Posted on 07/16/2013 4:04:23 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Witness Brian "Kato" Kaelin testifies during the O.J. Simpson trial, March 21, 1995.
It’s only when one stops and reminds oneself of the details of the last “trial of the century,” the one in which O.J. Simpson was acquitted, that the fame-seeking behavior of just about every participant seems deeply unsettling.
A witness, Kato Kaelin, ended up building a career of sorts off his performance on the stand, performing in a Web comedy series called “Can’t Get Arrested” as recently as 2011 and appearing in movies and television series with some frequency through the 1990s. Marcia Clark, the prosecutor whose case against Simpson failed, got a lucrative book deal and became a TV talking head. Witness Mark Fuhrman wrote a book, too; so did Simpson’s sports agent, who claimed to have “Helped O.J. Get Away With Murder,” in his book’s subtitle. Her most recent mystery novel just came out. Simpson himself, years later, attempted to cash in with a withdrawn book and a never-aired reality show. And the daughters of one of Simpson’s most prominent lawyers began attending fundraisers for the Nicole Brown Foundation amid other endeavors, and rose to fame as the Kardashian sisters.
That a murder trial can give rise to so many venal celebrities and would-be celebrities is hardly the sole province of the Simpson trial; Nancy Grace rose to a new level of fame, for instance, during and immediately after the trial of Casey Anthony, while jurors in the Laci Peterson murder case published a book together. So perhaps it’s no surprise that a juror in the trial of George Zimmerman has already tried to sell a book based on her experience of the case, though any chance of a book deal was quashed by public outcry.....
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I’d say several people have already become infamous.
Will: yep.
Should: hell to the no.
Please, please, please don’t let it be Kel-Tec! Those things are one rounders!
I’ll bet it’s done wonders for their sales, though.
I heard today, some guy ,radio I think,offered Rachel a full scholarship to any black college she choses ..problem is she needs to get accepted
I heard that, too. What a waste of money that’d be.
Jeantel already has had a offer to fund her college education.
I can envsion her and Robert Zimmerman appearing on talk shows or reality tv game shows in the future.
I hope not. There are no heroes in this trial, nor are there any purely innocent victims. The national media is the worst offender of all.
“I heard today, some guy ,radio I think,offered Rachel a full scholarship to any black college she choses ..problem is she needs to get accepted”
Too high a profile; it would have to be a grammar school if they wanted to be taken seriously in the future.
Shes not having any problem flashing the tatoo on her left wrist.During the trial it was covered with a big ass ugly watch.
The hair is much better than the “Hut” style at trial.
“I heard today, some guy ,radio I think,offered Rachel a full scholarship to any black college she choses ..”
1. First a bona fide secondary school certificate of satisfactory completion.
2. Why a “black” college? Give the woman an opportunity to expand the range of her inter-personal relationships. She needs social/intellectual broadening.
Please, please, please don’t let it be Kel-Tec! Those things are one rounders!
One Rounders? Apparently your experience with the KEL-TEC PF9 is quite different than mine. The very first 100 rounds I fired resulted in only two failures. Those failures were ammo failures proven by the fact that they would not fire in any other 9mm firearm.
His attorney’s. They are pretty damned good.
I have been extremely impressed with Robert Zimmerman. Hope he stays in the public eye. He has a future.
Because some “white Hispanic” might gun her down at a regular college, of course.
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