Posted on 09/30/2005 9:35:35 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ten years after he was acquitted of killing his ex-wife and her friend, O.J. Simpson was back in Los Angeles - autographing sports memorabilia for people attending a horror movie convention.
Simpson acknowledged it felt "strange" to be signing autographs in such venue, but said it didn't occur to him that the date nearly coincided with the 10th anniversary of his Oct. 3, 1995, acquittal on charges of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman.
"I don't keep these dates in my head," Simpson told The Associated Press on Friday as he signed various items with the inscription "O.J. Simpson '68 Heisman," a reference to the year he won the Heisman Trophy as college football's greatest player.
He said the only anniversary he observes is when he and his children mark their mother's birthday with a cake.
His opening-night appearance was a private affair in the upstairs portion of a warehouse where he was presented with items sent in by collectors who paid in advance for his signature.
Fans who prepaid $95 a ticket to enter the convention later in the weekend will have the opportunity to buy memorabilia and also get Simpson's signature, as well as buy souvenirs of horror films and comic books.
"This is kind of an unusual venue," Simpson remarked. "Friends were really excited when they heard I was coming to this, but I find this strange."
The former football star, who flew to California from his Miami home, said he occasionally appears at memorabilia conventions to sign such things as football helmets, jerseys and lithographs for collectors who pay top dollar. He acknowledged he was being paid for this appearance but declined to discuss financial arrangements.
"All the guys do this," he said of his fellow retired athletes. He also suggested he needs the money to pay for college educations for his two youngest children.
One of those who came to see him was Karen Valentina of Fort Worth, Texas, who hoped to have a picture taken.
"He was an amazing player," she said. "That's awesome."
Simpson, meanwhile, said he isn't worried that relatives of his wife and her friend will take him to court to try to get the money he's being paid.
After his acquittal, the victims' survivors sued him in civil court where a jury, using a lesser standard of proof than required in a criminal trial, found Simpson liable for the killings. He was ordered to pay $33.5 million.
"If I get a lot of legal hassle, I'll just go back to playing golf," he said.
Anyone know how we all can email this low life Riccio ?
So...did he sign the knife he used to kill two people, or the glove, or the shoes he never owned (except when he was wearing them in the picture), or the bag he used to throw away all the bloody evidence?
Maybe this is the guy? (Probably not... but hey, it's Friday!)
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0526042clown1.html
Child Porn Charges For Circus Clown
International probe nets Ringling Bros. performer "Spanky"
MAY 26--Meet Spanky the Clown. The 23-year-old Ringling Bros. performer, also known as Thomas Riccio, was just nabbed on kiddie porn charges. Arrested last week when the circus pulled into Fayetteville, North Carolina, Riccio was charged with ten felony counts after a search of his computer turned up images of young children participating in lewd acts. Investigators were led to Riccio as part of a large international child porn probe, dubbed Operation Falcon, that has already resulted in about 100 U.S. arrests. Riccio, denied rouge in the below left mug shot, is being held in the Cumberland County jail on $150,000 bond. (2 pages)
That's real mature, insult me over a piece of cardboard.
Your responses are welcome, your vulgar insults aren't.
-Howard Cosell, describing O.J. Simpson's running style, 1974
Talk about inflation, I would not pay one penny for that.
I feel sorry for his children. Hopefully they are retaining good memories of their mother.
Your first post at FR and you start throwing around the race card?
How quaint. /s
As I said before, it may not just be a piece of cardboard. Some things are symbolic and their symbolic meaning and symbolism transcend their physical being.
OJ and anything representing him and his vile acts and persona are something unforgivable. It's not just "a piece of cardboard".
Get it?
I still remember where I was when they announced the verdict. I was stunned. The memory of it is strong even today.
Blake got away with murder as well. The streets are full of murderers set free.
Then press < esc >
The prosecutors helped OJ win every way possible. Even then it was just too obvious that he did it. Doubtless a number of people helped him remove evidence and cover up things, but even then, the bloody trail pointed to him.
This was a disgrace. I hated seeing Marcia Clark as an expert on TV soon after. She was horrible; needless to say, so was her assistant, Mr. Bumble Gloves.
Shame I can't make it out there. I have an entrenching tool I'd like to get him to autograph.
Idiot: ""He was an amazing player," she said. "That's awesome."
NormsRevenge: "He could cut and slice thru a crowd like no one before or since."
One of the greatest one-line comebacks I've ever seen on FR! It took me three full minutes to stop laughing so hard! There will be dancing Itos in my head tonight.
Oh, he murdered Ron and Nicole all right; the evidence is well beyond a reasonable doubt.
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