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Marie5656 Forum-Blogger© Original500© Member  Just hanging out
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Yep....now that it is too late to do anything about it. LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- A memorabilia dealer who profited from O.J. Simpson for many years is the latest former crony to write a tell-all book, this one alleging that a groggy Simpson, high on marijuana, confessed to killing his ex-wife after he was acquitted.  Former football star O.J. Simpson was acquitted in the deaths of his ex-wife and her friend.  Mike Gilbert also claims that he helped his former friend wiggle out of the murder charges by suggesting how to bloat his hands so they wouldn't fit the notorious bloody gloves. Gilbert's book, "How I Helped O.J. Get Away With Murder: The Shocking Inside Story of Violence, Loyalty, Regret and Remorse," is due in stores Monday. It was released to The Associated Press in advance. He said Simpson had smoked pot and taken a sleeping pill and was drinking beer when he confided at his home in Los Angeles' Brentwood area weeks after his trial what happened the night of June 12, 1994. Simpson said he went to his ex-wife's condominium but did not bring a knife with him. Simpson told him Nicole Brown Simpson had one in her hand when she opened the door. In a soft mumble, Simpson told him: "If she hadn't opened that door with a knife in her hand ... she'd still be alive." "Nothing more needed to be said," Gilbert writes. "O.J. had confessed to me. There's no doubt in my mind." Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman were stabbed to death at the entrance to her condominium. The knife was never found. Simpson's current lawyer Yale Galanter said that none of Gilbert's claims are true and that Gilbert is "a delusional drug addict who needs money. He's fallen on very hard times. He is in trouble with the IRS." "I've talked to O.J. about it," said Galanter, who refused to allow Simpson to comment directly because of his upcoming robbery trial in Las Vegas, Nevada. "This stuff not only didn't occur, but it's not factually supported by the evidence." The name-calling and accusations on both sides showed that deep wounds persist. Gilbert, 53, called Galanter "an ambulance chaser and an enabler and denier for O.J. I know. I used to do the same thing. I understand the game." He acknowledged that he has IRS problems, which he says were caused by Simpson, but said, "I could take a drug test and pass it. I highly doubt that O.J. could." Gilbert is the second sports memorabilia dealer to write a Simpson book this year. Thomas Riccio, who arranged a Las Vegas memorabilia sale that led to Simpson's armed robbery arrest, penned "Busted" last month. Simpson himself participated in the controversial book "If I Did It," which he claimed was not a confession. It was withdrawn by the publisher and eventually released last year by the Goldman family to help satisfy a $33.5 million wrongful death judgment. Gilbert said he continued to represent Simpson for another decade after the alleged confession, hawking items with his autograph, hiding the profits and helping Simpson shield his possessions so they could not be seized by the Goldman family. Gilbert also claims that he counseled the jailed Simpson during his murder trial to stop taking his arthritis medicine so his hands would swell up and not fit the bloody gloves in court. He offers no proof that Simpson followed his advice or that he was taking any medicine, but the drama that played out in court when the gloves didn't fit was central to Simpson's defense. The prosecutors in Simpson's murder trial, Marcia Clark and Christopher Darden, could not be reached for comment on Gilbert's claims. Former Gilbert partner Bruce Fromong, who was involved in the Las Vegas incident, said Gilbert is known for spinning tall tales. "Mike makes up a lot of great stories," Fromong said. "Mike Gilbert has a ton of skeletons in his closet. He's as dirty as anyone." Gilbert said he broke with Simpson two years ago because he felt cheated, didn't approve of his lifestyle and was repulsed by "If I Did It." He writes that he was guided to do his own the book by dreams in which he saw the ghosts of his dead grandmother and of Nicole Brown Simpson. He refers to himself in the book as a Judas and says he is betraying Simpson because he's ashamed of what he did and wants to soothe his conscience. He responded to Fromong's criticism by saying he's made mistakes and isn't trying to clean up his image with the book. He writes that he was not alone in helping Simpson beat the murder charges, but "I hope to be the first to finally confess." Gilbert said he funneled money from autograph signing appearances to Simpson under the table so the Goldman family could not get it. Gilbert said he paid Simpson 80 percent and kept 20 percent but had to pay taxes on the whole amount. He said Simpson repeatedly told him they'd settle up later. But they never did, and when pushed, Simpson reminded him of the Goldman debt: "Hey, at least you don't owe $33.5 million." "Yeah, I didn't kill anybody either," Gilbert replied. Simpson scowled. He offers apologies to the dead Nicole Simpson, whom he said he never liked, and to the Goldman family. "He offers an apology for money laundering?" Goldman attorney David Cook asked. "I don't think we want the apology. I think we need the money. Send us a check, not an 'I'm sorry.' " He said he plans to use the book as a treasure map to Simpson's hidden assets.
 
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Lady Cop Pioneer100© Member 
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o.j. does surround himself with sleazy people who want to profit from blood money, but that bit about her opening the door with the knife in her hand has a ring of truth to me.
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aknow Original500© Member
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Egomaniacs such as Scum Simpson, cannot keep their big mouths shut for long without bragging, for long. Even bragging about the murder of two beautiful innocent people. Can someone just return the favor to him?
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shirohniichan Original500© Member  Obscurius per obscurum
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Mike Gilbert also claims that he helped his former friend wiggle out of the murder charges by suggesting how to bloat his hands so they wouldn't fit the notorious bloody gloves. I guess that would have made Gilbert an accessory had OJ been properly convicted. Is there any chance the Browns could go after him with a civil suit?
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Lady Cop Pioneer100© Member
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anybody can sue anybody else on the civil side for whatever cause of action some lawyer thinks they may have. i don't think it would get past the giggle test. he would not have been an accessory on the criminal side however. he would have had to have contemporaneous knowlege of the crime and perhaps tamper with evidence such as the missing knife or whatever else had a nexus to the crime. the more i think about this knife business, Nicole had candles lit around her bathtub. she was not in kitchen preparing food. and if she KNEW it was oj outside, she certainly did not think she would be able to overpower him physically. she was expecting Goldman at the door. in visualizing the scene, i am back to square one, he brought the knife with him. probably a hunting knife.
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Marie5656 Forum-Blogger© Original500© Member Just hanging out
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I remember that after he was aquitted, the Browns (or was it the Goldmans?) did file and win a wrongful death civil suit. Not sure they can file again, but maybe the other family could.
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Marie5656 wrote: I remember that after he was aquitted, the Browns (or was it the Goldmans?) did file and win a wrongful death civil suit. Not sure they can file again, but maybe the other family could. i believe the comment about civil suit was in relation to this latest book shark/author. of course there was a civil suit against simpson by the Goldmans/Browns. oj was found responsible for the murders/wrongful deaths and ordered to pay 33 million dollars. he's been evading that judgment all this time.
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Marie5656 Forum-Blogger© Original500© Member Just hanging out
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OK, thanks for clarification, LC, so another suit could be brought? Do you know, is there a statute of limitations for civil suits?
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Marie5656 wrote: OK, thanks for clarification, LC, so another suit could be brought? Do you know, is there a statute of limitations for civil suits? suit against simpson? he's already lost wrongful death suit. and yes, torts (civil wrongs) start to toll when the person discovers the tort. then yes, there are various time limits.
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shirohniichan Original500© Member Obscurius per obscurum
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he would not have been an accessory on the criminal side however. he would have had to have contemporaneous knowlege of the crime and perhaps tamper with evidence such as the missing knife or whatever else had a nexus to the crime. Does anyone have a legal responsibility to report a confession of a purported murderer before a judgment is handed down in his case?
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shirohniichan wrote: he would not have been an accessory on the criminal side however. he would have had to have contemporaneous knowlege of the crime and perhaps tamper with evidence such as the missing knife or whatever else had a nexus to the crime. no, unless they are police, investigators, other officials. the average citizen has no such mandate.
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Saint Forum-Blogger© Pioneer100© Member  Polymath
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Lady Cop wrote: o.j. does surround himself with sleazy people who want to profit from blood money, but that bit about her opening the door with the knife in her hand has a ring of truth to me. Bingo. I know he did it. He was known to be very violent.
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Saint wrote: Lady Cop wrote:o.j. does surround himself with sleazy people who want to profit from blood money, but that bit about her opening the door with the knife in her hand has a ring of truth to me. but then after some thought, i said: the more i think about this knife business, Nicole had candles lit around her bathtub. she was not in kitchen preparing food. and if she KNEW it was oj outside, she certainly did not think she would be able to overpower him physically. she was expecting Goldman at the door. in visualizing the scene, i am back to square one, he brought the knife with him. probably a hunting knife.
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Saint Forum-Blogger© Pioneer100© Member Polymath
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You're a scantily-dressed girl, about to take a bath, who's at odds with her very-violent and drug-addicted husband. You hear a knock at the door. As you pass through the kitchen, you see a knife on the counter. Naturally, before you open the door, you arm yourself. Last edited on Tue May 13th, 2008 09:04 pm by Saint |
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CARLA Original500© Member  Aloha San Diego is Paradise.!!
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The entire world know OJ did it.
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, martini in the other, body thoroughly used up worn out screaming what a ride.. |
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