In case you missed it, ex-footballer and tabloid icon O.J. Simpson is making the news again today. Las Vegas police have confirmed they questioned him regarding a casino hotel break-in that occurred last night.O.J. Simpson was one of the most liked American celebrities once. He was a former Heisman Trophy winner, an ex-NFL star, and an actor (who can forget his Naked Gun performances?), but he fell from grace in dramatic style following the 1994 murder investigation of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. While he was eventually found not guilty of the charges in his criminal (and highly televised) case, he will probably never shake off the stigma of the event, and he was later found liable in a wrongful death civic suit.
The current investigation involves a break in that took place at the Palace Station Casino last night. While there are no official details on what, if anything, was taken out of the hotel room, some reports indicate there were sports memorabilia in the room and that one auctioneer had reported that O.J. was simply taking back articles that had been stolen from him.
It has definitely been a busy week for O.J. Yesterday, his expected to be best seller, If I Did It, was released in America. Proceeds of the book will not be going into O.J.'s pockets though. The bankrupt athlete will be forced to turn over all proceeds from the books sale to the family of Ronald Goldman, as ruled by a bankruptcy court, to help pay back part of the $38 million in damages the court has ruled in the wrongful death suit.
Police are scheduled to hand over their findings to prosecutors later today, and then the prosecutors will decide whether or not there is enough information to press charges.
Michael Fowlkes has worked as a stock trader for seven years and spent the last two years working as an analyst for the online investment advisory service Investor's Observer
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9-14-2007 @ 10:18PM
m. bell said...
Someone needs to stop this psychopath once and for all! O.J. is SCUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!