OJ Simpson

Stories

Stories 21 - 38 of 38

<< Prev 1 2

September 2007
- OJ Courted Memorabilia Dealers
  
  Los Angeles Times | Sep 22, 07 12:02 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Simpson's involvement with the memorabilia dealers he's accused of robbing began in the cell he sat in days after the 1994 murders of Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman. The LA Times reports Simpson asked agent Richard Gilbert to push memorabilia signed behind bars, merchandise he claims Gilbert later stole that Simpson believed was in the hotel room he stands accused of raiding. More »
- OJ Pays Bail and Walks Out
  
  CNN | Sep 19, 07 6:53 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - OJ left a Vegas detention center today after paying his $125,000 bail and hearing a list of charges against him and his alleged cohorts. His lawyer said that OJ will plead not guilty to all charges, including robbery and kidnapping with a weapon. Simpson, 60, gave up his passport but can return home to Miami or travel throughout the US, CNN reports. More »
- Friend Says Simpson Was Set Up
  
  Associated Press | Sep 18, 07 11:45 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The audiotape that surfaced yesterday of OJ Simpson’s alleged burglary was recorded by the same man who tipped Simpson off about his stolen property’s whereabouts, which has one Simpson friend and co-defendant crying foul. “It seemed like a setup to me,” Walter Alexander told "Good Morning America" today. More »
- OJ Robbery Caught on Tape
  
  TMZ | Sep 17, 07 9:30 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - TMZ has obtained a tape apparently documenting OJ Simpson's attempt to rob a sports memorabilia dealer with several gun-toting confederates. in the six-minute recording OJ spews profanity and repeatedly impugns the rights of the owners to sell memorabilia with his autograph. "You think you can steal my s*** and sell it?" a voice like OJ's repeats several times on the tape. Another voice orders someone against a wall. More »
- OJ Held Without Bail in Felony Heist
  
  ESPN | Sep 17, 07 3:31 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - OJ Simpson has been jailed without bail on six felony charges after a sports memorabilia collector told police that the scandal-prone football star participated in an armed robbery in his Vegas hotel room. If convicted, Simpson could face up to 30 years in prison on each of several counts of armed robbery. Police said Simpson, 60, was cooperative at his booking last night; a court date was set for Thursday. More »
- O.J. Arrested in Heist of Memorabilia
  
  CNN | Sep 16, 07 2:11 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - There was no Bronco chase this time, as police arrested O.J. Simpson after an alleged armed burglary at a Las Vegas hotel. Simpson and his pals made off with memorabilia that the ex-football phenom says were stolen from him. Police nabbed another man in the case last night, and seized two guns that may have been used in the heist, CNN reports. More »
- O.J. 'Sorry' —Dealer Ready to Forget Heist
  
  New York Daily News | Sep 16, 07 8:12 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A sports memorabilia dealer who accused O.J. Simpson of armed robbery appears to be willing to forgive and foget, reports the New York Daily News . Simpson allegedly barged into the collector's Las Vegas hotel room and stole memorabilia at gunpoint, the dealer told police. But now, "as far as I'm concerned, it's over," Simpson told the News. "We talked; it's behind us." More »
- OJ Admits He Did It (Took Sports Collectibles, That Is)
  
  Associated Press | Sep 14, 07 2:54 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - OJ Simpson says he was just conducting a “sting operation” to retrieve items he says were stolen from him, but now Las Vegas authorities have named him a suspect in a hotel break-in. The ex-football star told the AP an auctioneer tipped him off to a secret sale of his collectibles, and he merely sought to reclaim them. More »
August 2007
- If He Did It, They Won't Push It
  
  Associated Press | Aug 22, 07 6:24 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barnes & Noble won't put the new edition of O.J. Simpson's controversial near-confessional If I Did It on bookstore shelves, but it will make the book available by special order and online. Rival Borders will stock the book but won't promote it. The divergent decisions reflect the publishing industry's ambivalence about the book, the AP reports. More »
- NY Publisher to Issue OJ Book
  
  Reuters | Aug 13, 07 4:35 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - OJ Simpson’s book hypothetically describing the murders of his ex-wife Nicole and Ron Goldman will finally be published, Reuters reports. The Goldman family will “leave Simpson’s manuscript entirely intact, but they will also add key commentary,” a spokesman for their literary agent said. Under a court agreement reached last month, the Goldmans own all rights to the book. More »
June 2007
- Gossip Site Faces Judge Over OJ Book
  
  Associated Press | Jun 21, 07 4:22 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A judge will hear a motion to hold online scandal sheet TMZ in contempt for momentarily denuding the manuscript of OJ Simpson's veiled confession. The family of murder victim Ron Goldman owns the rights to If I Did It , in which Simpson delineates how he could have killed his ex-wife and Goldman, and is livid over the internet leak. More »
October 1995
- Simpson verdict "Not Guilty"
  
  CNN | Oct 3, 95
  
  LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- Orenthal James Simpson is a free man (2M QT movie). He was acquitted Tuesday in the brutal stabbing murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman, outside her luxury townhouse on the night of June 12, 1994.
September 1995
- Simpson proclaims his innocence before judge
  
  CNN | Sep 22, 95
  
  LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- Jurors didn't hear O.J. Simpson say he was confident of their integrity, and they didn't hear him say "I did not, could not and would not have committed this crime." They did, however, hear Judge Lance Ito instruct them Friday that they could find the former football great guilty of first- or second-degree murder.
July 1994
- O.J. Simpson's Plea... No Surprise
  
  Time | Jul 22, 94
  
  O.J. Simpson stated during his arraignment in Superior Court in Los Angeles that he was "absolutely, 100 percent not guilty" of killing either his ex-wife or Ron Goldman. About the only thing surprising about this declaration was O.J.'s attitude: he shook his head firmly as he spoke--a dramatic change from his morose mood during his preliminary hearing. BTW: O.J.'s defense hot line seems to be a hit. In its first day of operation it averaged 100 calls a minute.WHAT DO YOU THINK? According to a recent TIME/CNN poll, blacks and whites disagree sharply on the kind of justice O.J. Simpson can expect....
June 1994
- End of the Run
  
  Time | Jun 27, 94
  
  When asked how they could have let the most famous double-murder suspect in history slip away under their noses, the angry police commander and the tight- faced lawyer and the whole choir of commentators all said the same thing, without a trace of irony: "We never thought he would run." In crisis, people condense into their essential selves. O.J. Simpson was, essentially, a very great runner.
February 1969
- A Shortage of Studs
  
  Time | Feb 7, 69
  
  In the garish expanse of the Moderne Room in Manhattan's Belmont Plaza Hotel last week, Pro Football Commissioner Pete Rozelle stood up and patiently repeated the same announcement half a dozen times for the benefit of the surrounding cameras and microphones: "The Buffalo Bills select O. J. Simpson, halfback, University of Southern California."
October 1968
- Countdown to Pasadena
  
  Time | Oct 11, 68
  
  Who Is No. I? If anything, Southern Cal's O.J. Simpson boasts even more dramatic statistics. Molded in the slums of San Francisco's Portrero Hill district, he was unheralded until he turned up at the City College of San Francisco, where in two years he scored a grand total of 54 touchdowns. He went to Southern Cal last year as a junior, and he wasted no time. In an awesome display of speed and power, O.J. led the country in rushing (with 1,415 yds. in 266 carries), scored both touchdowns in the Trojans' 14-3 victory over Indiana in the Rose Bowl. This year he has been offering more of the same.
October 1967
- Trojan Horses
  
  Time | Oct 27, 67
  
  The Most. That description fits a San Francisco dockworker's son named O. (for Orenthal) J. (for James) Simpson, 20, whose rookie year on the Southern Cal varsity may turn out to be the most spectacular season any major-college running back ever had. In his first six games, Halfback Simpson has carried the ball 180 times for 987 yds., is well within reach of the alltime season records for most carries (296) and most yards gained (1,570).