O.J. Simpson going down like Al Capone?

Posted Sep 21st 2007 5:27PM by Zac Bissonnette
Filed under: Law, Scandals

Here's an interesting possible twist in the O.J. Simpson story-line: After, in the opinion of many observers, getting away with the murder of his ex-wife and her friend, it may finally be Simpson's avarice that allows justice to prevail.

According to media reports, lawyers for the Goldman family are investigating reports that Simpson hid money in offshore bank accounts to prevent the Goldman's from gaining access to his assets with the family's $33.5 million wrongful death suit against the former football player.

In a video released by TMZ.com, Bruce Fromong, one of the two memorabilia collectors Simpson is accused of stealing from, rants in an audiotape recording reportedly made one hour after the incident: "Nobody puts a gun in my face. I stood up for [him] while he was in jail. I stood up for him in the press. I stood up for him... on the stand. I helped him set up his offshore accounts."

Al Capone got away with heinous crimes, but ended up on Alcatraz for tax evasion. If Simpson is shuffling around money to avoid paying a judgment, he could find himself in trouble. And the interest of the IRS has to be piqued at the very mention of "offshore bank accounts".

The O.J. Simpson mess should continue to get more interesting and, while some will complain about the 24-hour media circus, this is the kind of human interest story that people want to see.

In the meantime, the media continues to get rich off the O.J. Simpson fiasco, If I Did It is parked at number 2 on Amazon.com. Interestingly, Alan Greenspan's book is number 1, so it's a nice showdown of morbid curiosity vs. intellect. For now, intellect appears to be winning out

Tags: Bruce Fromong, BruceFromong, If I Did It, IfIDidIt, O.J. Simpson, O.j.Simpson

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9-22-2007 @ 12:05AM

Judy said...

I've always hoped that what goes around comes around. I'm thrilled to see that it does come true!
I hope OJ gets what he's deserved for a long time.

9-22-2007 @ 11:29AM

neversummer said...

Money is not enough to recompence this society for his cruelty toward humanity. He is a drain on our resources in or out of prison. Given the opportunity to choose, I would prefer to suppliment his incarceration.

9-22-2007 @ 7:11PM

ashley said...

This may be the funniest thing that I've read about the latest OJ scandal. The writer compares OJ to Keyser Soze of "The Usual Suspects."

http://cajunboyinthecity.blogspot.com/2007/09/oj-simpson-as-keyser-oj-in-usual.html

9-24-2007 @ 1:47AM

Tom said...

If you want to find the Juice than go to Florida specifically here!!
http://www.housefront.com/PropertyDetail.aspx?qry=460375&propertyID=1992833
Home sweet home. See where O.J. lives in Miami