LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - O.J. Simpson was questioned by Las Vegas police after a sports memorabilia dealer accused the former star athlete and murder defendant of robbing him at gunpoint, police and others said on Friday.

Simpson, who was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife and her friend in 1995 after one of the most sensational trials in U.S. history, was not charged in the robbery case at a casino hotel and was cooperating in the investigation, police said.

But detectives planned to question Simpson, 60, again about his involvement in the Thursday night incident, which was reported by the memorabilia dealer as an armed robbery in his room at the Palace Station Hotel & Casino.

Las Vegas police were looking for at least two people who were with Simpson in the hotel room during the confrontation.

"The victim stated that one of the suspects involved in the robbery was O.J. Simpson," said police Capt. James Dillon. "The items taken were various sports-related products."

Dillon said detectives could not confirm that weapons were drawn in the room and were studying casino video surveillance tapes.

"We have a report from the victim that there were weapons involved," he said. "We have not determined that at this time and have not recovered any weapons."

Dillon said Simpson, who lives in Florida, "has not been restricted in any form. He can leave Las Vegas."

'ROBBED AT GUNPOINT'

An attorney for Fred Goldman, whose son, Ron, was one of two people Simpson was accused of stabbing and slashing to death on June 12, 1994, said he had spoken with the memorabilia dealer, Alfred Beardsley.

"I was told by Mr. Beardsley that he was robbed at gunpoint by O.J. Simpson in a hotel room in Las Vegas," Goldman lawyer David Cook said.

Beardsley confirmed to Reuters that he had filed a police report about the altercation. He said detectives had asked him not to speak to reporters during the investigation.

An attorney for Simpson could not be reached for comment.

The robbery accusations against Simpson became public on the same day his controversial ghost-written book, "If I Did It," hit retail shelves.

The book offers a hypothetical account of how the celebrated U.S. football running back turned television pitch man and actor might have killed his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman.

Simpson was acquitted of the murders in 1995 after a trial that was carried live across the country, transfixing Americans. But a civil court jury later found him responsible for the deaths and ordered him to pay $33.5 million in damages to the Brown and Goldman families.

AGAIN, why oh why no one has killed this mofo is beyond me. Can't he just get a heart attack and die already or something? :crazy:

Irene, I have a feeling you don't like this guy. :lol: Why this guy won't just go away and leave us alone is beyond me. He got what he deserved regarding that book, though. Thank goodness someone finally turned the tables on him.

Was I that obvious? Let me say, this guy deserves to be shot, stabbed, assaulted, have his "salad tossed" by a big guy named BUBBA and still live long enough to see the families of his victims standing there and getting the justice they so dearly deserve as they get to get their "licks" on this bastard. Then and only then can he be put to death.

I think you forgot roasting him over a spit. :crazy:

Was I that obvious? Let me say, this guy deserves to be shot, stabbed, assaulted, have his "salad tossed" by a big guy named BUBBA

:rofl: I agree!
I can't stand him. I cringe when I see him on tv or hear his name. :mad:

He will get away with this one too!

well...IF THE GLOVE FITS :eek:

I can't wait to read about this in OJ's next book:

If I Did Rob The Sports Memorebalia Guy At Gunpoint.

;)

well...IF THE GLOVE FITS :eek:
Or if the gun fits.

that guy is a murdering bastard:angryfire . he was and IS guilty of killing and murdering his ex-wife, and her boyfriend and he got away with murder. he should've been locked up for life for his part in this. every time i see him on tv he sickens me and i hate it when people use the race card, particuarly his supporters who insist he was being framed and his name is being smeared all over the press is because he is black and therefore the victim. get ****ing real. it has nothing to do with the colour of his skin. he is and was one lucky SOB- and yet it appalled me more that he has tried to cash in on his repulsive actions and releasing a 'tell all book'. also in the book, did he make an admission that he had killed his wife, from what i've heard that is?

i hope someone beats the living crap out of O.J. and speaking of simpson, he's definitely not one we'd associate with homer, marge, bart, lisa and maggie :lol:

...and speaking of simpson, he's definitely not one we'd assosciate with homer, marge, bart, lisa and maggie :lol:

Why not? You don't think they could be related? I see a resemblance...

Why not? You don't think they could be related? I see a resemblance...

the only thing those two have in common is that they are dumb. well, OJ and homer that is. what makes them stand out from one another is one who cares for and loves his family members even though some of them drive him round the bend, whilst the other has no remorse, is an evil money making **** sucker who killed one of his own members- his estranged wife, as well as her so-called lover. and OJ is, without a shdow of a doubt, the latter of the two

that guy is a murdering bastard:angryfire . he was and IS guilty of killing and murdering his ex-wife, and her boyfriend and he got away with murder. he should've been locked up for life for his part in this. every time i see him on tv he sickens me and i hate it when people use the race card, particuarly his supporters who insist he was being framed and his name is being smeared all over the press is because he is black and therefore the victim. get ****ing real. it has nothing to do with the colour of his skin. he is and was one lucky SOB- and yet it appalled me more that he has tried to cash him on his repulsive actions and releasing a 'tell all book'. also in the book, did he make an admission that he had killed his wife, from what i've heard that is?

i hope someone beats the living crap out of O.J. and speaking of simpson, he's definitely not one we'd associate with homer, marge, bart, lisa and maggie :lol:

^5. The ONLY real reason he got away with murder is because him and his lawyers played the race card real thick. His supporters looked like fools setting black people for at least 30 years dancing and acting a fool when he was found not gulity.

My problem was if this was a white man who killed his black wife and he was found not gulity, then there would have been yet another riot!:rolleyes:

^5. The ONLY real reason he got away with murder is because him and his lawyers played the race card real thick. His supporters looked like fools setting black people for at least 30 years dancing and acting a fool when he was found not gulity.

My problem was if this was a white man who killed his black wife and he was found not gulity, then there would have been yet another riot!:rolleyes:

i agree with you in regards to the double standards. if the guy was white and his wife was black, the reaction afterwards would've been one of total condemnation. he should never have been freed, not because he was black- race has nothing to with it and besides there are killers and murderers of all races and colours. why should OJ be treated as if he was innocent? he wasn't innocent- the outcome was a sham and a sheer injustice altogether. there was always something fishy about that trial anyway. i wouldn't be surprised if simpson was shot by a sniper, let alone attacked in the street- the guy is a murderer and he deserves it :mad:

AGAIN, why oh why no one has killed this mofo is beyond me. Can't he just get a heart attack and die already or something? :crazy:

I've been wondering this for years (about why someone hasn't killed him).

As far as getting a heart attack or anything like that, I just figure that God doesn't want him and hell is patient.

DIE, O.J.! DIE, DIE, DIE!!!


:mad: :angryfire puke: :cuss: :devil: :rip: :X) :mooner: :censored:

I've been wondering this for years (about why someone hasn't killed him).

As far as getting a heart attack or anything like that, I just figure that God doesn't want him and hell is patient.
Hell is overflowing...:lol: Oh how I wish that he was on someone's hit list. *irene hopes*

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Las Vegas police arrested former football star O.J. Simpson on Sunday in connection with a hotel room break-in, CNN said.

A source with the Las Vegas Police Department told CNN Simpson was taken into custody at The Palms hotel.

Celebrity Web site TMZ.com, citing unidentified sources, said several men broke into a memorabilia dealer's room on Thursday night and held the dealer at gunpoint while they took memorabilia once owned by Simpson and other sports stars. Simpson was among the men, according to the story on TMZ.com. The details could not be confirmed.

Police arrested a man who was with Simpson during the alleged armed robbery, The Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper reported on Sunday.

Media have reported that Simpson has said he went to the hotel room to recover items that had been stolen from him.

Simpson was acquitted in 1995 of killing his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman, in June 1994.

But a California jury later ruled in a civil suit brought by the victims' families that he was responsible for their deaths and ordered him to pay $33.5 million in damages.

KARMA KARMA KARMA Go To Hell OJ!!!!!!!

OJ! Just tell them you were looking for the real killers!

;)

Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy, huh? :rofl: By the way, when is that book supposed to come out (the one that the Goldmans got the rights to)?

Burn OJ :mad:

someone go and get the pitch forks out! btw, i've always wondered what his initials stood for:either overbearing jerk, or OJ as in orange juice :lol:

Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy, huh? :rofl: By the way, when is that book supposed to come out (the one that the Goldmans got the rights to)?
I think it's already available on Amazon.com.
Why, are you going to buy one? ;)

But THIS time it's a LITTLE bit DIFFERENT:For one thing,he will NOT have the same "dream team"he had in his murder trial-Johnnie Cochran died a few years ago,F.Lee Bailey I do believe has been disbarred,Robert Shapiro ,I don't think so,I think he's moved on,and that takes care of the so-called "dream team"he had during his murder trial.And the most successful,high powered lawyer in Las Vegas can't defend him,because--get this,folks,--he's the mayor.

I just heard about O.J. Simpson getting Arrested on FOX NFL Sunday post Game Show at 3:30 pm.

AGAIN, why oh why no one has killed this mofo is beyond me. Can't he just get a heart attack and die already or something? :crazy:
He'd need to have a heart for that.

He'd need to have a heart for that.
Well said! No, Fleet, I wasn't planning on buying the book but was just curious as to when it was going to be released.

I believe the book is either number 1 or 2 on Amazon.

Why would he have to steal his own memorabilia? Like anyone's buying that crap. :p





I'm assuming some of the memorabilia was his own

Why would he have to steal his own memorabilia? Like anyone's buying that crap. :p





I'm assuming some of the memorabilia was his own
Probably because he knows that the sale of his so-called memorabilia is supposed to go towards the civil judgment he owes...he would rather keep that sh*t rather than have it go towards the estate of Nicole Brown, the woman he killed.

Probably because he knows that the sale of his so-called memorabilia is supposed to go towards the civil judgment he owes...he would rather keep that sh*t rather than have it go towards the estate of Nicole Brown, the woman he killed.
Ahhh. Man, this guy is even scuzzier than anyone thought.

WOW!!! Someone wants attention :eek: Just give it up OJ.

O.J. Simpson Ordered Held Without Bail
By RYAN NAKASHIMA, Associated Press Writer


LAS VEGAS - Police arrested O.J. Simpson on Sunday, saying he was part of an armed group who burst into a Las Vegas hotel room and snatched memorabilia that documented his own sports career, long ago eclipsed by scandal.

The arrest starts a new legal odyssey for the fallen football star who more than a decade ago was acquitted of the slayings of his ex-wife and a friend, and opens the possibility he could spend decades behind bars.

Simpson was taken away from The Palms casino-hotel by plainclothes officers a day after the arrest of a golfing buddy who police say accompanied him with a gun in the Thursday night holdup. Handcuffed and wearing a golf shirt and jeans, Simpson was placed in an SUV.

"He was very cooperative, there were no issues," Capt. James Dillon said.

Simpson was being booked on two counts of robbery with a deadly weapon, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, conspiracy to commit burglary and burglary with a firearm, police said. The district attorney, meanwhile, said he expected Simpson to ultimately be charged with seven felonies and one gross misdemeanor.

A judge ordered Simpson held without bail, police said. If convicted of the booking charges, Simpson would face up to 30 years in state prison on each robbery count alone.

"He is facing a lot of time," said Clark County District Attorney David Roger.

Simpson, 60, has said he and other people were retrieving items that belonged to him. Simpson has said there were no guns involved and that he went to the room at the casino only to get stolen mementos that included his Hall of Fame certificate and a picture of the running back with J. Edgar Hoover.

Copyright 2007 The Associated Press.

O.J. Simpson Ordered Held Without Bail
By RYAN NAKASHIMA, Associated Press Writer


LAS VEGAS - Police arrested O.J. Simpson on Sunday, saying he was part of an armed group who burst into a Las Vegas hotel room and snatched memorabilia that documented his own sports career, long ago eclipsed by scandal.

The arrest starts a new legal odyssey for the fallen football star who more than a decade ago was acquitted of the slayings of his ex-wife and a friend, and opens the possibility he could spend decades behind bars.

Simpson was taken away from The Palms casino-hotel by plainclothes officers a day after the arrest of a golfing buddy who police say accompanied him with a gun in the Thursday night holdup. Handcuffed and wearing a golf shirt and jeans, Simpson was placed in an SUV.

"He was very cooperative, there were no issues," Capt. James Dillon said.

Simpson was being booked on two counts of robbery with a deadly weapon, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, conspiracy to commit burglary and burglary with a firearm, police said. The district attorney, meanwhile, said he expected Simpson to ultimately be charged with seven felonies and one gross misdemeanor.

A judge ordered Simpson held without bail, police said. If convicted of the booking charges, Simpson would face up to 30 years in state prison on each robbery count alone.

"He is facing a lot of time," said Clark County District Attorney David Roger.

Simpson, 60, has said he and other people were retrieving items that belonged to him. Simpson has said there were no guns involved and that he went to the room at the casino only to get stolen mementos that included his Hall of Fame certificate and a picture of the running back with J. Edgar Hoover.

Copyright 2007 The Associated Press.
:clap AWESOME! Lock him up and throw away the key. I can't wait to hear Jay Leno's monologue tomorrow night - it should be a million laughs!!

I just saw a picture of O.J. Simpson mug shot.

Ahhh. Man, this guy is even scuzzier than anyone thought.
Actually, when he was arrested for the murder, the people they interviewed in Buffalo who knew him when he played ball there, had NOTHING good to say about him, even back then.
(I live across the border from Buffalo )

Maybe this time he'll go to prison.

and may i add that he should also remain behind bars, where he rightly belongs

This guy is something special and not in a good way.

I agree with what Ron Goldman's father said about OJ possibly going to jail; "I guess the obvious answer from me is, outstanding. If we're lucky, if I'm lucky, he'll go to jail. Unfortunately, it's not for murder, though."

Are they ever gonna get this guy off the street?

No high speed chase this time come on OJ if you're gonna go down go down in style :crazy:

O.J. laughingly commented "I thought what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas."

O.J. laughingly commented "I thought what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas."
Not this time!! :lol:

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:rofl: I am with you on that!

Has anyone noticed how different his mug shot is for the Vegas arrest vs. his mug shot for when he was arrested for murder? Two very different mugs. :rolleyes:

I guess O.J. thought once he got away with two murders, he can get away with anything.

There is an audiotape of what went down in that hotel room. O.J. is heard yelling and screaming words to the effect of "M****F**** you stole my s**t and I want it back..." blah blah blah. They just played it on the news.

He sounded just like Marion Barry when he got busted in a hotel room! :rofl:

I can't WAIT to watch Jay Leno's monologue tonight - I've always loved his OJ jokes. OJ's deserved every single one of them. :lol:


By RYAN NAKASHIMA, Associated Press

LAS VEGAS - News conferences, a slew of felony charges, a perp walk in handcuffs and detention in a holding cell without bail — it's clear authorities aren't giving O.J. Simpson any celebrity breaks.

Police insist such treatment is prudent for a man whose name is synonymous with a slow-speed chase from officers in a white Ford Bronco. But legal experts are questioning whether Simpson is being singled out for extra-tough prosecution in his casino-hotel robbery case as payback for his murder acquittal more than a decade ago.

"It is regrettable that America has not gotten over the O.J. Simpson criminal case," said Carl Douglas, who was co-counsel with Johnnie L. Cochran in Simpson's 1995 criminal trial.

"The fact that he is being held without bail seems unfair and over the top," Douglas said. "O.J. has always been able to satisfy his obligations to the court. He cooperated with the authorities in this case. He is not a flight risk. And he certainly can't hide anywhere."

At least six plainclothes policemen, accompanied by a handful of hotel security guards, arrested Simpson on Sunday at The Palms casino-hotel. He was accused of leading an armed heist of sports memorabilia. Simpson said he was only reclaiming possessions that had been stolen.

"By our standard, there was no major show of force," Sgt. John Loretto said.

Simpson was handcuffed and taken in a police vehicle to the Clark County Detention Center to be booked on six felonies, including two counts of robbery with use of a deadly weapon. If convicted of the charges, he could get up to 30 years in state prison on each robbery count alone.

Simpson became inmate number 2648927.

Justice of the Peace Douglas Smith, who made the decision to hold Simpson without bail, was "concerned about the flight factor" and because Simpson had no ties to the Las Vegas area, said Judge Nancy Oesterle, who addressed reporters on Monday.

Arraignment was set for Wednesday. Yale Galanter, Simpson's lawyer, said he was preparing a bond motion and will ask for Simpson's release on his own recognizance.

"If it was anyone other than O.J. Simpson, he would have been released by now," he said.

"You can't rob something that is yours," Galanter said. "O.J. said, 'You've got stolen property. Either you return it or I call the police.'"

Police said they were giving Simpson no special treatment — other than keeping him separated from the rest of the general prison population for his own protection.

In June 1994, Los Angeles police gave Simpson a day and a time to turn himself in to face allegations he had killed ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman. It was a courtesy, said then-prosecutor Marcia Clark, often extended to celebrities or those with no criminal record.

Instead, Simpson jumped in an SUV, apparently with a loaded gun and ready to commit suicide, and led police and media helicopters on a dramatic, televised chase before surrendering.

"The Bronco chase was a nightmare," said Clark, now a special correspondent for "Entertainment Tonight." "Certainly he has abused that courtesy, so I would not expect anyone to extend it to him again."

In a clear misstatement, Capt. James Dillon said Friday at a news conference that, because Simpson was involved, police were being extra careful to conduct "a thorough, biased and competent investigation."

But some think it might have been more than a slip of the tongue.

Jerry Reisman, a New York lawyer who represented O.J. Simpson in the early 1990s in business and real estate matters, said the public and law enforcement "are looking for some sort of conviction for those who want justice for Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman. Everyone wants to be the one that gets him."

Experts also raised questions about the decision to release a man who police said carried a gun in the alleged holdup of two collectors at a Palace Station casino hotel room.

Walter Alexander, 46, of Mesa, Ariz., was released without bail, despite facing charges almost identical to Simpson's. Legal experts said that may indicate his testimony could be key to convicting Simpson.

On Monday, another man suspected in the alleged heist surrendered, police said. Clarence Stewart, 35, of Las Vegas, lived at one of the residences that police searched early Sunday to recover some of the memorabilia. Stewart turned over some of the missing goods, including footballs bearing autographs, Lt. Clint Nichols said.

Stewart was held on six felony charges: two counts of robbery with a deadly weapon, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, burglary with a deadly weapon and conspiracy. He was awaiting a bail decision.

An apparent audiotape of O.J. Simpson's standoff with men he accused of stealing his memorabilia begins with the former NFL star demanding, "Don't let nobody out of here."

"Think you can steal my s--- and sell it?" the voice identified as Simpson's said, in a recording released by celebrity news Web site TMZ.com.

A big hurdle for prosecutors will also be determining who owned the memorabilia — everything from cleats worn by former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Joe Montana, to autographed baseballs, and Simpson's Hall of Fame certificate.

Bruce Fromong, one of the sports memorabilia dealers who said he was robbed, told ABC's "Good Morning America" on Monday that the items did not belong to Simpson.

"If you're asking did they once belong to him, yes, they did," Fromong said. "But these were things that belonged to him a long time ago."

In 1997, a civil jury in Santa Monica returned $33.5 million in judgments against Simpson in a wrongful-death lawsuit by the families of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.

David Cook, an attorney for Goldman's father, Fred Goldman, said he intended to file requests in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday to obtain ownership of the seized sports memorabilia for sale to satisfy the judgment.

"We're going to presume that the bulk of the stuff is probably in police custody," Cook said Monday by telephone from San Francisco. He said other key items were a gold Rolex watch and the suit that he Simpson wore on the day he was acquitted.

"Assuming that this case is resolved one way or another, at the end of the case, the stuff will never go back to Mr. Simpson," Cook vowed. "He's going to walk out of Clark County empty-handed."

Thomas Mesereau Jr., the defense attorney who represented Michael Jackson in a high-profile trial two years ago, said of the Simpson arrest: "This is the kind of case that will test how fair and professional our legal system is. When you have such a groundswell of dislike for someone, you have to make sure they are treated like anyone else."

"He is not a flight risk." :rofl: Someone obviously didn't see the slow speed chase back in 1994.:rolleyes: :crazy:

"He is not a flight risk." :rofl: Someone obviously didn't see the slow speed chase back in 1994.:rolleyes: :crazy:
Thats called a CRAWL RISK, Irene! :D :crazy:

I wonder what Judge Ito has to say about all this

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Jay Leno sure was hilarious last night. Did you catch it Monika? :lol:


Latest news is that one of the guys who was with O.J. when they committed this crime, is out on bail. Now, what that means to those who are wondering why this guy got out on bail and not O.J. is because this guy is going to cooperate with the authorities and basically turn on O.J.
As he stated on the news, O.J. wasn't going to help him out, so to hell with O.J., he will turn on him. The guy was with his attorney when he said this. The attorney smirked and said that his client was going to cooperate with the authorities.

:rofl: See what happens O.J. when you turn on your so-called friends? :brent


:cheers:

^LOL


and here's what they did on Conan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbIiLHxmQuc

And here's a news flash:At the beginning of "Larry King Live",CNN had a little that said:Breaking News:A FOURTH suspect in the Simpson case arrested.This is slowly becoming a joke-and a not very funny one at that.Did anyone watch Larry King tonight and see that little Breaking News flash?

^LOL


and here's what they did on Conan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbIiLHxmQuc
:brent

Thanx for that clip. Conan is a riot!:lol:

:brent

Thanx for that clip. Conan is a riot!:lol:
Youre welcome!

Well, the jerk got bail.

I am really hoping those three guys that were arrested will be in cahoots and decide to turn state's evidence and work out a plea deal. This is one case where I would be happy to see a plea deal worked out, because they would all turn on O.J. and he would face some serious prison time if all 6 of those felony charges remain intact.

:brent

Madame X, you got your wish!!!!!!!!!!
Remember this?
http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=203002

If O.J.Simpson is found guilty(HA!),and this whole thing blows over,the OTHER suspects should be found guilty also,and should be put in the same prison cell as O.J.

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