O.J. Simpson

**alaskaguy** · 09-14-2007, 01:00 PM

One of the items that OJ was apparently "trying to retrieve" was the suit he was wearing the day he was acquitted.

**alaskaguy** · 09-14-2007, 01:01 PM

The version that OJ is spinning is that he was conducting a "sting operation" to recover his personal belongings.

**247cy** · 09-14-2007, 01:04 PM

Was Pedro Guerrero there?

I can hear the 911 call now....
"[The memorabilia]'s been doing drugs for two days with Pedro Guerrero, who just got arrested for cocaine, and I'm trying to get [the memorabilia] to leave [the casino] and go into rehab right now."

**alaskaguy** · 09-14-2007, 07:20 PM

So O.J. was simply conducting his own sting operation. Lets give this guy a break, after all, this self styled crime fighter is still searching for the real killers of his wife.

**alaskaguy** · 09-17-2007, 03:08 AM

So what's going to happen to O.J. now that he is going to be charged with all those felonies? I'm sure that he is missing Johnny Cochran about now.

**cyclonenum1** · 09-17-2007, 09:41 AM

OJ is currently being held without bond and it looks like he may get as much as 60 years if convicted.

**Cyclonepride** · 09-18-2007, 09:43 PM

Sounds like they added a kidnapping charge........OJ could get life! Talk about justice being served!

**Wesley** · 09-18-2007, 09:48 PM

Six counts of stupidity.

It was all on tape.

They robbed stuff that was not even football stuff in some cases.

He acted like Geraldo Rivera.

The one 53 year sports memo holder had a massive heart attack today.

No bail.

He did conspiracy many times over.

He is a goner for prison for a very long time - watch your tail OJ.

He sure has guts. Must think he is Superman.

**ISUAlum2002** · 09-18-2007, 10:08 PM

I think I heard that the guy who recorded it was the guy who set the collectors up and brought OJ in. If it was, that guy is a total idiot!!

**Wesley** · 09-18-2007, 10:16 PM

So we have at least two idiots.

OJ first writes a book on how he committed the crime, tries to go on TV, and finally gets it published, and then he tries to steal sports hardware. He must think he is omnipotent He almost seems like he has a Jailwish.

Mandatory Link:
O.J. Charged With 10 Felonies, Simpson Could Face Life In Prison If Convicted For Armed Robbery At Hotel - The ShowBuzz
O.J. Charged With 10 Felonies

Simpson Could Face Life In Prison If Convicted For Armed Robbery At Hotel

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O.J. Busted In Vegas
Simpson arrested in connection with what police described as a robbery at a Las Vegas hotel.

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Murder In Brentwood
A look back at the Simpson-Goldman murders.

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O.J. Once More
The release of his controversial new book about an old crime, and his arrest in connection with a new one, are just the latest chapters in the Simpson saga.

LAS VEGAS, Sept. 18, 2007 (CBS/AP) Prosecutors filed formal charges Tuesday against O.J. Simpson, alleging the fallen football star committed 10 felonies, including kidnapping, in the armed robbery of sports memorabilia collectors in a casino-hotel room.

Simpson was arrested Sunday after a collector reported a group of armed men charged into his hotel room and took several items Simpson claimed belonged to him.

Simpson, 60, was booked on five felony counts, including suspicion of assault and robbery with a deadly weapon. District Attorney David Roger filed those charges and added five other felonies, including kidnapping and conspiracy to commit kidnapping, according to court documents.

CBS News legal analyst Andrew Cohen reports that under Nevada law, the crime of kidnapping is defined merely as confining someone against their will.

"Most people think kidnapping is when you take someone from Point A to Point B," Cohen says. "But in many states, including Nevada, kidnapping is more broadly defined to include confining someone against their will for a time, which is what the district attorney now alleging occurred during that so-called burglary."

The crimes Simpson and the other men are charged with will carry hefty sentences and therefore, will "put pressure on defendants who might be leaning toward turning on each other in exchange for a plea deal," Cohen says.

Simpson, accused along with three other men, faces the possibility of life in prison if convicted in the robbery at the Palace Station casino. He was being held without bail and was scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday.

According to the charges, Simpson and the others went to the hotel room under the pretext of brokering a deal with Alfred Beardsley and Bruce Fromong, two longtime collectors of Simpson memorabilia.

Once in the room, Simpson prevented one of the collectors from calling 911 on his cell phone "by ripping it out of Fromong's hand" while one or more accomplices pointed or displayed a handgun.

The complaint does not specify which of the men involved was carrying the weapon.

The kidnapping charge accuses the men of detaining each of the men "against his will, and without his consent, for the purpose of committing a robbery."

Fromong, a crucial witness in the case, was in critical condition in a Los Angeles hospital on Tuesday, after suffering a heart attack Monday, according to a spokeswoman at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Beardsley has said he does not want to pursue the case.

**jbhtexas** · 09-19-2007, 08:16 AM

Originally Posted by alaskaguy

The version that OJ is spinning is that he was conducting a "sting operation" to recover his personal belongings.

OJ's new defense slogan:

"If the stuff is mine, there is no crime!!"

**CYdTracked** · 09-19-2007, 08:20 AM

Will be interesting to see how this plays out and this time no Johnnie Cochran to be his lawyer. Lot of different stories floating around it seems and already some acusations that the government has got some witnesses to "flip" to their side which I'm sure will come into play on how credible they are. The fact that this was recorded makes you wonder if it was a setup.

**cyclonenum1** · 09-19-2007, 09:52 AM

What I really wonder is with all we know about OJ since the murders of his wife and Ron Goldman (this incident, traffic incidents, 911 call by his daughter, etc.)...what kind of stuff was he engaged in prior to the murders???? You never heard anything but I find it hard to believe that this sort of criminal behavior just started at one point in time.