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Attempting to portray Shipp as a hanger-on and frustrated actor with a drinking problem, attorney Carl Douglas accused the witness of betraying his old friend to get publicity. ``Do you realize, Mr. Shipp,'' demanded Douglas, ``that by testifying as you have, you are going to enhance the name of Ron Shipp around the world...
...That's not why I'm doing this, Mr. Douglas,'' Shipp insisted. ``I'm doing this for my conscience and my peace of mind. I would not have the blood of Nicole on Ron Shipp. I can sleep at night, unlike a lot of others...
...Ronald Shipp, a former police officer who took the stand as a friend of both O.J. and Nicole Simpson's, gave jurors a graphic glimpse into the couple's tempestuous marriage. Assistant D.A. Darden elicited solid testimony from Shipp, a domestic- violence specialist, which stretched from informal counseling in 1989, to a potentially incriminating private conversation in O.J.'s bedroom the night after the murder. But, ironically, it was the blistering cross-examination by the defense that indelibly etched the depth of Shipp's credibility...
...Shipp's testimony also provided a dramatic link between two key areas of the prosecution's case: O.J.'s alleged history of abusing his wife and his state of mind on the night of the murder. Shipp was among those who gathered to comfort and assist O.J. on the night of June 13. He testified that Simpson had admitted something that the defense had vigorously petitioned Ito to suppress. ``He jokingly said,'' recalled the ex-cop, `` `To be honest, Shipp, I've had some dreams of killing her.' '' Having ruled the highly controversial dream remark admissible, Judge Lance...
...Shipp, the former Los Angeles police officer who testified yesterday that O.J. Simpson said he dreamed of killing Nicole, found himself on the hot seat today under hard-hitting cross examination by the defense. Shipp admitted under questioning that even after he stopped drinking very heavily in 1989, he continued to get drunk on occasion. But he denied being drunk the night he says Simpson told him about his dreams.The O.J. Files