By Art Harris, The Bald Truth, (c) www.artharris.com, all rights reserved

He stood with lips pursed late Friday night in a Las Vegas courtroom, just like I remember O.J. Simpson did 13 years ago when I watched a Los Angeles jury acquit him of double murder despite overwhelming DNA evidence tying him to the brutal knifings of his ex wife, Nicole, and waiter Ron Goldman.

Again, I watched as the bailiff read the verdict: guilty on all counts for armed robbery and kidnapping stemming from the heist of memorabilia he claimed collectors had stolen from him and he was simply taking back in a Las Vegas hotel room last year, backed by armed goons. Read the rest of this entry »

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. Read the rest of this entry »

O.J. “Victim” Alfred Beardsley, Arrested in LA: Did He Threaten Witness?

By Art Harris, (c) www.artharris.com, all rights reserved

The Bald Truth has learned a sports memorabilia dealer who says he was robbed by O.J. Simpson and armed men in a Las Vegas hotel—and was arrested Wednesday after making alleged threats “to boil the family cat” of a witness in the case – has a history of making threats, stalking, road rage, assault, probation violations–and prison.

According to court records detailing a string of violent episodes dating back eight years and obtained by The Bald Truth, Alfred Beardsley appears to be a nutcase waiting to blow—and may turn out to be perhaps the best prosecution witnesses OJ’s defense team could ever hope to find.

“All of the witnesses in the current O.J. Simpson case come to court with a prior history of bad acts,” Simpson lawyer Yale Galanter told me Thursday. “This case should never have been prosecuted. Alfred Beardsley’s current arrest… makes that perfectly clear.” Read the rest of this entry »

By Art Harris, (c) www.artharris.com, all rights reserved

With a straight face, O.J. Simpson’s lawyers Friday are expected to ask a Las Vegas judge in his upcoming April armed robbery trial to ban any mention of his ties to the brutal double murders of Ron Goldman and his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson.

He was acquitted at a criminal trial in 1995, but found responsible for the killings at a later civil trial and ordered to pay the estate of Ron Goldman a judgment now worth $40 million. The family has tried to seize Simpson assets without success, except for his book, “If I Did It,” now owned by the Goldmans.

According to court papers obtained by The Bald Truth (see next page), Simpson lawyers will ask that half a dozen charges against Simpson be dropped, including kidnapping and armed robbery, stemming from the gun-toting posse of pals he allegedly lead into a Las Vegas hotel last year to retrieve his memorabilia, including the suit he wore at the vintage double murder trial. Read the rest of this entry »

Commercial for Vegas Bail: Owner Jasen Raesbeck Sprung O. J. Simpson

By Art Harris, © www.artharris.com, all rights reserved

With so many colorful bail bonding companies in ‘Vegas beckoning The Busted with show biz names like Godfather’s, Goodfellas, Ba-Da-Bing, Jailbreak, Jailbusters, Bad Boys, Almost Free, Already Out, we had to ask, how did O.J. Simpson find one named simply, “Vegas Bail?”

Answer: he didn’t. Vegas found him, with its colorful mantra, “if you’re in jail, we’ll make your bail,” and campy TV commercials spoofing Dog The Bounty Hunter busting everyone from bimbos to Barney, owner Jasen Reasbeck figured Simpson needed a stand-up guy.

“I said, ‘Hey, O.J. lost his bondsman,’ and told my wife, Candace, ‘let’s call his lawyer. He needs some help,’” said Reasbeck in an exclusive interview with The Bald Truth. Vegas Bail had a nice track record popping big time local perps from the pokey, and the lawyer was happy to take his call. Read the rest of this entry »

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O.J. Simpson traded in his jail jumpsuit for a sports shirt to fly home to Miami on Thursday, a day after an angry Las Vegas judge jacked up bail on armed robbery charges to $250,000, allowing the disgraced footballer to stay out of jail while he awaits trial for the alleged hotel heist that put him behind bars last year.

“I don’t know if it’s just arrogance. I don’t know if it’s ignorance,” frowned Clark County District Court Judge Jackie Glass. “But you’ve been locked up at the Clark County Detention Center since Friday (Jan. 11) because of arrogance or ignorance — or both.”

Late Wednesday, Simpson, 60, posted his new bond — double what he’d put put up last September–and walked free, again, six days after he was picked up and transferred to Nevada for violating terms of his release. Read the rest of this entry »

O.J. Enters Las Vegas Jail Jan. 11 for alleged bond violation

By Art Harris, (c) www.artharris.com, all rights reserved

Don’t you hate when this happens, big celebrity like O.J. Simpson, gets a third chance on the back nine of life, thinks no one’s looking, that he can get away with it, and kicks the ball out of the rough and onto the fairway…like golf pals tell me he used to do…

Only this time, he apparently gets caught breaking the rules, and, Friday, it’s off to jail again in Las Vegas.

OJ may have a new Dream Team, but you weren’t dreaming if you saw him on TV Friday night, head down, sheepish-looking, a red towel over handcuffs as police hustled him off to the Clark County Detention Center. Read the rest of this entry »

Walter Alexander on Larry King Live, with attorney Robert Renzler before plea.

By Art Harris, www.artharris.com, all rights reserved

O.J. Simpson asked friends to bring “some heat” and carry guns to back him up in a showdown with two sports collectors in a Las Vegas hotel, says co- defendant Walter Alexander.

According to a 45 page police interview with Alexander I obtained today, “O.J. said, ‘Hey, just bring some firearms…..”

In an exclusive phone interview before he negotiated his plea, Alexander told The Bald Truth that he was “disgusted” Simpson had put him at risk, and angry at himself for allowing his 12-year friendship to overrule good judgment.

“It’s a hard lesson to learn, but OJ is out for OJ, he’s a fair weather friend,” Alexander told me. When we spoke Wednesday, he said he couldn’t make any more statements until after he pleads guilty Oct. 23.

See excerpts from the police statement. alexander-police-report-pages-1-3.pdf

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Another colorful player, Mr. Controversy, makes his point on Geraldo

By Art Harris, (c), www.artharris.com, all rights reserved

In a new Bald Truth feature, we’re inviting remarks now and then from colorful players on all sides of cases we cover.

We got this idea when reading a colorful, e mail sobriquet from one of our new and faithful readers, John Nazarian, billed as “private eye to the stars.” An ex-San Francisco cop, he tells us he signed on to protect Howard K. Stern from what he calls vicious, greed-motivated attacks by Team Virgie.

It’s a media ratings war, that’s gone nuclear, with mega-lawyers, cable rivals, and, now, dueling PIs in the trenches like JS. So we asked him how he feels about his rival, Don Clark, ex-G Man from Houston. Read the rest of this entry »

By Art Harris, (c), www.artharris.com, all rights reserved

Outside her New York book party Wednesday night at Pasha’s restauarant, “Emmy winning” journalista Rita Cosby, as blond and ambitious as the dead centerfold she chronicles in a scandalous tome about the late Anna Nicole Smith, got slapped with legal papers offiicially putting her on notice she’s now the centerpiece in a $60 million libel suit filed by Howard K. Stern.

Cameras from Entertainment Tonight caught Cosby thanking the process server as he pressed Stern’s libel suit notice into her hand.

“Is this a love letter from Lin Wood (Stern’s attorney)?” she asked on exclusive video airing on ETonline. ”I’m not surprised.” Read the rest of this entry »