Word: simpsonitis
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...wrongful-death civil trial of O.J. Simpson sputtered toward conclusion last week in Santa Monica, California, a key issue that hung over the courtroom was money. With Simpson's camp openly proclaiming he is out of cash, many observers were left wondering what the plaintiffs stood to gain...
...Goldman's father Fred has said he simply wants a jury to find Simpson responsible for his son's death. His lawyer, Daniel Petrocelli, offered a stirring closing argument that even some Simpson defenders conceded was the most masterly in either the criminal or civil trial. Petrocelli again cataloged the physical evidence: the blood in the Bronco, the hair fibers, the newly discovered photographs of Simpson wearing the Bruno Magli shoes that he denied owning. "There's a killer in this courtroom," Petrocelli declared, pointing at Simpson. Quoting a 16th century French poet, Petrocelli concluded, "'My lovely living...
...many in the courtroom wiped tears from their eyes, it was left to Simpson lead attorney Robert Baker to persuade them to focus on questions of police corruption and contamination of evidence. Baker offered his own interpretation of the lawsuit brought by Ron Goldman's parents and the estate of Nicole Brown Simpson. Said Baker: "This isn't a fight for justice. It's a fight for money...
...problem with the notion of monetary retribution is that Simpson insists he is broke. His friends and lawyers support this claim. They say his net worth, estimated at $11 million only four years ago, has been annihilated by legal costs, the upkeep of his large estate and the loss of the $1 million a year he once received from his contracts with Hertz...
SANTA MONICA: Four days into deliberations, jurors in the O.J. Simpson civil trial had to start all over again after Judge Hiroshi Fujisaki dismissed one juror for failure to disclose critical information. The 60-year-old woman, the only African-American on the jury, had not told attorneys during jury selection that her daughter was employed as a legal secretary at the Los Angeles District attorney's office, which prosecuted Simpson during his criminal trial. Her replacement, an Asian-American computer programmer, joins a jury that probably won't deliver a verdict any time soon. After spending 14 hours over...