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LAS VEGAS — The man who arranged the hotel-room confrontation that led to armed robbery and kidnapping charges against O.J. Simpson testified Monday that he received a at least $210,000 from various media outlets including ABC News in exchange for interviews, photos and portions of audio of the incident he recorded secretly.

THIRTEEN years after his acquittal in one of the most publicised murder cases in US history, OJ Simpson returns to court later today for a robbery and kidnapping case that could see him jailed for life. Legal experts say the outcome of the case is far from clear as Simpson, 61, faces a dozen charges that stem from a confrontation in a hotel room last September after which he and a gang of gun-toting cohorts left with pillow cases stuffed full of sports memorabilia. The charges against Simpson and one of those men, Clarence Stewart, include kidnapping and armed robbery,...

LAS VEGAS (AP) - O.J. Simpson says an ambitious Nevada prosecutor is pressing a kidnapping and armed robbery case against him that he says even the alleged victims don't want to pursue. "If I was anybody else, I wouldn't be going to court," Simpson told a reporter for Fargo, N.D., radio station KFGO who interviewed him late Tuesday at a Fargo cigar bar. Simpson was vacationing in eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota. "How many trials have you ever heard of where both of the victims say they don't want this guy to go to jail, they don't want to...

As Sen. Barack Obama opens his campaign as the first African American on a major party presidential ticket, nearly half of all Americans say race relations in the country are in bad shape and three in 10 acknowledge feelings of racial prejudice, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. Lingering racial bias affects the public's assessments of the Democrat from Illinois, but offsetting advantages and Sen. John McCain's age could be bigger factors in determining the next occupant of the White House. Overall, 51 percent call the current state of race relations "excellent" or "good," about the same as...

(CBS) O.J. Simpson's girlfriend, who had been hospitalized in February after a fall, was back in the hospital, this time with two broken legs and other serious injuries, CBS4 in Miami reported. Florida Highway Patrol Lt. Pat Santangelo said Christie Prody was injured early Saturday morning on the Don Shula Expressway near Miller Drive after she pulled over to an emergency lane because she had two flat tires on her 2-door Mitsubishi. Police say she rode on the flat tires for quite a distance because one of the tires was completely shredded and the other had come off the rim...

A judge has agreed to delay O.J. Simpson's trial on armed robbery and kidnapping charges to September, defense lawyers said Friday. Simpson lawyer Yale Galanter and attorney John Moran Jr., representing co-defendant Charles Ehrlich emerged from a pre-hearing meeting with Clark County District Court Judge Jackie Glass and said the judge agreed to give them more time to prepare for trial. The judge took the bench minutes later and began hearing challenges to the charges against the former football star and arguments about whether co-defendants Ehrlich and Clarence "C.J." Stewart should be tried separately. Glass said she would issue her...

Time for a True Crime update and two high-profile verdicts came in last week. One involved a police officer who is very fertile and loves to impregnate the females in his surround. Should the child support get too burdensome, Bobby Cutts simply kills his pregnant girlfriend and tells the world he hit her accidentally with his elbow and tried to revive her with household bleach. A lesser profile case but still significant, the illegal immigrant killer of actress Adrienne Shelly pleads guilty. Also, more Saudi justice, a young man murders his identical twin, the Lane Bryant murders, shrink slasher, Illinois...

It has now been reported that has now learned that a neurologist at the hospital where O.J. Simpson’s girlfriend Christie Prody is being treated has told police her injuries are consistent with an assault, not a fall. O.J. Simpson's long-time girlfriend has severe injuries that are consistent with an assault, rather than simply a fall. Christie Prody, 32, remains hospitalized at Baptist Hospital in Miami and may be facing brain surgery. The National Enquirer broke the story yesterday of Prody's injuries and revealed that O.J. was questioned by police detectives at his home in Florida. The police are still investigating.

O.J. Simpson's girlfriend Christie Prody was hospitalized Tuesday in Miami for what police are calling a "severe head injury," Entertainment Tonight has reported. An anonymous caller reported a woman falling and was taken by Fire Rescue to Baptist Hospital of Miami with a severe head injury, according to a police report obtained by the television show.

More than 10 years after publishing Mark Fuhrman’s controversial #1 bestseller, "Murder in Brentwood" Regnery Publishing today announced it has signed a contract with O.J. Simpson’s long-time sports agent and confidant, Michael Gilbert, for a book titled "How I Helped O.J. Get Away With Murder." The book, which will be released this spring, will provide shocking new proof that O.J. Simpson did indeed murder Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, and will reveal Gilbert’s crucial role in obtaining the “not guilty” verdict. Gilbert will expose how O.J.’s defense team deliberately manipulated evidence and witnesses during the murder trial -- and...

OJ Simpson slammed by judge in US By Catherine Elsworth in Los Angeles Last Updated: 8:11pm GMT 16/01/2008 An infuriated judge doubled OJ Simpson's bail in an armed robbery case after he breached a court order by attempting to contact a co-defendant. OJ Simpson in court after breaching a court order The disgraced former sports star, who was jailed in Las Vegas on Friday after the breach came to light, was ordered to post bail of $250,000 (£120,000) and put his Florida home up as additional surety. Judge Jackie Glass told the ex-footballer he would not be released until 15...

Prosecutor: O.J. Simpson violated terms of Bail LAS VEGAS, Nevada (CNN) -- O.J. Simpson was taken into custody in Florida on allegations that he violated terms of his bail by trying to talk a co-defendant out of cooperating in a Las Vegas armed robbery case, court documents say. O.J. Simpson faces trial on 12 counts, including robbery and conspiracy. Simpson, 60, is to go before a Nevada judge on Wednesday at the request of Clark County District Attorney David Roger. The prosecutor filed a motion Friday to revoke Simpson's $125,000 bail. Court documents obtained by CNN say Simpson allegedly tried...

Las Vegas -- O.J. Simpson is in custody in Florida on allegations that he violated terms of his release on bail by calling one of his co-defendants in a Las Vegas armed robbery case, a court official said Friday. Prosecutors allege that Simpson, identifying himself as "Miguel," telephoned Clarence "C.J." Stewart on Nov. 16 and expressed frustration with Stewart's testimony at a preliminary hearing, court spokesman Michael Sommermeyer said. That was two days after a Las Vegas justice of the peace ruled that Simpson, Stewart and another co-defendant should stand trial on 12 charges, including kidnapping and robbery. Clark County...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - No matter how O.J. Simpson's hotel-room robbery trial plays out, he can plan on seeing Fred Goldman's lawyers in court again. A taciturn 66-year-old whose gray hair and handlebar mustache have made him familiar to followers of the Simpson saga, Goldman speaks forcefully but rarely angrily when he talks of hounding the former football star he believes stabbed his son, Ron Goldman, and Simpson's ex-wife to death in 1994. "Our intent is to continue to pursue him, to continue to hold him accountable and responsible for Ron's murder," he said during a recent phone interview from...

LAS VEGAS - O.J. Simpson must face trial on kidnapping, armed robbery and other charges stemming from an alleged sports memorabilia heist, a justice of the peace ruled Wednesday. Justice of the Peace Joe M. Bonaventure ruled after a preliminary hearing of the charges and arguments against the case by attorneys for Simpson and co-defendants Clarence "C.J." Stewart and Charles "Charlie" Ehrlich. "This is what we expected," Simpson told The Associated Press before he left the courtroom. "If I have any disappointment it's that I wish a jury was here. As always, I rely on the jury system." No charges...

New items on three big crimes this past week. First, the rape and death of 9 year old Rowan Ford by two of the biggest (in one case, literally) losers on the planet. Will they get the death penalty like they gave to young Rowan? Cop Drew Peterson keeps losing wives and it seems as if someone in Illinois is helping him get away with it. Now they're exhuming his third wife's body and new stories on the marriage of Stacey and Drew. Finally, the fine state of Illinois where cops evidently get free murders are finally interviewing Lisa Stebic's...

A second co-defendant in the O.J. Simpson armed robbery case said Monday that he will plead guilty to a reduced charge and testify against Simpson and four others in the alleged hotel room theft of sports collectibles from two memorabilia dealers. Walter Alexander, 46, of Mesa, Ariz., told a judge he will plead guilty to conspiracy to commit robbery, a felony. He could face between one and six years in prison. Outside the courtroom, Alexander and his lawyers declined to say what testimony he will provide. Earlier Monday, Charles Cashmore, 40, of Las Vegas, told the same judge that he...

LAS VEGAS — A co-defendant in the O.J. Simpson armed robbery case told a judge today he would plead guilty to a felony and testify against Simpson and four others in the hotel room theft of sports collectibles from two memorabilia dealers. The plea agreement with Charles Cashmore, 40, of Las Vegas ups the ante in the prosecution of Simpson. Cashmore can testify that guns were involved in the Sept. 13 confrontation with two sports memorabilia dealers at a Las Vegas casino hotel room, his lawyer said. Simpson and his lawyers have denied guns were in the room. "In District...

The National Association of Black Journalists urges Citadel Broadcasting chief executive Farid Suleman and Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes to halt negotiations to return former radio personality Don Imus to the radio and television broadcast airwaves. Recent reports that Imus is in informal talks with Fox Chairman Roger Ailes and is finalizing contractual details with Citadel Broadcasting are unimaginable. Imus was fired last April after the shock jock called members of the Rutgers women's basketball team 'nappy-headed ho's.' "NABJ remains outraged after the racially inflammatory insults made by Don Imus last spring. He used his free speech to broadcast hate...

O.J. Simpson is getting his fake Rolex watch back. The timepiece, seized earlier this week by attorneys for Fred Goldman, was ordered returned to the former football star after it was determined to be a knockoff made in China. Goldman lawyer David Cook said his client will comply with Friday‘s order by Superior Court Judge Gerald Rosenberg. Cook had hoped the watch might be worth as much as $22,000, but an appraisal from San Francisco jeweler Shreve & Co. concluded it was worth only about $100. Simpson had told his lawyer, Ronald Slates, he paid $125 for it. Had he...