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Did anyone hear about this?

O.J. Simpson has released a book and signed away movie rights to his "hypothetical murder" of both Ron Goldman and his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson. O.J. Simpson's enlightens us to his double-murder "confession" during a shocking TV interview that hypothetically details his role in the grisly slayings.

I find this rediculous! I can only imagine the pain the families of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson might be feeling. OJ, you have sunk to a new low. Sure OJ was found innocent of murder but he was found guilty of criminal wrong doing in the private trial... and he has never paid the 33 million that the families were awarded. From what I have read, O.J. is very crafty at hiding the monies he gets from endorsements and so forth... this is just another way to hide his fortune from the courts. I can bet the 3.5 million he is getting paid is only the tip of the iceberg. He is getting a whole lot more via some back door scheme and it is truely a sad day when he can continue to get away with it.... again.

Read more on this story. I think it is a good read.

The book's publisher, Judith Regan, is the on-camera interviewer in the jaw-dropping spectacle.

"This is a historic case, and I consider this his confession," Regan said yesterday.

The allegedly fictional account will explain how his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman were slaughtered outside her Los Angeles condo on June 12, 1994.

Talk of that bloody night proved too much for Simpson.

"I can't do no more of this," he said, in an interview clip posted on the Fox network Web site yesterday. Simpson appeared to be putting down a book as he cried.

A source close to the production - which will air Nov. 27 and 29 - said Simpson broke down in tears several times.

"It was extraordinarily difficult but detailed," the insider said. "For a story that's supposed to be hypothetical, this guy could barely get through it."

A Los Angeles County criminal jury found Simpson not guilty of murder, but a civil panel held O.J. liable for the slayings, socking him with a $33.5 million judgment.

Even though the book's title implies guilt, Simpson still clings to his claims of innocence. The former Buffalo Bills star and Heisman Trophy winner could confess to the killings, but still remain free under double-jeopardy protection.

The book and TV deal made Simpson's lawyer so nervous, Galanter said he hit the law books to make sure his client was legally bulletproof.

"I actually spoke to a law professor about that today and the conclusion that everybody is reaching is that any murder suspect that is tried for a murder in 1995 would be absolutely immune from any type of prosecution in 2006," Galanter said.

"O.J.'s been tried, he's been acquitted in terms of the murder of Ron and Nicole. That issue is over. The only issue that's left on the table is the $33 million judgment."

Simpson is reportedly going to make $3.5 million from the book and TV special. Galanter declined to confirm that figure, but disclosed that his client's contract gives complete control of publicity to Regan and bars the grid great from speaking publicly for 30 days.

"There's little that would surprise me from this murdering s.o.b., but this does reach an all-time low, even for him," Ron Goldman's dad, Fred Goldman, told The Post from his home in Arizona.

"What's so morally reprehensible to me is that he's pretending 'how I would have done it' when in reality we all know how he did it."

The families lashed out not just at Simpson, but at Regan and Fox as well.

"We hope Ms. Regan takes full accountability for promoting the wrongdoing of criminals and leveraging this forum and the actions of Simpson to commercialize abuse," fumed Nicole Brown's sister Denise Brown.

David · Member Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 1842

Personally I still think he's guilty of murder... the fact he got away with it is a sure sign that the US legal system is seriously flawed in favor of the wealthy/powerful.

The fact he is now about to earn more money than many people earn during a lifetime of labor by "ADMITTING" it is beyond belief.

One would hope people would boycott the hell out of this book, the publisher and anything else this filth touches.

Guyver · Member Joined: 02 Jun 2005 Posts: 42

Aside from the car chase on T.V. I never paid the O.J. trials and media circus any attention. I just found it all very boring, and still do.