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According to Lawrence Schiller, 52, who co-wrote Simpson's book, Kardashian called him last October and told him that because Schiller had known Simpson fleetingly a quarter-century ago, he might be called as a material witness to his first marriage, and so Schiller should meet Simpson again. A photographer, Emmy-winning TV producer and all-around hustler, Schiller has made a career of packaging tragedy as entertainment--he bagged Gary Gilmore for Norman Mailer's Pulitzer-prizewinning The Executioner's Song, among other fancy legwork...
...back, have been ringing up at least $60,000 a week in fees. Robert Shapiro said during a break last week that he wasn't happy with this book, but conceded, ``I understand the economic pressure.'' Simpson went into jail in June worth more than a few million. Robert Kardashian, Simpson's friend of 25 years and chief minder, said there was still money left in the purse. ``He's not broke,'' Kardashian told Time. Nevertheless, it was Kardashian who cooked up the book deal to stanch O.J.'s checking-account hemorrhage...
Schiller first went to see Simpson on Halloween. ``I just hit it off with O.J.,'' he recalls. ``Sure, things went through my mind. I tried to ingratiate myself with him.'' According to Schiller, Kardashian called with the book idea that same night. In all, Schiller did 10 to 15 interviews with O.J. Some were taped, others not; an audiocassette of Simpson reading sections into Schiller's tape recorder went on sale along with the books...
...been Cochran's only acknowledgment that there may in fact be tough times ahead. In an interview last week with Time, he appeared cool, determined, even upbeat. Fielding calls in his ultramodern Wilshire Boulevard office from his second wife Dale and from Simpson's friends Paula Barbieri and Robert Kardashian, Cochran offered a preview of the strategy he will roll out this week. He will examine many of the witnesses, while Shapiro and two junior attorneys will handle the others; Bailey will conduct most of the cross-examination. Throughout, Cochran says, they will hammer on what he calls the prosecution...
...that were not enough, after Shapiro finished his account, Kardashian stepped forward to read the letter Simpson had written to posterity. It sounded in every way like a suicide note. He protested his love for Nicole and his innocence of any crime, and he denounced the press for mistakes. "I can't believe what is being said. Most of it is totally made up," he wrote. He thanked his friends, then concluded, "Don't feel sorry for me, I've had a great life, great friends. Please think of the real O.J. and not this lost person...