Word: simpson
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...Simpson had been on the witness stand for most of two hours last Friday afternoon when the judge took a brief recess. Two elderly women who had occupied coveted seats available to the public decided they had heard enough. Leaving the Santa Monica, California, courthouse, one of them said, "Well, you either believe the whole thing...
...legal pundit, or Hamlet invoking "words, words, words" could have explained the wrongful-death lawsuit against Simpson more succinctly. As the defense prepares to rest this week, jurors will ponder what has been presented to them. Under gentle questioning from his attorney, Robert Baker, Simpson constructed the architecture of his life, recounting his impoverished childhood in San Francisco and detailing his development as an athlete throughout high school and college. Baker spent a good deal of time prompting Simpson to list his athletic achievements and awards, from the Heisman trophy in 1967 to his status as perhaps the game...
...Finally, Simpson gave his version of life with Nicole Brown Simpson, whom he married in 1986 after a seven-year courtship. Most of their relationship, to hear Simpson tell it, was idyllic, filled with the luxuries that only a combination of financial wealth and true love can bestow. Said Simpson: "We traveled all over the world. Our house was always packed with people and full of friends...
Nevertheless, Simpson's side did not fare well at the civil trial in Santa Monica last week. Robert Groden testified for the defense that a photo of Simpson wearing Bruno Magli shoes--the kind of footwear apparently worn by the killer--was a fake. Groden sounded impressive enough until Peter Gelblum, an attorney for the Goldman family, attacked him as a Kennedy-assassination groupie who held no formal training, credential or qualifications as a photo expert. Lawyers for both sides argued over his resume, trying to fathom his actual occupation. (He has worked as camera repairman and phototechnician, among several...
...Simpson's trial will resume on Jan. 6. The Browns were granted a hearing on Jan. 10 in Orange County to ask the judge to stay her custody decision pending an appeal. Simpson, for his part, offered an olive branch to Lou and Juditha Brown, saying he expected them to "continue as active grandparents." "[Sydney and Justin] love their grandparents," Simpson told a reporter for the Associated Press, "but they want to stay with me." And so, for the moment, Father knows best--with the full force...