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OJ 'Confessed To Me,' Says Souvenir Dealer

Posted May 10, 08 3:18 PM CDT in Sports,  Arts & Living,  Crime & Courts,  Gossip 

(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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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)
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)
Memorabilia dealer Alfred Beardsley speaks during a court appearance in Las Vegas, in this Nov. 14, 2007 file photo.   (AP Photo/Gary Thompson, Pool)
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)
The jacket cover of "If I Did It."   (AP Photo/Beaufort Books)
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