O.J. Simpson Murder Weapon Mystery Solved?
By Art Harris, (c) www.artharris.com, all rights reserved
A long-time O.J. Simpson insider and former manager who claims he heard Simpson confess to killing his estranged wife and Ron Goldman, says the ex-football star described Nicole Brown Simpson opening the door that bloody night in 1994 with a large knife in her hand – the mystery murder weapon that was never found.
As someone who covered the trial and knew how frustrated LAPD homicide detectives became as they hunted for the mystery knife, I found that to be the most compelling detail in Mike Gilbert’s book, “How I Helped O.J. Get Away With Murder: The Shocking Inside Story of Violence, Loyalty, Regret and Remorse” (Regnery Publishing, 232 pages, $27.95). It went on sale Monday.
Just when we’ve thought we’d heard everything about the double murder, the author confesses he helped Simpson get away with it, and avoid paying a $33.5 million civil judgment to the Goldman family by secretly selling –and profiting from — O.J. memorabilia under the table…keeping O.J.’s dirty (not so little) secret all these years.
After a dream about his grandmother and the footballer’s slain wife, Gilbert says he had a crisis of conscience, decided to come clean and wrote the book, nicely timed to capitalize on Simpson’s upcoming September trial in Las Vegas on a slew of charges stemming from the alleged hold-up of collector-dealers at the Palace Station Hotel.
Charges include kidnapping (that could put him behind bars for life, with parole), armed robbery, burglary and conspiracy, not only against Simpson, but two co-defendants in the alleged heist.
Gilbert says he was hanging out with OJ at Simpson’s Brentwood home on Rockingham several weeks after he was acquitted in the murder trial, when O.J., high on pot, beer and sleeping pills, confessed what happened on June 12, 1994.
Simpson claimed he never brought a weapon to his ex-wife’s condo on Bundy, a two minute drive away, and that she came to the door with a knife in her hand. Simpson was furious she’d been dating his pal, Marcus Allen, he writes, and I remember sources telling me he’d been following her, also fuming some guy was driving the white Ferrari he’d bought her—Ron Goldman.
“If she hadn’t opened that door with a knife in her hand … she’d still be alive,” Gilbert says Simpson told him.
“Nothing more needed to be said,” Gilbert writes. “O.J. had confessed to me. There’s no doubt in my mind.” Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman were stabbed to death at the entrance to her condominium.
Whoa, Mike. There’s a lot to fill in here and assume. If that were the case, that she was stabbed in the doorway, how did the bodies get out into the walkway?
The scenario of Nicole with a knife suggests that’s only possible if the dance of death meant Simpson disarmed her, dragged her into the alley walkway where her body was later found in a heap of blood, then fought off her brave defender, Goldman, slicing him up, too, after he stumbled upon the scene, confronted O.J. and tried to save the damned damsel. l recall both victims had defensive wounds.
They didn’t stand a chance, but … what happened to the knife after that?
If you tune in Nancy Grace on CNN’s Headline News tonight, I’ll be talking about my memories from covering the trial and some of the questions this new book answers and others it raises. OJ’s lawyer, Yale Galanter, calls Gilbert a lying, drug addict, but Mike says he’d have a much better shot passing a drug test than Simpson.
As for the knife, I know LAPD detectives not only tested the x ray machines at LAX to see if a knife could be smuggled through –it could be and was to the chagrin of the FAA – then went to Chicago to see if he might have buried the murder weapon there. Others have said he dumped it in the trash at LAX.
Gilbert also says he was the linchpin of the infamous Arthritis Defense. That was the notion that Simpson was too hobbled and pained to be able to tangle with anyone, much less overwhelm two young folks with a knife. Nice try, OJ…To that end, physicians’ records were used and photos were taken of Simpson in pain.
But Gilbert says his contribution was key—claiming he visited Simpson in jail and suggested he stop taking his arthritis meds so his hands would swell up and the gloves he’d bought at a New York City department store—later found at his Rockingham estate after the double murders – would be too small if he had to try them on at trial.
If the glove don’t fit you must acquit…remember Johnny Cochran’s famous line…
But what if the glove don’t fit because you didn’t take your meds?
Take a bow, Mike Gilbert.
You helped Simpson get away with murder.
May 13th, 2008 at 1:06 am
“Nicely timed” indeed. “crisis of conscience” – I don’t believe that nor anything else Mr. Gilbert has to say. IMO he is a just money hungry scumbag trying to strike while the iron is hot. He admits to making money himself and for O.J.. I do not blame O.J. for hiding money from Mr. Goldman because IMO he (Mr. Goldman)is also another money hungry, greedy leech who enjoys sucking the life out of O.J. Simpson. It keeps him in the news and it keeps the money coming in. I know that most everyone disagrees with me but I have never believed that O.J. was guilty BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT!!! I do believe that most everyone involved have achieved fame and fortune and they have O.J. to thank for their good fortune AND I do not think that they really care one way or another who really killed Ron and Nicole. If he was/is guilty that’s fine but if he is innocent that’s fine as well because the fame and fortune is the same for them either way.
May 13th, 2008 at 2:06 am
I have trouble believing anything that anyone connected with Simpson has to say! Too many of them start writing books about alleged “confessions” when they get hard up for cash. This guy supposedly owes money to the IRS which he blames Simpson for. The only way to get into trouble with the IRS is to not pay your taxes, and I don’t see how Simpson could possibly have anything to do with that!
I don’t buy Gilberts statement about the knife either. There was no evidence that Nicole was cooking or doing ANYTHING in the kitchen, in fact, evidence sugested she was about to take a bath, so why would she go to the door with a knife? His claim about the gloves also stink to me. It’s been a while since I’ve worked as a nurse, but most arthritis medications are NSAIDS (non-steroidal Anti-inflamatory Drugs) and missing day or two would NOT cause significant swelling. ALSO, inmates don’t keep their own medications, at least not in any jail I’VE ever worked in, so if Simpson had stopped taking any medications, there would have been a record of it. Third, how could ANYONE have anticipated that Chris Darden would be STUPID enough to dare OJ to try on the gloves in the first place. Trial law 101 (as Nancy Grace would say) you don’t ask a question you don’t already know the answer to, and there are a number of reasons those gloves, even if the DID belong to Simpson, may not fit after a year or so soaking in body fluids. They could have shrunk, the latex gloves may interfere with putting the gloves on, or Simpson could fake it, and the image burned into the jurys mind would be those non fitting gloves.
May 13th, 2008 at 3:07 am
The saga of OJ Simpson will live on and on. I re-investigated this crime for DISCOVERY a few years ago and there is no question who did what! What is funny if that is at all possible is these characters including Mark Furhman and this gaggle of misfits all trying to and doing well at making a buck off of OJ and the victims! Furhman so screwed things up in the early stages and her we get to see him giving his opinions on everything from murders in far away places and what makes good onion soup! This was the guy who got it ALL WRONG while in the middle of a homicide….told to me by the lead homicide detective on this case!
You know what? OJ has proven to all of us that he will do himself in ‘one slice’ at a time! The rest of these nitwits should be given credit for just that, nitwits who seem to have no problem getting book deals!
John J. Nazarian, Private Investigator
May 13th, 2008 at 6:29 am
Dear Art, saw you on Nancy Grace,I am sure glad she let you speak.she has a tendency,to cut her guest off in mid sentence,Maybe I am wrong but I BELIEVE,Mr Gilbert.he is years to late in comming out with the truth,and I would like to hear from his mouth,(WHY NOW),why not september,when OQ goes to trial.IF this is the way it happened,you have to ask yourself,where was Gilbert,and WHY did he not come forth durning the trial. Well,Mr Furman has a answer for every other case going for FOX ,WHERE WAS ALL THESE EXPERT,S,? and Why was gilbert not called at the trial?
May 13th, 2008 at 8:53 am
Maybe the gloves never did fit.
Why would they need to?
Wasn’t there a bloody shoe print?
What about all that cash, and the ‘chase’ with Al Cowlings driving?
What about the ‘circumstances’ and ‘the evidence?’
May 13th, 2008 at 10:30 am
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May 13th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
He made money for OJ AND himself. Now that OJ not making him any money he’s selling this story. Don’t know if it’s true or not but The Goldmen family should go after both of them. I know OJ built his house in Florida so it would be safe from creditors but he should lose everything he has (including his off shore accounts).
May 13th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
I believe the man. DNA doesn’t lie. There was more than enough proof to convict O.J. but the jury didn’t want to hear any evidence because they were going to let O.J. off anyway. It is hard to believe that Anne (above) would call Fred Goldman a money hungry greedy leech. I’ve always felt bad for Mr. Goldman losing his only son to such a horrific crime.
May 13th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
ART, THANKS FOR YOUR GREAT ARTICLE ON THE OJ SAGA. WE ALL KNOW OJ COMMITTED THAT DOBLE MURDER AND WE ALL KNOW THAT OF COURSE HE HAD HELP FROM HIS GROUPIES. I BELIEVE MIKE GILBERT BUT NOT BECAUSE HE’S CLEARING HIS CONSCIENCE BUT DOING IT FOR THE MONEY. SHAME ON MIKE GILBERT HELPING OJ GET AWAY WITH MURDER. HENEEDS TO BE LOCKED UP TOO ALONG WITH OJ.
May 13th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
#2
Hypothetically speaking, Nicole *could* have gone to the door with a knife to protect herself from OJ, (as in I have a knife to protect myself from you so try anything and I’ll use it) and that would have infuriated him, at which point he grabbed it away from her and used it on her.
May 13th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
Poor OJ.
May 14th, 2008 at 12:36 am
I find it very strange that he (Gilbert) would hold onto that knowledge for so long and now feel free to spit it all out. Does he not fear for his well being? Something is not right.
May 14th, 2008 at 2:29 am
Anne #1 I agree with you 100%..
I to believe that OJ was NOT GUILTY..
and the Jury reached the right Verdict..IMHO
This Gilbert is just another one out for the Buck…
OJ may not have any money ,but he sure has made a lot of people rich..Again MOO
May 14th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
Anne, there are TWO of us who don’t think the case was proved beyond a reasonable doubt! From a forensics point of view, LAPD totally botched the case! Once the integrity of the evidence is compromised, the prosecution an hang it up! So much was made of the 911 call where he was yelling and screamming. She didn’t DENY that she was doing exactly what he was accusing her of, and to do what she was doing out in the open, where had one of the kids come down stairs they would have gotten an education of the X rated kind, borders on slutty, still, he didn’t hit her! He left!
I’ve also wondered about Goldmans motives. Yes, he’s owed big money, but he also knew full well there was now way Simpson could have paid it had he wanted to. All the fake tears over Ron and Nicole, but he’d have her kids out on the street! I’ve wondered about the fairness of having these civil law suits so closely follow the criminal trials anyway. Emotions are still high and the accused don’t really have a fair chance. Take Robert Blake. Bonnie Lee Bakley was NOT a nice lady! Yet, her GROWN children sue Blake, WIN, apparently not caring whether or not the infant she left behind eats or has a roof over her head! It’s all about greed.
May 15th, 2008 at 12:55 am
Yep EJ, I just betcha, you know the truth!
Kinda don’t think OJ was alone, that night…and possibly not even ‘the one’ that did the deed.
Nicole was taking real good care of those kids, wasn’t she?
Running that bath with the candles and all.
Bet someone had a delivery of something…
Funny thing, but somehow I think maybe OJ wasn’t alone, and possible wasn’t even there…
And you know what else, bet he knew, and possibly was in charge, with the ‘money backing him up.’
Yet, maybe OJ was really not involved, beyond a reasonable doubt…maybe ‘others’ were using him?
They all seem to have done that for the past more than 10 years…
A poor black kid with rickets, that could or did eventually play that ‘football’ better than anybody else…that fell for some poor, white trash…
Who knows?
Please don’t get mad at me for typing everyone’s thoughts…
Nicole sure could strut, it was so obvious…
Wish she’d been more proud of her children than herself.
Go ahead bring in on.
I’m ready for backlash, I know the heart of a woman…
After all, I am one, LOL.
For more than 10 years this ‘same old sad story’ goes on and on and on…
May 15th, 2008 at 1:18 am
Jangie….. Yes, much was made of the 911 call, the photos of Nicole with the bruises on her arms, ect. attempting to show that O.J. was abusive. Didn’t sound abusive to me. Sorry that Nicole was killed but IMO she brought a lot of O.J. raising his voice, yelling, etc., on herself by her actions AND yelling is NOT ABUSE. Most abusive men would have beat her half to death for some of the tricks she pulled and O.J. NEVER DID!!! Like the time he saw her having oral sex through the window with the kids upstairs and all he did was ASK her to be more careful in her actions because of the kids. As far as Fred Goldman goes -he was a nobody, who for years had NO relationship with his son Ron and O.J made him rich and famous just like he did everyone else having anything to do with this case. I know that I am in the minority but had I been on that jury I would have held out forever for a NOT GUILTY verdict. Why? All evidence was tainted and I did not trust anyone working the case including Mark Furhman. The glove could have been planted as well as the small amount of blood in the Bronco – I can believe that easier than being 100% sure that O.J. killed those two people. Jangie, I did not fall for all those fake tears from everyone either but I did see the true pain that O.J. was going through – I do believe he loved Nicole. Maybe Nicole should have been more careful about the way she led her life and the people she associated with, maybe the real answers are there. Everyone blamed O.J. from the get-go because he was the STAR, the big money maker for everyone.
Joy, you say……”Poor O.J.” I agree.
May 15th, 2008 at 1:29 am
Pollyne #13……. Thanks! It’s really easy to see who IS guilty and what they are guilty of – ATTENTION AND GREED or BOTH – Gilbert is just another name to be added to the list of people who used O.J. Simpson for their own benefit. I don’t see O.J. as guilty but it sure is easy to see the guilt of most everyone else who had anything to do with this case.
May 15th, 2008 at 1:33 am
I’ve always felt OJ was guilty and I can’t stand Mark Furhman. They should both be locked up.
May 15th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
ANN AND POLLYNE—- Do you remember OJ saying if he was aquitted.he would spend all his time and money,looking for the real killer.if you believe he was not quilty,how much time and money did OJ spend on looking for there killer.HOW MANY PI did OJ hire,what the hell did he do to help find the real killer,NO TIME,AND NO MONEY,BECAUSE HE DID NOT WANT TO WASTE ANY MONEY HE HAD,KNOWING HE WAS THE KILLER.
May 15th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
No it’s not greed for the Goldmans. If you beleived (right or wrong) that OJ killed your child you would never let it go. They don’t feel he paid for his crimes and they go after him for the rest of their lives. Their pain has never gone away and when they see OJ having a good time it hurts them. The death of a child never goes away. I knew a woman who lived in a nursing home. Her son told her he had cancer and didn’t have long to live she refused to bury him. “A mother doesn’t bury her child.” That day she stopped eating.
The Goldman’s want justice one way or another. OJ lucky he did kill my son, I would not have taken him to court.
May 15th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Art Honestly who cares about this loser…if this so called person was so concerned about another life they should of screamed loud enough to be heard.
Potential wannabee media stars very scary even scarier is how people protect this OJ. I called this disease OJstarstruckitis…the inflammation of ones awe when meeting this loser. He is nothing short of a common criminal wife beater, control freak. Saddest part is the statue of limitations is over and OJ is free, while Ron and Nicole are forever in graves never to return to their families.
May 17th, 2008 at 7:41 am
To me Gilbert’s book is too well timed , and i personally do not believe one word of it. I think it is possible that OJ and Gilbert came up with this so-called confession and they will split the profits of any book sales.
I do not see after getting being found not guilty, OJ confessing anything to anyone. A main reason to me he was found not guilty is becasue of the Mark Furman, Chris Darden and Marcia Clarke presenting the jury with reasonable doubt..Mainly THE GLOVE EXPERIMENT.
The Goldman’s are money humgry also, at first i believe it was about finding the truth and justice for Ron but Fred and his daughter live there lives now only to get the money they won.
OJ is living his life and I am sure he has monies to live very comfortable.
Money will not bring Ron back, and Fred Goldman now lives and breaths just to collect monies. I believe that Ron would not want his family living and breathing OJ everyday.
There are only 3 people that really know what happened that night and 2 are dead, and I am sure the murderer is not gonna write a book of the events that evening.
My heart goes out to Oj’s kids, i can not imagine what they think, and how hard it is to live with the thought that maybe your dad killed your Mom.
Like it or not OJ was found NOT GUILTY , OJ has to live with himself and he will be judged for his life by a higher power.
May 17th, 2008 at 11:24 am
21 – Missy – There is no statute of limitations on murder. There IS something called double jeopardy. OJ was tried once for the crimes and acquitted. He can’t be tried again for the same crimes.
Personally, I think he did it. They say everyone is capable of committing murder under the right circumstances. There are plenty of people sitting in jail who are not career criminals. You never know what can happen that will make you snap.
May 17th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
Anne
Sorry, but Mr. Goldman’s son was taken from him but a callous murder named O.J. Simpson. He has NEVER recovered a dime from Simpson. The watch O.J. was made to hand over (Rolex) was a big ole fake. That is the closest he has ever come to getting any money from the butcher. This book deal that he sweeps in an grabbed out of his hands, GOOD FOR MR. GOLDMAN.
How heartless you must be to put Mr. Goldman, a man in true dispair to this day over the loss of his son, his best friend, into the category of money hungry. I would be after Simpson’s butt every hour of every day. It’s the only punishment Fred Goldman will ever feel for the loss of his son.
May 17th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
What kind of an example was OJ setting for his children, by slaughtering their mother and friend?
Weren’t they divorced or at least separated, therefore giving her the right to see someone else? OJ was so jealous of her and possessive.
Unfortunately there are many men who have killed their exes because they just couldn’t stand to see them go on with their lives with someone else. Just because they could no longer have them, they sure weren’t about to let anyone else have them. Men need to grow up.
May 17th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
It doesn’t matter if OJ is free…I’m at least he’s not some kind of mass murderer.
And he’s a dad, and what about those kids?
I know I never gave them a second thought, but if I’d been on ‘that jury’ once upon a time, maybe I would have.
I’m at least SURE, forgot that little 4 letter word.
When it gets right down to it, what the heck was Ron doing driving that car, and tempting fate?
And would have Ron adopted those children and gave them a home?
They must be all grown up now, and reading all of this, and I for one, would like to wish them all the best.
I hope they have forgiven and moved on with their lives.
They had a beautiful mom and their dad came a long, long way.
I hope they know the truth, I hope they believe in themselves and make this world a better place.
May 17th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Pollyne and Anne I agree with you that guilt could not be proven beyond reasonable doubt.
We may have our suspiciouns, but what proof do we have that we are right?
I always think about OJ’s children, and my heart breaks.
Sometimes I wish for the sake of his children, can we not be a bit more careful what we say, they search the internet too.
If at least ONLY for the SAKE OF THE CHILDREN.
May 18th, 2008 at 1:45 am
THERE IS NO STATUE OF LIMITATIONS ON MURDER! Law states that a person can’t be retried for a crime he’s all ready been acquitted of. It’s called double jeopardy and it’s a constitutional no-no! Personally, I don’t care about OJ one way or another. It’s the forensic aspects that interest me.
MY GOD! That a nurse would draw blood then hand it over to the detectives to take to the lab!!?? UNBELIEVEABLE! Any place I’ve ever worked, chain of custody is of the UTMOST importance! ANY evidence is labeled BY A NUMBER, NOT SOMEONES NAME! It goes in the fridge, and when the Currier comes to take it to the lab, the numbers on the vials are listed. This is witnessed by the nurse AND the carrier, AND BOTH SIGN, TIME, AND DATE THE FORM!
And how about the first cop on the scene using HER phone to call in the report! Holy Christ! Star 69, and redial were readily available on phones at the time, and chances are someone in her socioeconomic class would have had all the bells and whistles but when the first cop used it to call his superiors, all that evidence was lost! And a mountain of trace evidence was probably lost when some idiot BATHED the body prior to autopsy. I don’t care HOW filthy a body is, it can be crawling with maggots, it does NOT GET A BATH! THEN the ME’s office lost her stomach contents!
And they never even LOOKED for anyone else! Nicole had several coke-head friends, and drug dealers are NOT the ones you want to get involved with!
May 18th, 2008 at 2:18 am
Beverly: I can imagine that after everything the Media, The Goldmans, our so called legal system, the public, etc. put O.J. through that all he wanted to do was take what was left of his money, his life, move to the safest place possible and do the best he could for himself and his children. Anything that O.J. could have done would have been wrong in the eyes of the public. Society in general will never be satisfied until O.J. is either dead or in jail for this crime. Anyway, O.J. was not left with a lot of CLOUT or CASH to do much of anything other than survive.
Mary: You say, “the Goldman’s want justice one way or another”. So do I. I want justice for O.J. too. You say “the Goldman’s are not greedy”. They appear to be. You say “when they see O.J. having a good time it hurts them”. It hurts to see Fred Goldman exploiting O.J. for every dime he can get. He is a media darling thanks to O.J. and the media pays, and pays and pays and will continue to pay Mr. Goldman as long as he can keep them interested in O.J..
May 18th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
John (Ego) N. is jealous of Furman and poor Furman does not even have a gawdy car to attract attention.
Why did OJ wear the gloves in the first place if he did not intend to do harm? I think Gilbert is full of bull.
May 18th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Hi Art
Too bad this man didn’t come forward when this all first happened.
I have a big problem with people like him, he made his choices in life and now he has to live with that. I will not be buying his book. If he knew this all along and is only now comming forward with this info, then imo he dosen’t really care about anything other than making money.
I must have bought every Oj book that was out at the time, and probably would of bought his book also, but for him to come out now and write a book is just plain sick imo.
I learned alot watching that OJ trial, one day I would watch and go oh that must be true because so and so said it was, and then the very next day some other witness would come on and totally blow that theory out the window.
The thing I think I learnt the most about is human nature, and no matter what your title is you are only human. I think up untill that time I was pretty innocent and believed that for the most part Police officer’s lawyer’s and other people of importance were all honest hard working ppl. Boy was I wrong!!!!!
The 1 good thing out of this sad saga was this is where I first heard of Art Harris and I have been a fan ever since. I found your reporting to be true and honest, and still feel that way this many years later.
May 18th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Art!
Enough already! OJ DID NOT confess to Gilbert or to anyone else! I’m not saying he DOESN’T know what happened that night…he does! But ask the police about the fingerprints that were on Nicole Simpson’s arm. Let THEM confess about how they knew all along they don’t match OJ’s. How do I know they weren’t OJ’s? Because we ALL would have known they were OJ’s!!
And that also know that the knife probably “sleeps with the fishes”.
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:42 am
ANNE—Do not fool yourself,OJ was living (high off the hog)A man that is left with nothing,cannot buy a house,in florida,golf everyday go to parties,eat out.A person that has nothing are like millions of americans losing there homes and sleeping in there cars.Did you ever see the video of OQ grabing nicole,private parts ,and saying that is mine,I did.I heard those 911 tapes,if that happen to someone I loved,you can bet,I WOULD HAVE TAKEN THE GOLF MONEY,AND THE PARTY MONEY AND GOT HELP FINDING WHO DID WHAT.
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:55 am
Susaanh—- Mark Furman is the reason the case brought against OQ was never proven,His lousey police work,taking the 5th,Furman is a SCREW UP.WHY WOULD MR NAZARIAN,BE JEALOUS OF FURMAN,Furman left LAPD,IN DISGRACE.AND PROVEN TO HAVE USED THE (N ) WORD A LOT.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:27 pm
anne – Mr Goldman wants his son back. Can you or OJ do that? NO! When you lose someone you really love the pain never goes away. I lost someone so I know what I’m talking about. Mr Goldman received a settlement that has not been paid in full and he can keep on going after OJ till it is. OJ does alot of events where he is paid on the side. So do I feel sorry for OJ? HELL NO!!!! May OJ send every day of his life and afterlife in the burning pit of HELL.
May 22nd, 2008 at 11:02 pm
Susaanh #30….What makes you think, and why in the world would John Nazarian be jealous of Mark Furhman? Mark Furhman was a cop that no one knew until O.J. Simpson made him a very rich man – famous too. I do think Mark Furhman was insanely jealous of O.J. Simpson yet he worked the case. I think they were all jealous of O.J. and there was an immediate “rush to judgment”. ABOUT THE GLOVES…They did not fit! IMO if those gloves did belong to O.J. – there is no way in the world he would have agreed to try them on, nor would his attorneys ever allowed it.
tianna #31…….. Wonderful comments and I relate to everything you say.
May 22nd, 2008 at 11:17 pm
Santa…… See how everything is twisted and a different spin is put on everything. Every report I have ever heard was that Ron and Mr. Goldman were estranged – and not “his best friend” as you say. Fred Goldman may be in deep despair for the loss of his son but the only despair I have witnessed from him is sadness and anger in not getting his hands on O.J.’s money. He has no pride. I’m sort of glad the Rolex was a fake and I hope that the real Rolex is in a safe deposit box somewhere. Fred Goldman is willing to take everything from O.J. and I would imagine that O.J. is concerned about what he will be able to leave his children. I also wonder if Fred Goldman has ever given O.J’s innocent children a passing thought. Wish someone would slap him the next time he refers to O.J. as “The Killer”. He has no idea who really killed Nicole and Ron and I wonder if he has no compassion for those kids.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
Well I will agree with one thing, Goldman wants to suck the money out of OJ and I wish he would every last penny. It is the only kind of justice this family can get.
How dare anyone begrudge him for wanting to make OJ pay.
As far as this guy, I believe a lot of the story but have a problem with Nicole answering the door with a knife excuse. IMO, OJ went to her house with the intent to kill. He has his exit plan to well thought out.
May 25th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Art Harris good comments here!
O J have to deal with himself. Writing a book now make me wonder about trying to win money.
O J is a nice looking man.He was there for his kids.If this book tell the truth ,were is the knife?
May 25th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
If Gilbert helped O J why he doesn’t have any charge???
Anyway for me it is to close from september trail.
May 26th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
O.J. Simpson is an extra-ordinary human being – talented, blessed, special. Ordinary people such as Furhman, Goldman, and too mnay others to mention usually attempt to bring the extra-ordinary down to their ordinary level. I am sorry that most of you disagree but I have seen TOO MUCH by TOO MANY who are willing to destroy an innocent person IF that destruction might put them in another income bracket. I did not witness the murder of Ron and Nicole and neither did any of you. Everyone lied, everyone messed up and O.J. was any easy target for all of them AND without O.J. none of us would know any of their names today. O.J. loved his mother….I hope she taught him that life is not fair.
Savesomething……..I agree, why has Gilbert not been charged? It makes no sense.
May 28th, 2008 at 11:58 am
So, #41, I guess you think that OJ has made it his life’s work to find the people who actually did kill his children’s mother, since that is what this “extra-ordinary?” “human being” vowed to do when he was found “not guilty.” How great. I wonder how that’s been going for him.
May 28th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
Elle #41…… I addressed that in an above post. IMO, ANY attempt from O.J. would have been viewed as wrong by everyone. About the only thing left for O.J. to do was retreat to a place of solitude, play golf, stay out of the media spotlight, and care for his children. As I recall he was recently even asked to leave a resturant with friends and he left quietly, with dignity – it made front page news! Do you think that Mr. Goldman would like to see O.J. earn money, spend his own money in presuit of the real killers or would Mr. Goldman scream “that is MY money – give it to ME”. IMO, Mr. Goldman stood/stands in the way of any attempts by O.J. to do any good in any area of his life.
May 28th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Sorry, I mean Elle #42 in the above post.
May 29th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Anne
Wonderful to see someone actually consider that there maybe another side to OJ than what the media and everybody are making him out to be.
I am not one to play the race card, hope everybody can believe me, but I sometimes think OJs race is a factor.
May 29th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
Hi Art
My mother used to call me Sarafina and I decided to change my screen name to that.
Sarafina was in her mind the typical name for a typical South African woman, big hair, big body, if you know what I mean…
June 1st, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Jangie, for heaven’s sake, get a grip.
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:28 am
OJ an extraordinary human being? He was a gifted football player. He is no more special or gifted than you or me. That’s what I hate when people make gods out of famous people. Their not better nor worse than us. The state did a very poor job when they went after OJ but the civil case showed OJ for what he is. I don’t know if this story is true but when the jury took a tour of OJ’s house they removed the naked picture of his white girlfriend and but a picture of his mother in it’s place so not to offend the mostly black, women jury. Isn’t that special.
June 2nd, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Mary #48……. You do not know me and if you did you would know that I am the last person in the world to make (as you say) “a God out of famous people”. Never was a “groupie” type. Would not stand in line to see anyone in particular. Of course O.J. was/is more special, more gifted than ordinary people. Easy to see that there were a lot of people insanely jealous of O.J. and IMO some of those people had the power to attempt to take him down at the first opportunity. You mentioned the “white girlfriend” – I did not, but face it – maybe that did play into it just a bit as O.J. went about trying to live his life. As far as that civil trial…. it happened too quickly, too close to the murder trial, emotions were too strong at the time for O.J. to get a fair civil trial. Then there we had Mr. Goldman calling him “The Killer” “The Butcher” when he had no more idea who killed Nicole and Ron than I, or anyone, else did. I’m just a little emotional when I think that someone is being treated unfairly and that certainly includes O.J.
June 3rd, 2008 at 10:27 am
your the one, you said “an extra-ordinary human being – talented, blessed, special.” “Ordinary people usually attempt to bring the extra-ordinary down to their ordinary level.” “Of course O.J. was/is more special, more gifted than ordinary people.” I work with some doctors who are gifted in their area and if I need medical help would go to them but in other ways their just like you and me. Yes they are special in their field, just like OJ was special in his area but no one is Exta-ordinary human being – talented, blessed special. We all have talents that make us special.
June 3rd, 2008 at 11:36 am
Anne…IMO OJ didn’t have to look farther than a mirror to look into the face of the person who killed his ex-wife and her friend, and that’s why his vow to find the people who killed them materialized.
Oh wow, he left a restaurant with dignity when people asked him. How special. The man got a get out of jail free card, of course he’s going to walk out of any situation with a smile on his face. He knows anything he gets to walk away from is better than the jail cell that he lived in all those months.
He also burst into a man’s hotel room and threatened him with a gun. Was that dignified too? Is that an example of OJ doing good in his life? OJ is the one who stands in the way of doing any good in his life, not Goldman and not anyone else. All the man had to do was stay out of trouble but he couldn’t even manage that. Wonder why? I wonder if (subconsiously) he feels he should be punished, so he screws up (when all he had to do was obey the law for the rest of his life) in order to punish himself for his guilty conscience.
Apparently, OJ is his own worst enemy.
June 3rd, 2008 at 3:32 pm
Elle #51……IMO, O.J. is simply in survival mode and has been since those murders. BTW, I don’t recall that O.J. “burst into a man’s room and threatened him with a gun”. I think guns were involved but there was no threat from O.J., no gun in O.J.’s hand – Right? Give him a freaking break! Yes, I suppose he was very angry and I would be angry too if someone took items that belonged to me, sold them for their own profit – that was taking advantage of a man and the man was simply fighting back for what he felt was right. I also suppose that O.J. feels defeated in any action or emotion he displays.
Mary #50…… The world is filled with ordinary people. Then there are “the others”. My father was an extra ordinary human being, trapped in a very ordinary existance and I always thought he was too good for this world. I watched him suffer, watched how kindly he dealt with the ingorance that surrounded him, the stupidity – AND THE JEALOUSY that made his life miserable simply because he was also special, talented, blessed, and more brilliant than anyone I have ever known SO I know how the minds of ordinary people work. I know – it’s complicated!
June 3rd, 2008 at 5:59 pm
Elle they broke into my home many times.
Believe me if I heard that those who stole my stuff was in a room somewhere and there was a possibility that I could get my stuff back, I would do the same. And remember the stuff they stole from OJ seem to had very special sentimental value to him.
And of course I would need to be able to defend myself, I would take a weapon, even just to scare them off, which I am sure is what OJ did.
And the fact is, he was set up. So the media and everybody else keep crucifying OJ, whether we have prove that he is a murderer or not. It seems we love to have someone to hate.
The media is so obsessed with OJ, it is unreal.
June 4th, 2008 at 11:46 am
I have worked with some world famous doctors in sports med, mri and medical research. A few of them where extra-ordinary in their work. People came from around the world to be treated by them, But they where just as ordinary as everyone else when they had to deal with the real world. Sorry chickey I meet the best and they didn’t have as big a head as you.
June 4th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Sarafina…if the media were “obsessed” with you as you say they are with OJ, and you knew that many people believed that you got away with murder and wanted you to pay for what they believe you did, you would voluntarily break the law, knowing you were constantly being watched and people were waiting for you to screw up?
OJ was not forced into the situation he finds himself in today. He either did it thinking he could get away with it (again) because he’s arrogant enough to believe he’s untouchable, or some part deep inside of him feels he needs to be behind bars.
Either way….
June 4th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Mary, as I said before you do not know me and if you did you would know that I do not have a big ego – at all!!! I also am not catty and would never use the expression “Chickey” to describe myself or anyone else as you just did. I would like to think that I am a fair and reasonable person – I do know that I hate unfairness directed at anyone, including O.J. I think respect is deserved by some more than others. Those Doctors that you keep mentioning studied for years to become the people you admire and they get paid very well for their efforts (I respect them too). Anyway, enough about being special – we are all God’s people, we are all special – just some more special than others. Agree?
June 6th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
Elle
OJ is damned if he does, and damned if he doesn’t.
June 7th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
Sarafina #57……. You are so right! O.J. never had a chance. Whoever is guilty of those murders took much of O.J.’s life away that day as well and totally closed their minds to the fact that he could very well be innocent.
June 8th, 2008 at 2:35 am
Mary,
That remark to Anne, really wasn’t called for. Although I don’t agree with her on this one, she is a very nice lady and certainly isn’t egotistical at all. She has always been very nice to everyone in all her posts.
June 9th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
#58…Huh?
Whoever is guilty of those murders (uh-huh)
took much of OJ’s life away that day as well (right)
and totally closed their minds (closed their minds?)
to the fact that he could very well be innocent. (What?)
So the people who killed Nicole and Ron totally closed their minds to the fact that OJ could be innocent? Wouldn’t the people who killed Ron and Nicole (if it wasn’t OJ) know that OJ is innocent? Why would they have to close their minds to the fact that he could very well be innocent if they (the killers) knew he was innocent?
What are you trying to say? Do you mean that the the people who killed Nicole and Ron took OJ’s life away that day and managed to convince the world that OJ did it, therefore closing the minds of the general public to the possibility that he could be innocent?
He could also be guilty, you know. It seems like someone closed your mind to the possibility that he did it. That’s just as bad as being closed minded about the possibility that he’s innocent.
June 11th, 2008 at 3:42 am
Elle……… I read my comment and I agree – My statement made no sense. Put a period after well. Remove and. Type in – The public. There you have it – that is what I meant.
My mind is open to the possibility that he is guilty. My mind is also open to the possibility that he innocent. I have never been sure beyond a reasonable doubt the he commited those murders. If I had been on that jury I would have voted not guilty. I do not like Fred Goldman, I do not like Mark Furhman, I have no respect for anyone involved in the case against O.J. I like O.J. I formed my opinion of everyone before, during and after the trial. The reason I think O.J. might be innocent is based on shoddy police work, tainted evidence and a rush to judgement by people (involved in the investigation) who were insanely jealous of O.J. long before the murders. As I have said before – it’s complicated. JMHO!
August 15th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
OJ IS guilty! It’s so obvious! Why would anyone in their right mind believe any different? C’mon Ya’ll! Are Ya’ll really that blind with ignorant racisim theories? For real, from a tru blue!
August 15th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
Took OJ’s life away? Elle, have you been hangin’ in hell?
September 30th, 2008 at 10:55 am
There was testimony at the trial and pictures of a large
knife on the counter in Nicole’s kitchen. I’m sure the
police would have tested this large knife for blood.
Even the LAPD would not overlook testing it, when they
had two victims slashed to death.
You don’t suppose this is where Gilbert got the idea
to say… if she only hadn’t come to the door with a large
knife she would be alive today.
Nice try Gilbert…
October 4th, 2008 at 2:33 am
I believe Gilbert for a couple reasons. Reason one, why did he not tell this story at the time? Because OJ was basically his boss, he made his living off OJ, and there were a TON of hangers on who protected him. Look at the guy who drove that bronco, and a dozen others who stood up for him/protected him at the time. Still today you have people saying OJ was not guilty of the murders!
Second, Gilbert has left himself open to prosecution with his book admissions, and why would anyone do that? I saw him on Dr Phil the other day, and he said he made around $100K off the book, not a fortune in a day where the average house costs a quarter to half million.
The bad thing about the Dr Phil show was the Goldmans IMO, especially Mr Goldman, I realize he is still hurting, who would NOT be hurting if one of our relatives was butchered in that way, especially by a celeb? But, he gave this Gilbert no credit or chance, and frankly, he should have been a tad more gracious that this guy is coming out with the story after all these years, every little bit helps IMO, and this guy gave another paragraph into the story we all know so well. He did not have to embrace him, or even be best friends with Gilbert, but he should have thanked him, after all, not all people react the same way to lifes events, where Goldman said he would never be friends with a murderer, there are plenty of people who will, indeed, look at all the people who still believe OJ is innocent. There are all sorts of values in this world, and some don’t mind at all lowering themselves to believing in a murderer.
October 4th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
I was only a teenager when the murders happened, and the trial took place, I remember it but I did not pay a lot of attention to it at the time. When the book “If I did it” was released, I was intrigued and read it. Since then I have read almost every book on OJ that I could find. One thing keeps bothering me about the whole case. In the book “Evidence Missing” which was written by the two lean investigators of the case, it was noted that Nicole was barefoot when her body was found and that her feet were extremely clean, leading to the obvious conclusion that she was disabled and murdered the moment she walked out of her door. Now as abusive as everyone believes that OJ was, both physically and verbally, I truly believe that if he had gone to her home that night, he would have had it out with her first….yealling and fighting with her, not cutting her throat the moment she emerged from the door. They both attended their daughters recital that evening and no one testified to their being any bad vibes between the two of them. If it is true what he said in “If I Did It” if a friend had come to his house that evening and told him about yet another escapade of sex and drugs that she had been involved in, he would have gone over there and screamed at her, maybe slapped her around, but with his history with her, I do not believe he went over there with the sole intent of killing her, thus, stabbing her as soon as she answered the door. That just doesn’t make sense to me. I do believe that anyone is capable of murder, but you have to be driven to it (in your own mind anyhow) It just seems the most obvious scenario to me that he would have gone there, gotten into an altercation and then killed her!!!
March 20th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
How anybody could say that the Goldmans are just money hungry shows that people can be heartless.These people lost a part of their family and may we never know the pain of losing a loved one ,of all, a child.I think O.J. is very guilty and has never shown any saddness or remorse which backs my opinion up even more.Ignorant people praise him because he could throw a football.Big deal!!!He is not an idol or star but instead a jealous,big headed murderer who should of been put to death.There was a lot of evidence of his guilt before and afterthis botched trial and the jury feared another riot in L.A. among other issues relating to this trial.A drug dealer killed them,No way ,she had enough money to pay for anything her heart desired but a jerk of an x husband who hated her because he was a madman.
March 23rd, 2009 at 2:04 am
The whole thing was just SAD…all I can say is WHOEVER committed the murders will be judged one day by the ultimate jury.
May 12th, 2009 at 11:41 pm
In a system where celebrity and money can buy a verdict there is no Justice. We have a system where a person from the upper class can get no time for the same crime that a person from a lower class can get hard time.
Because Justice is for sale.
May 13th, 2009 at 3:36 am
Wow, it is a shock to me that some believe O.J. is innocent of this crime. I used to see O.J and Nicole at the beach in Monarch Bay or at local movie theaters when they were younger. I recognized him as someone famous but for some reason believed him to be a basketball player. For those of us that did not think of him as such a hero football player, the evidence is overwhelming and obvious.
As far as custody the Brown kids went to school with my kid when they were in the custody of the Brown Family. It was a double tragedy that O.J was allowed to raise them. After all he not only killed their mother but left them to wake up and find her.
Fred Goldman is still very angry. The Brown’s have moved on as best they could. I think it would be healthy for Fred Goldman to find a way to move past his anger.
October 15th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
I just finished reading this book and I think it has one of the most plausible explanations of what went down the evening Nicole and Ron was murdered. I have no doubt about OJ’s guilt; the evidence is overwhelming, but before reading this book I assumed that the murders were premeditated because of the disguise, the Kato alibi and I thought he wanted custody of his kids. I think that Mike Gilbert is correct. OJ went over to Nicole’s that night to confront her and she wouldn’t let him inside because she was expecting company, probably Marcus Allen. It makes sense that Nicole and OJ were continuing to argue outside the house. When OJ saw the candles and heard the music he went off in a jealous rage. Nicole probably thought OJ was on his way to Chicago and she was planning on a romantic evening with some guy, when she opened the door. Maybe OJ had his back turned so she couldn’t see his face and he was wearing that cap as a disguise. Most likely Oj hit her just as Ron arrived on the scene; “hey, Hey hey” and then attacked OJ with the knife. I think that OJ was a sex addict and just couldn’t stop screwing around but wanted Nicole and the children too. I also think that Nicole and OJ did love each other in an immature,obsessive and destructive way. Nicole was angry when she found out OJ was still screwing around with Paula and wanted to hurt him by doing the same thing. She chose OJ’s best friend, Marcus Allen, for revenge sex, plus several young studs, knowing it would made OJ go crazy. OJ and Nicole drove each other insane until one of them killed the other. I don’t think OJ intended to kill the object of his affection; he just wanted to control her but after he murdered Ron in a fit of jealous rage he had to eliminate the only witness, Nicole.
This is one of the best books about written by an insider about the continuing OJ saga. OJ had everything a man could want but couldn’t contol his narcisstic behavior. I hope OJ never gets out of prison.
December 9th, 2010 at 2:44 am
May I just interrupt? We are just human beings. Whether the accused was won, you don't have to blame anyone with that. That's the result, so be it! But always remember that no one was excuse when God judge us all!
September 3rd, 2011 at 10:11 pm
class has nothing to do with money….. money can't buy class