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OJ 'Confessed To Me,' Says Souvenir Dealer  

Posted May 10, 08 3:18 PM CDT in Sports,  Arts & Living,  Crime,  Gossip    Editor's Choice

(newser) – A memorabilia merchant who has sold items for O.J. Simpson says the former football phenom got high on drugs and confessed to killing Nicole Brown Simpson, the AP reports. In his new book, How I Helped O.J. Get Away With Murder, Mike Gilbert also claims that he helped Simpson bloat his hands so his gloves wouldn't fit on trial.

Simpson's lawyer denied the charges and called Gilbert "a delusional drug addict who needs money. He's fallen on very hard times. He is in trouble with the IRS. (He is) an ambulance chaser and an enabler and denier for O.J. I know. I used to do the same thing."

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OJ 'Confessed To Me,' Says Souvenir Dealer
Simpson prepares to have his booking photo taken at Clark County Detention Center on Jan. 11, 2008, in Las Vegas.   (AP Photo/Langley Productions, MyNetworkTV)
OJ 'Confessed To Me,' Says Souvenir Dealer
In this June 21, 1995 file photo, O.J. Simpson holds up his hands before the jury after putting on a pair of gloves similar to the infamous bloody gloves during his double-murder trial in Los Angeles.   (AP Photo)
OJ 'Confessed To Me,' Says Souvenir Dealer
Memorabilia dealer Alfred Beardsley speaks during a court appearance in Las Vegas, in this Nov. 14, 2007 file photo.   (AP Photo/Gary Thompson, Pool)
OJ 'Confessed To Me,' Says Souvenir Dealer
Clark County District Court Judge Jackie Glass gestures during O.J. Simpson's bail revocation hearing in Las Vegas, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008.   (AP Photo/Rick Wilking, Pool)
OJ 'Confessed To Me,' Says Souvenir Dealer
The jacket cover of "If I Did It."   (AP Photo/Beaufort Books)
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