Word: rufo
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...partner, who specializes in white-collar-crime cases. These four lawyers would be the backbone of the case. Since they were representing the Goldmans, the next issue was how to deal with John Kelly, the lawyer representing the Nicole Brown Simpson estate, and Michael Brewer, the lawyer representing Sharon Rufo, Ronald Goldman's birth mother, who first filed the wrongful-death suit. Dissension and egos at first threatened to splinter the case, but Petrocelli soothed and cajoled. Besides, it was his large firm that was footing the bill; none of the other lawyers had the resources to carry a case...
...talk about blood evidence and Bronco fibers, the first jury was not all that interested in grappling with the extremely complex forensic evidence the state presented. As Michael Brewer, a lawyer for Ron Goldman's mother Sharon Rufo, told the Los Angeles Times, pre-gag order, "The jurors don't care about the minutiae; they care about the essence." That is why the moment that Simpson struggled to get the glove on was so pivotal. The plaintiffs' team has already tried to dispatch that one, bringing on a glove expert to testify that it shrank but looked like the same...
...WEALTH HELPED O.J. SIMPson secure an acquittal in his criminal trial. Now his riches have become a target for those seeking both vengeance and catharsis. Simpson faces two lawsuits stemming from the double murder, one filed by the parents of murder victim Ron Goldman, Fred Goldman and Sharon Rufo (the two are divorced but have now joined their suits); and another on behalf of Nicole Brown's estate (Louis Brown, father of the slain Nicole, is the estate's executor). Depositions in the Goldman suit were to have started this week but were postponed until Oct. 30 after Simpson hired...
...fight on both fronts. Simpson faces three civil suits--the first by Fred Goldman and his children; a second by Ronald Goldman's estranged mother Sharon Rufo, who is divorced from Fred; and a third by Nicole's father Louis Brown. The "wrongful death" actions carry no jail time, but they could cost millions of dollars to fight and tens of millions in damages if O.J. loses. Says Ron's sister Kimberly: "We have only one goal, and that is that he be held responsible for what he did." Simpson will be deposed on Oct. 16 in the Goldman suit...
Suffolk County Sheriff Robert C. Rufo has alsoasked county police officials not to take part inthe parade, according to news reports...