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O.J. Wins Minor Court Victory
August 19th, 2009 Embattled former football great O.J. Simpson has finally won something in court. But the minor victory won’t due him much good. On Tuesday, a California judge ordered that some of the memorabilia at the core of Simpson’s current nine- to 33-year prison sentence must be returned to him. In a related legal matter, Simpson, whose last courtroom victory came in 1995 when he was acquitted of the bloody murders of his ex-wife and her friend, is currently awaiting a judge’s decision of whether he can be released on bond while he appeals his sentence on the kidnapping and robbery charges that landed him in a Nevada prison. On Sept. 13, 2007, Simpson and several of his friends stormed a Las Vegas hotel room demanding that footballs, jerseys, photos and other items be returned. Simpson contended that the merchandise had been stolen from him earlier. But one of the men produced a tape recording of the event, and Simpson was eventually convicted of a host of felonies. <span style="font-weight: bold">All but one of the partners who joined him in the hotel room siege turned state’s evidence against him and were given only probation for their cooperation</span>. In Tuesday’s decision, Superior Court Judge Gerald Rosenberg awarded gave nine souvenir footballs and a few other items to Fred Goldman, the father of Nicole Brown Simpson’s slain friend, for auction. (Following the murder trial, a civil court ruled that Simpson must pay the Goldman family $33.5 million. The Goldman’s have been trying to collect ever since.) In a seemingly strange ruling, the judge also ordered that the first $6,075 from the auction go to Simpson, even though Goldman could wind up with nothing after the Hall-of-Fame player gets his cut. Alfred Beardsley, an initial prosecution witness against Simpson who later argued that ex-baller had been set up in the arrest, said he was glad O.J. got something. “I’m happy and excited for O.J., that he’ll be getting some of his stuff back,” Beardsley said.
August 19th, 2009 Embattled former football great O.J. Simpson has finally won something in court. But the minor victory won’t due him much good. On Tuesday, a California judge ordered that some of the memorabilia at the core of Simpson’s current nine- to 33-year prison sentence must be returned to him. In a related legal matter, Simpson, whose last courtroom victory came in 1995 when he was acquitted of the bloody murders of his ex-wife and her friend, is currently awaiting a judge’s decision of whether he can be released on bond while he appeals his sentence on the kidnapping and robbery charges that landed him in a Nevada prison. On Sept. 13, 2007, Simpson and several of his friends stormed a Las Vegas hotel room demanding that footballs, jerseys, photos and other items be returned. Simpson contended that the merchandise had been stolen from him earlier. But one of the men produced a tape recording of the event, and Simpson was eventually convicted of a host of felonies. <span style="font-weight: bold">All but one of the partners who joined him in the hotel room siege turned state’s evidence against him and were given only probation for their cooperation</span>. In Tuesday’s decision, Superior Court Judge Gerald Rosenberg awarded gave nine souvenir footballs and a few other items to Fred Goldman, the father of Nicole Brown Simpson’s slain friend, for auction. (Following the murder trial, a civil court ruled that Simpson must pay the Goldman family $33.5 million. The Goldman’s have been trying to collect ever since.) In a seemingly strange ruling, the judge also ordered that the first $6,075 from the auction go to Simpson, even though Goldman could wind up with nothing after the Hall-of-Fame player gets his cut. Alfred Beardsley, an initial prosecution witness against Simpson who later argued that ex-baller had been set up in the arrest, said he was glad O.J. got something. “I’m happy and excited for O.J., that he’ll be getting some of his stuff back,” Beardsley said.
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