal rights," Simpson wrote, according to the AP. He added that Galanter told him it was acceptable as long as he did not trespass or use physical force.

Simpson also alleged in the statement that Galanter failed to tell him of a plea deal that would have gotten him two years in prison, the AP reported.

"Had I understood that there was an actual chance of conviction, I would have accepted such an offer," Simpson wrote in the statement.

Galanter did not immediately return ABCNews.com's request for an interview.

A hidden audio recorder in the room captured the altercation and was a key piece of evidence used to convict the ex-NFL player.
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Oj has a lot of nerve.
He is lucky that he isn't on death row for the murder of Nicole and Ron.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/oj-simpson-free-hand-hearing-notes-drink-water/story?id=19178799
O.J. Simpson Gets One Free Hand to Take Notes, Drink Water
May 14, 2013

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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57584523/co-counsel-o.j-simpson-was-dependent-on-main-attorney/
Co-counsel: O.J. Simpson was dependent on main attorney
May 14, 2013


LAS VEGAS O.J. Simpson became so dependent on his lawyer during his Las Vegas armed robbery trial that the former football star would have done anything Yale Galanter advised — including passing up the chance to testify, his co-counsel testified Tuesday.

"I could advise O.J. all day long, and he was very respectful of me," Gabriel Grasso told a court considering Simpson's bid for a retrial. "But if I advised him of something different from what Yale said, he would do what Yale said."
Under questioning from H. Leon Simon, attorney for the state, Grasso acknowledged the trial judge, Jackie Glass, specifically asked Simpson if he wanted to testify and he said no.

"Mr. Galanter told him, `This is the way it's going to be,"' Grasso said.

He said Simpson's confidence in Galanter was born of the acquittal he gained for the former Hall of Fame football player in a road rage case in Florida five years after his 1995 acquittal on murder charges in the stabbing deaths of his ex-wife and her friend in Los Angeles.

Galanter is now the focus of Simpson's motion claiming ineffective assistance of counsel and conflicted interests. He has declined to comment until he takes the stand Friday.

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Simpson, who will be 70 before he is eligible for parole, has filed a writ of habeas corpus, his last chance under state law to prove that he was wrongly convicted and win a new trial. A federal court appeal is still possible.

Nineteen separate reasons for reversal are being considered in the hearing, which was taking place absent the fanfare that surrounded Simpson's "trial of the century" in Los Angeles and his 2008 trial in Las Vegas. Seats went unfilled in the courtroom gallery.

After his acquittal on the LA murder charges, Simpson was found liable for damages in a civil wrongful death lawsuit and ordered to pay $33.5 million to the families of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-oj-simpson-hearing-conviction-20130515,0,1019634.story
O.J. Simpson says he didn't know his Las Vegas cohorts had guns
May 15, 2013

AS VEGAS — O.J. Simpson finally took the stand as the star witness in his bid to receive a new trial on the kidnapping and robbery charges that sent him to prison for up to 33 years.

Gently coached in about 2 1/2 hours of testimony Wednesday morning by one of his attorneys, Patricia Palm, the 65-year-old former football star and Heisman Trophy winner described what happened one night in 2007, when he and five others entered a hotel room at the Palace Station casino and demanded the return of sports memorabilia Simpson insisted had been stolen from him.

Simpson has said he did not know that the men who accompanied him to the Palace Station had guns, and he repeated that assertion Wednesday.

When asked by Palm about what led up to the confrontation at the hotel room, Simpson replied, “There was no talk of guns at all.”

In recounting the incident, he also said, “It obviously didn’t go as I hoped it would.’’

Simpson was convicted in the gunpoint robbery and kidnapping of two sports memorabilia dealers and sentenced to nine to 33 years in a Nevada prison. He is seeking a new trial, arguing that his attorneys at the time put forth a shoddy defense.
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At one point in his testimony, he explained comments he made after the hotel room confrontation. The comments were captured on audiotape and suggested he knew there would be legal problems in his future. “What I said was here we go again. I’m gonna need a bail bondsman,” Simpson testified.

Simpson will resume his testimony Wednesday afternoon.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57585148/o.j-simpsons-ex-lawyer-contradicts-his-testimony-on-guns/
O.J. Simpson's ex-lawyer contradicts his testimony on guns
May 17, 2013

LAS VEGAS O.J. Simpson's former lawyer defended himself point-by-point Friday against allegations he botched the former football star's armed-robbery trial, after giving damaging testimony that Simpson actually knew his buddies had guns when they went to a hotel room together to reclaim some sports memorabilia.

Miami-based attorney Yale Galanter quickly found himself under withering cross-examination from a Simpson lawyer intent on proving that Galanter's word couldn't be trusted — that he knew ahead of time of Simpson's plan and spent more effort covering up his involvement than representing Simpson.

The weeklong hearing concluded late Friday with Clark County District Judge Linda Marie Bell telling attorneys she will issue her decision in writing. She didn't specify a date.

Simpson was returned to prison custody. His attorneys, Patricia Palm and Ozzie Fumo, said they were optimistic that the judge would grant a new trial.
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O.J. Simpson awaits Nevada parole decision
July 26, 2013

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — O.J. Simpson should know next week whether his blemish-free record behind bars and contrition for trying to take back sports memorabilia of his glory days will win him favor with the Nevada Board of Parole Commissioners.
The former NFL star asked for leniency Thursday, expressing regret for his actions and describing himself as a model inmate who earns pennies an hour keeping gym equipment sanitized and umpiring and coaching games in the prison yard.
Parole Commissioner Susan Jackson and hearing representative Robin Bates were to make their confidential recommendation to the full parole board, and a final decision is expected next week. Jackson noted that Simpson has had no disciplinary actions during his incarceration and was deemed a "low risk" to commit repeat offenses.
"I just wish I never went to that room," the 66-year-old Simpson said during a 15-minute appearance.
The graying Simpson, dressed in prison blues, attended the hearing remotely from a video conference room the Lovelock Correction Center. Four out of seven commissioners must support his request. But he won't be looking at possible freedom just yet because he is only eligible for parole on five convictions that were ordered to run concurrently — two counts each of kidnapping and robbery and one count of burglary with a weapon.
Even if the Nevada Parole Board ruled in his favor, he would then begin serving sentences attached to other charges and spend at least another four years in prison. He still has four weapon enhancement sentences to serve, followed by consecutive terms for two counts of assault with a deadly weapon. Parole from those sentences would be considered at future hearings.
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O J Simpson given parole
July 31, 2013

O J Simpson has been granted parole on some charges stemming from his 2008 kidnapping and armed robbery convictions involving the hold-up of two sports memorabilia dealers at a Las Vegas hotel room.

The Nevada Board of Parole Commissioners approved the former football star's parole request. But the order doesn't mean Simpson will be leaving Lovelock Correctional Centre. He was convicted on multiple charges and faces at least four more years in prison.
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http://www.myfoxaustin.com/story/24078942/judge-rejects-oj-simpsons-bid-for-new-trial
Judge rejects O.J. Simpson's bid for new trial
November 26, 2013

LAS VEGAS (AP) - A judge in Las Vegas rejected O.J. Simpson's bid for a new trial on Tuesday, dashing the former football star's bid for freedom based on the claim that his original lawyer botched his armed robbery and kidnapping trial in Las Vegas more than five years ago.

"All grounds in the petition lack merit and, consequently, are denied," Clark County District Judge Linda Marie Bell said.

Simpson's lawyer Patricia Palm said she wanted to speak to Simpson before commenting on the decision.

Simpson could appeal to the Nevada Supreme Court. If he loses at that level, the 66-year-old Simpson could go to federal courts to argue his constitutional right to effective counsel was violated.

The 101-page ruling came after a Clark County District Court jury found Simpson guilty in 2008 of kidnapping, armed robbery and other charges in what he maintained was an attempt to retrieve memorabilia and personal items from two sports collectibles dealers in a casino hotel room.

It followed a small victory for Simpson in July, when Nevada parole commissioners granted parole on five concurrent sentences. The parole ruling didn't free Simpson, because he still faces at least four more years for other convictions in the case.

Simpson was handcuffed and jailed following his conviction on Oct. 3, 2008, and sentenced in December 2008 to nine to 33 years in Nevada state prison.

His conviction in Las Vegas came 13 years to the day after he was acquitted of murder in Los Angeles in the 1994 stabbing deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman, and almost seven years after a jury in Miami acquitted him of all charges in a Florida road rage case.

Simpson's legal defense in Las Vegas was headed at trial by the same Miami-based attorney, Yale Galanter, who represented him in the 2001 road rage case. Attorney Gabriel Grasso served with Galanter as co-counsel in Simpson's Las Vegas case.

Simpson's attorneys in his plea for freedom are Palm, Ozzie Fumo and Tom Pitaro.

Bell's ruling came on their claim that Simpson received inadequate legal representation during his trial and unsuccessful appeal to the Nevada Supreme Court. That appeal was handled by Galanter after Grasso withdrew.

The judge considered a 94-page petition for a new trial and heard five days of testimony in May from 15 witnesses including Simpson, Galanter, Grasso and other lawyers involved in the trial.

Simpson's new legal team later said they believed they presented overwhelming evidence that Galanter knew in advance of Simpson's plan, had conflicted interests that shaped the way he handled Simpson's case, and that as a result Simpson didn't get a fair trial.

Palm, Fumo and Pitaro sought to show that Galanter advised Simpson it was OK to take back his items and should have stepped aside so he could be called as a witness for Simpson's defense.

Instead, they said, Galanter advised Simpson not to testify, failed to hire experts and investigators to help his case while pocketing much of the nearly $700,000 they say he was paid, and reached a pretrial agreement with prosecutors not to enter evidence into the trial record of phone calls that raised questions about whether he had knowledge of the heist.

Finally, Simpson's legal team said that by remaining on the case through the appeal, Galanter nearly precluded Simpson from ever arguing he had ineffective counsel.

Simpson spent an entire day recounting how he now believes Galanter misled him, including telling him it was OK to retrieve family photos and memorabilia he thought had been stolen from him after his acquittal in Los Angeles in 1995.
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Simpson said he and Galanter talked over dinner in Las Vegas the night before the ill-fated September 2007 hotel room confrontation, and that Galanter advised him that it was his legal right to retrieve personal items as long as no force was used and no one trespassed.

"It was my stuff," Simpson said. "I followed what I thought was the law. My lawyer told me I couldn't break into a guy's room. I didn't break into anybody's room. I didn't try to muscle the guys. The guys had my stuff, even though they claimed they didn't steal it."

During his parole hearing in July, Simpson said he was sorry for his actions and said he had made amends with the two memorabilia dealers who were victimized in the heist.

"I just wish I never went to that room," Simpson said.

Galanter dramatically contradicted Simpson's account two days later. He took the stand and told the judge that he was surprised when Simpson told him that he and several other men were planning a "sting" the next morning to take back mementos.

The attorney denied giving Simpson the go-ahead to try to retrieve the items, which included photos and signed footballs that Simpson believed had been stolen from him.

"I said, 'O.J., you've got to call the police,'" Galanter testified.

Galanter disputed Simpson's claim that he was never informed about plea bargain discussions with prosecutors that could have resulted in a prison sentence of just a few years.

Galanter also testified that Simpson later confided to him that he knew some of the five men with him the night of the robbery had guns.

Simpson maintains to this day that he never asked anyone to bring guns or saw weapons in the cramped hotel room with nine men yelling profanities at each other and scooping up items arrayed on a king-sized bed.

"Mr. Simpson never told me he was going to go to the Palace (Station) hotel with a bunch of thugs, kidnap people and take property by force," Galanter said at one point. "To insinuate I, as his lawyer, would have blessed it is insane."
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Galanter received more than $500,000 from Simpson for trial representation and another $125,000 to handle his appeal to the Nevada Supreme Court, according to testimony from other lawyers involved in the case.

But they said Galanter failed to hire an investigator or have experts examine crucial evidence including audio tapes that jurors later said convinced them of Simpson's guilt.

http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/25697161/oj-files-new-appeal-in-vegas-robbery-conviction
OJ files new appeal in Vegas robbery conviction
June 4, 2014

LAS VEGAS (AP) - O.J. Simpson's lawyers resubmitted a Nevada Supreme Court appeal Wednesday seeking a new trial on grounds that the imprisoned former football star was misled by his lawyer and didn't get a fair trial in his Las Vegas kidnapping and armed robbery case.

The 102-page document asks the seven justices to reconsider whether Simpson's lead attorney at the time, Yale Galanter, had advance knowledge of the ill-fated September 2007 confrontation involving Simpson, several other men and two sports memorabilia dealers at a Las Vegas casino hotel.

Evidence at trial "tended to indicate that Galanter was involved in the alleged conspiracy," current Simpson lawyers Patricia Palm, Ozzie Fumo and Tom Pitaro say in the appeal. "Galanter's personal interest in hiding his pre-incident involvement is sufficiently substantial to indicate the existence of an actual conflict."

Palm declined additional comment about the appeal, which was initially stalled by size and formatting issues after she submitted it May 21. Since last week, Palm double-spaced the document according to Chief Justice Mark Gibbon's instructions and re-filed it.

The justices haven't decided if they will hold hearings on Simpson's latest appeal and didn't immediately set a date for a decision, court spokesman Michael Sommermeyer said. The court is Nevada's only appellate bench and cases can take months or longer to decide.

The high court in September 2010 rejected a previous appeal by Galanter on behalf of Simpson.

The new effort alleges that Galanter's conflict of interest skewed his representation of Simpson in a trial also tainted by the sports, television and movie star's notoriety stemming from his acquittal in the June 1994 slayings of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman in Los Angeles.

The 20th anniversary of the slayings is next week.

Simpson, now 66, is serving nine to 33 years at a Nevada state prison in Lovelock in the Las Vegas robbery case. He's not eligible for parole until late 2017.

Galanter on Wednesday defended his performance on Simpson's behalf.

The Miami-based lawyer pointed to Clark County District Court Judge Linda Marie Bell's ruling in November - after five days of hearings last May and several months reviewing the case record - that Simpson failed to demonstrate how Galanter's actions led to Simpson's conviction.

Bell denied Simpson's request for release and a new trial. She said also that evidence was overwhelming that Simpson orchestrated the September 2007 armed kidnapping and robbery at the Palace Station hotel.
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http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S3467149.shtml
Figures in OJ Simpson saga have moved on
June 8, 2014

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July 20, 2017

INFORMATION RELATED TO THE PAROLE HEARING ON ORENTHAL SIMPSON, NDOC #1027820

The hearing is at 10:00 a.m. today in Nevada.

http://parole.nv.gov/Information/Simpson/Simpson-Hearing/

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