Posted on 09/14/2007 8:26:52 AM PDT by La Enchiladita
Article Launched:09/14/2007 06:33:21 AM PDT
LAS VEGASO.J. Simpson was questioned about a casino hotel room break-in involving sports memorabilia, police said Friday. The break-in was reported at the Palace Station casino late Thursday night, police spokesman Jose Montoya said. He said the break-in involved sports collectibles, but he declined to elaborate.
Simpson was released, but is considered a suspect in the case, Montoya said. He is believed to be in Las Vegas.
"We don't believe he's going anywhere," he said.
The Heisman Trophy winner, ex-NFL star and actor had been scheduled to give a deposition Friday in Miami in a bankruptcy case involving his eldest daughter. But it was rescheduled because Simpson had told attorneys that he would be out of town.
Simpson lives near Miami and has been a tabloid staple since his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman were killed in 1994. Simpson was acquitted of murder charges, but a jury later held him liable for the killings in a wrongful death lawsuit.
Simpson has had to auction off his sports collectibles, including his Heisman Trophy, to pay some of the $33.5 million judgment awarded to the Goldman family.
Las Vegas police said "associates of Simpson" also were questioned in the case, along with the alleged victims.
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He is a certified slasher. Please do not give slicers a bad name.
I can see the headlines now.....” Oj on the loose in a rented golf cart”..
Get ready for this to be the new Fox obsession. I think I just heard a signature musical sign-off when Fox just broke for commercials. When they develop a "bumper music" for a story, it will be wall to wall coverage.
That’s because they were soaked in water!
He had female accomplices that he ordered to retrieve the items, according to local ABC reporter via phone just now.
Geraldo is set for a month....
lol
Once a thug — always a thug.
News conference at any moment
per Fox just now - items were stolen from OJ’s storage locker. He met some guys at a cocktail party before a wedding, found out some dealers at the hotel had some of his stolen things, took them with him up to a room where memorabiia dealers were to get his things.
per Fox: the memorabilia dealer statement said OJ and “posse” posed as buyers of the suit he wore the day he was acquitted. They walked in, 2 of the guys drew guns. OJ was calling the shots.
Presser now. OJ Simpson was involved in the robbery. Not releasing info re investigation. OJ Simpson is cooperating with LV police dept with this investigation. He is being charged. Taking questions, sounds very evasive thus far.
CPT James Dillon
Next news conference next couple of days...
Some items recovered... not all items in question have been recovered....There were weapons involved, we have not determined that and no weapons have been recovered. WE have processed the scene, we hve additional units assisting us re surveillance tapes... sports related products, still in process of identifying, cataloguing, etc.
No one is in custody at this time.
Sheesh!! They’re letting him off AGAIN!!!
Does this cop work for the MOB?
No proof of guns, no guns have been recovered, so far no charges have been filed. Viewing video tapes.
Interview with OJ has not happened yet.
Amazing, huh?
I'm just sayin'.
Maybe he finally found the killers.
yep. OJ is of course an idiot but let me play devil’s advocate a bit...
Of course OJ should have called the police instead but we all know what he thinks of them. So far we don’t know if there is a police report on the property being stolen from OJ if that happened. There is a good chance that the memorabilia dealer is a shady Vegas character. If he was trying to sell stolen property he is in a heap of his own trouble. May have exaggerated the event to make it look better for himself. And especially if he lied about the guns and they can prove that.
Dreck is dreck.
I don’t quite see The Juice as a victim. But, he’s good at trying to play one.
If anyone still believes...
I don’t.
I don’t think he’s a victim at all. Just wonder what really happened. Video tapes should tell a lot.
Shep keeps calling today Fantastic Friday. Says at Fox they are thrilled and hope this gives them material until the 1st day of summer. LOL
That’s funny.
“The alleged robbery victim, memorabilia dealer Alfred Beardsley, told celebrity news Web site TMZ.com that Simpson and five other men muscled their way into the hotel room and stole several items at gunpoint.
Beardsley told TMZ he had obtained several items once owned by Simpson, including the suit the ex-NFL star wore when he was acquitted of murder charges in the 1994 slashing deaths of ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman.
Over the years Simpson, who was found liable for the deaths in a civil trial, sold off several of his sports collectibles, including his Heisman Trophy, to pay a fraction of the judgment. Including interest, he still owes the Goldman family about $38 million.
Beardsley told TMZ he had set up a meeting with a man [Tom Riccio?] who claimed to be interested in buying the suit and other Simpson items. According to Beardsley, the man turned out to be an associate of Simpson’s and was part of the group that showed up in the hotel room, two allegedly with guns drawn.”
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