Acquittal Party had been planned

[kellabeck]

http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2008/10/06/o-j-simpson-had-an-acquittal-party-planned/?icid=200100397x1210707082x1200645218

From the redness in Simpson's eyes at the verdict, I had thought that he had assessed the denouement of this trial and knew the hammer was coming down.

Not so, says this article, quoting, of all people, Tom Riccio. He was thinking "hung jury" and when the verdict was announced--- He thought "acquittal"?!!

He'd always beaten the rap before. But karma caught up with him. At last!

[Roux]

What hubris and arrogance! They could have at least entertained the idea that there MIGHT have been a verdict other than acquittal. Why, other than the whole lot of them think they are above the law, were they so certain he would be found not guilty. I was sickened to see Galanter berate and insult the jury. Thank goodness this jury was thoughtful and careful.

[Heyes]

Well heck, why waste a perfectly good party?
Everyone grab a drink of choice, it's time to have us a *OJ is behind bars* wing ding!
:D

[Details]

Doesn't surprise me. I'd plan a party too - just because if I was acquitted, I'd want a party. And if you aren't - the money won't do you much good anyway. But interesting if he was really so sure he'd be acquitted or hung jury. Still though - Riccio - he tends to exaggeration.

[Kathlb]

I don't doubt it for a second. He had one planned for after the acquital in CA 13 years ago. I still remember his sister (the one who needed paramedics this time) dancing out in his yard at Rockingham with a drink in her hand. Tons of his "friends" and lawyers showed up to that one. I'm sure he thought he would get off this time too, so plan another party. :flamemad:

[Details]

I'm sickened this jury used his past to come to their decision. The system failed. He should have expected an acquittal or at least a hung jury, even the "victim" said there was no crime. There would have been no charges for anyone else. The real thugs are back on the street.:flamemad:Link? Because no juror has said this decision was based on anything other than the evidence in this trial, and mostly OJ's own words on tape.

There were two victims. Both said there was a crime. The one who called 911 and reported it did change his mind about charges later - but victims are not allowed to determine whether or not there is a crime. The state does.

Anyone else would have been up on the charges - armed robbery is no small thing. It's charged all the time - and those who commit it go to jail.

[Velouria]

I'm sickened this jury used his past to come to their decision. The system failed. He should have expected an acquittal or at least a hung jury, even the "victim" said there was no crime. There would have been no charges for anyone else. The real thugs are back on the street.:flamemad:

And yet you weren't sickened that a murderer roamed free for 13 years...

He shouldn't have expected an acquittal, just because his victim was one of his sleazebag pals. The prosecution met its burden.

He was found civilly liable to the Goldman and Brown families and tried to cheat his way around the judgment by taking "his stuff" at gunpoint. Otherwise, he could've filed suit or gone to the police, like any respectable person would do.

Face it, he played dirty and lost.

[nsm]

I'm sickened this jury used his past to come to their decision. The system failed. He should have expected an acquittal or at least a hung jury, even the "victim" said there was no crime. There would have been no charges for anyone else. The real thugs are back on the street.:flamemad:


:lol: OJ is a very scary murdering guy, the victim was probably very frightened of him. How many victims will not testify?

He convicted himself by his own very words on the tapes. No one can deny that.:D

[callmetree]

And yet you weren't sickened that a murderer roamed free for 13 years...

He shouldn't have expected an acquittal, just because his victim was one of his sleazebag pals. The prosecution met its burden.

He was found civilly liable to the Goldman and Brown families and tried to cheat his way around the judgment by taking "his stuff" at gunpoint. Otherwise, he could've filed suit or gone to the police, like any respectable person would do.

Face it, he played dirty and lost.

:seeya: great post! only wish i had written it.LOL;)

[bearwds]

If I recall, Star Jones threw his 1st "acquittal" party.



bearwds

[rainbo]

An article I came across today.

http://www.cinemaretro.com/index.php?/archives/2534-ODE-TO-O.J.-SIMPSON-WHO-WILL-PROTECT-US-FROM-THE-REAL-KILLER-NOW.html


Subscriber Bob Collins is worried that with O.J. Simpson in jail due to his involvement with a bizarre break-in to retrieve sports memorabilia, the real killer of Simpson's wife Nicole and Ron Goldman will now be free to terrorize society! We're with you, Bob...the same terrifying thought crossed my mind, too. As we know, for the last thirteen years, society has benefited from O.J.'s relentless pursuit of the real killer. Who knows how many lives may have been saved because O.J. has been breathing down the bad guy's back? Selflessly, O.J. has left no stone unturned in his one-man crusade for justice. Like Roy Thinnes in The Invaders, he found himself battling on alone in a world of non-believers. With the tenacity of a modern day Javert relentlessly pursuing Jean Valjean, O.J. tirelessly pursued the killer to the point of exhaustion. It wasn't easy, to say the least.There wasn't a Florida country club he didn't have to stalk. There wasn't an opulent golf course the real killer could have hidden on with O.J. prowling the links seemingly 24/7. When the sun set and many of us kicked back with a cigar and cold one, O.J. was pounding the beat in the strip clubs and gin mills, bedding nubile women whose I.Q's were somewhat less than their bra sizes - and it was all to pick up leads on the real killer. Now O.J.'s been framed again and the poor guy couldn't even get a media circus. He had the misfortune to have his trial coincide with the biggest financial meltdown since 1929. People are so broke they can't even pay attention. He couldn't stir racial tensions again because he was frustrated by the fact that there's a good chance an African American may be elected president.Even Johnny Cochran let him down. Given the fact that O.J. made the man's career, you'd think the late attorney would be rattling around like Marley's ghost to get his meal ticket off the hook - but 'twas not to be.

O.J. is in jail- and the real killer knows it. Be afraid...be very afraid.

[kellabeck]

I'm sickened this jury used his past to come to their decision. The system failed. He should have expected an acquittal or at least a hung jury, even the "victim" said there was no crime. There would have been no charges for anyone else. The real thugs are back on the street.

There was a freaking AUDIOTAPE!! There was SURVEILLANCE VIDEO!!

He is GUILTY!!! Get over it.

[kellabeck]

If I recall, Star Jones threw his 1st "acquittal" party.


To be fair, I believe Simpson threw the party and Star only attended.

[Lyndawitha"Y]

I'm sickened this jury used his past to come to their decision. The system failed. He should have expected an acquittal or at least a hung jury, even the "victim" said there was no crime. There would have been no charges for anyone else. The real thugs are back on the street.:flamemad:

I respectfully disagree..tho I find it difficult to get that big yellow bird out of my minds eye...LOL

Anyway, First this jury found guilt on this crime..on evidence..not past fanciful thoughts of previous acts..they took 3.25 times the time to reflect on evidence and testimony and trial time was 9 times as long in previous case..so multipy deliberations..At least this jury considered the evidence and didnt entertain their individual biases..

All a hung jury would have done is to further OJ's entitled menality..which would have been based on "Jury Nullifications"..not acquittal..Course that sems to be enough for OJ and his council of the time..freedom is all that is sought..and unfortunately for OJ..his Co-conspirators wouldnt fall on their collective petards for this " Old Man who has only Notoriety on His Side"..believe me..Not many want to befriend a source of "Bad Press" unless they have $$$$ in their eyes..believe me OJ is not a "Personality, Good Guy, Big Heart, Philanthropist personality"..OJ does not get involved with ya unless you can GIVE/GAIN HIM SOMETHING!!..

Unfortunately for OJ, he just pushed his envelop too far this time, crossed that line, hedged his bets that no one would cave on him..and he lost!! He did not learn from his previous "Reprieve" and move foreward and try to make ammends..but enhanced his "Victim" status..(boo hoo)...Instead of taking his lumps..he persuited a mission of payback..and continue to victimize whoever tried to make him accountable!!

I will just bet Justin and Sydney will eventually air their views..but not until they are at a stage with a need to correct the record, or gossip!!

OJ, made his bed and now ust lie in it..no one else to blame but him..His lawyer's did their best..but it is what it is..Headsup..dont try to get back your stuff by force in Vegas!! Go the appropriate venue!!

LMS;)

[bearwds]

To be fair, I believe Simpson threw the party and Star only attended.
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I defer kellabeck. I just went researching and it isn't clear who paid for the 1995 acquittal party.

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Got lost on the web...Nick Nolte's home burned down.
........o/t...sorry


bearwds

[Kara]

On the subject of acquittal parties, I seem to remember that Michael Peterson and family were spotted at Costco, stocking up on booze and party supplies when his jury was out....

I wonder if Costco accepts returns of booze? Or maybe the kids got stuck drinking it up....:shrug:

[Cait48]

ITA!

mho

just because the VICTIM says there was no crime, does not mean there was no crime under the law.
the victim was simply trying to be in sympathy with OJ after the fact. 'a day late and a dollar short'.

OJ got exactly what he deserved.

an acquital party? they should have called it a 'thug' party. :lol:

[johnny o]

I would like to tell you all something that I believe without question is the most incredible arrogance that is yet totally unknown about Simpson. It is almost hard to believe.

I just read the book, "I Did It" put out by the Goldmans which was allegedly to be his description of what happened that night on Bundy. There is NO WAY that what is described in this book is what he did.

If you followed the criminal trial even one tenth as close as I did, you will know if you read the book, that it does not remotely comport with the evidence. I followed it so close, I could have been sitting with Marcia Clark at the prosecution table.

I won't spoil it for you if you haven't read it, but it was so blatant to me that I was incredulous. It doesn't fit with the evidence at Bundy nor does it fit with the evidence at Rockingham after he returned from the massacre.

In other words, what I believe without question is that he was perpetrating another hoax on everybody who would think they finally knew what happened because it was promoted as exactly what he did "if" he did it.

Yet all the time he knew, he had never disclosed what really took place when he murdered Nicole and Ron. It was going to be another huge laugh for him.

Fortunately the Goldmans are receiving the proceeds from this book. But rent the book at the library for free and read it. You will find that it is impossible for the evidence to match with his "hypothetical" confession. I can't believe nobody else hadn't already destroyed him with this obvious bull he put in this book.

The resting place of the bodies are completely contrary to what he describes, the blood stains in the car would have been everywhere, blood in the alley would have been ten times what it was. And the blood on the Rockingham driveway appeared by magic if he got back into his house as he describes :no:

It is just one more element that makes me ecstatic that he is going to be going insane now for the rest of his life in a 7 x 14 foot cell.

Mr. Goldman your sentiments about him are too kind. It would actually be a compliment to call this swamp dwelling low life pure scum. The category he really belongs doesn't exist yet.

[bearwds]

That is funny - I thought you were kidding about Star throwing the party. I mean she is definitely not famous for throwing around money for a party - she didn't even pay for her own over-the-top wedding. :D
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Wasn't kidding about Star being a close friend, supporter and reporter that was in the tank for him. I know she stiffed on the wedding. My Post said, "..if I recall" ..not bad for 15 years ago.
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Sorry about Nick Nolte's house - well its only a little bit burned out.... one section. Firefighters arrived in minutes, I thought.
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Bet if you ran into Nick at the supermarket and asked him "What's new?"...he would have an answer.
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bearwds

[5swab5]

I respectfully disagree..tho I find it difficult to get that big yellow bird out of my minds eye...LOL

Anyway, First this jury found guilt on this crime..on evidence..not past fanciful thoughts of previous acts..they took 3.25 times the time to reflect on evidence and testimony and trial time was 9 times as long in previous case..so multipy deliberations..At least this jury considered the evidence and didnt entertain their individual biases..

All a hung jury would have done is to further OJ's entitled menality..which would have been based on "Jury Nullifications"..not acquittal..Course that sems to be enough for OJ and his council of the time..freedom is all that is sought..and unfortunately for OJ..his Co-conspirators wouldnt fall on their collective petards for this " Old Man who has only Notoriety on His Side"..believe me..Not many want to befriend a source of "Bad Press" unless they have $$$$ in their eyes..believe me OJ is not a "Personality, Good Guy, Big Heart, Philanthropist personality"..OJ does not get involved with ya unless you can GIVE/GAIN HIM SOMETHING!!..

Unfortunately for OJ, he just pushed his envelop too far this time, crossed that line, hedged his bets that no one would cave on him..and he lost!! He did not learn from his previous "Reprieve" and move foreward and try to make ammends..but enhanced his "Victim" status..(boo hoo)...Instead of taking his lumps..he persuited a mission of payback..and continue to victimize whoever tried to make him accountable!!

I will just bet Justin and Sydney will eventually air their views..but not until they are at a stage with a need to correct the record, or gossip!!

OJ, made his bed and now ust lie in it..no one else to blame but him..His lawyer's did their best..but it is what it is..Headsup..dont try to get back your stuff by force in Vegas!! Go the appropriate venue!!

LMS;)


Hi Lynda,

Articulate as always, :)

I would like to take this opportunity to iterate my contention..

IF OJ would have let his lawyers tell the TRUTH, he might be a free man today. OJ's arrogance overwhelms me. There WERE guns! BIG mistake to try that lame * "no guns" defense!

PLUS!, IF CJ had taken the stand, he would have guaranteed his own freedom as I type.

I will always wonder how much Stewart's bank account increased. I'm SURE it was a HIT!

I have to wonder, IF he thinks that it is worth it now.

MOO

Swabby


Wonder if the check cleared?

[5swab5]

Did you even read or hear the tapes etc. Your thinking his lawyers telling a truth is not even reasonable or doubt. The true facts are the tapes alone tell the story, did you hear them?

WHOA!

Hold the phone!

Lukie1933,

I NEVER said that ALL the thugs weren't GUILTY as charged! What I was trying to say (apparently badly), was that OJ let his arrogance get in the way of a viable defense.

AND my guess is that $$$$$ sucked Stewart right down with him.

Cool?

MOO

Swabby

[5swab5]

WHOA!

Hold the phone!

Lukie1933,

I NEVER said that ALL the thugs weren't GUILTY as charged! What I was trying to say (apparently badly), was that OJ let his arrogance get in the way of a viable defense.

AND my guess is that $$$$$ sucked Stewart right down with him.

Cool?

MOO

Swabby

Sorry to do it this way, but I couldn't edit, for some stupid reason?

ETA: IMO, OJ was playing a variation of a shell game. He was the only one that knew what everyone else was doing, but nobody else knew what the other guy was doing. CYA to the MAX!

[johnny o]

I'm sickened this jury used his past to come to their decision. The system failed. He should have expected an acquittal or at least a hung jury, even the "victim" said there was no crime. There would have been no charges for anyone else. The real thugs are back on the street.:flamemad:



I wonder how you and all the other bleeding heart loyalists for this twin killer escapee from justice would have felt if Bruce Fromong and Beardsley would have been carrying their guns. Have you ever thought of that??

There could have been homicides in that room! It could have been reminiscent of an Al Capone shootout. And if you think that wasn't possible, I remind you that Fromong usually did carry his weapon on him in these types of meetings. In fact, he left it in his car this time only because it was a casino.

The law has to do more than punish. It must deter and prevent others from taking the law into their own hands for any purpose. That's why the sentence for kidnapping and robbery is on a parallel with second degree murder.

We could have been looking at a Bundy II here with nine guys in that room. It's very fortunate for Simpson that it wasn't. He would possibly be getting a needle in his arm instead of a jail term.

[NYGalPal]

[QUOTE=bearwds;12251542]If I recall, Star Jones threw his 1st "acquittal" party.



That's a lie. A Proven Lie. An Old Rumor.
All ya gotta do is Google your facts before you post an opinion. :read:Google doesn't find all and it doesn't prove this is a lie either.

If you know it is a lie and know how to google for the info. Why didn't you post it?

mho

[JBL]

It was the only thing the lawyers could do IMO. If it hadn't been for the guns it might have been a probationable offense - according to Jean Cassaras. (sp?)


He should have admitted to the guns and then feigned SHOCK that these guys brought them. That may have been believable. He ""shot" himself in the foot with the "what guns, there were no guns" alibi.

[vonna]

I'm sickened this jury used his past to come to their decision. The system failed. He should have expected an acquittal or at least a hung jury, even the "victim" said there was no crime. There would have been no charges for anyone else. The real thugs are back on the street.:flamemad:

You make me laugh. To you people - the "real" culprits are always others. The facts that you refuse to recognize are that for the first crime Simpson received jury nullification - for the second crime he received justice.

[kennedy06]

I'm sickened this jury used his past to come to their decision. The system failed. He should have expected an acquittal or at least a hung jury, even the "victim" said there was no crime. There would have been no charges for anyone else. The real thugs are back on the street.:flamemad:

The system didn't fail. He had well trained attorneys and the judge was fair to both sides.:shrug:

[Shells2]

I'm sickened this jury used his past to come to their decision. The system failed. He should have expected an acquittal or at least a hung jury, even the "victim" said there was no crime. There would have been no charges for anyone else. The real thugs are back on the street.:flamemad:


The OTHER (not real) thugs are back on the street - because they didn't play roulette with the system and admitted to their crimes and co-operated with the police. OJ CHOSE to plead innocent. He lost, at a game he thought he was the master of.

And all I can say to that is ........HA HA!

[JBL]

OJ was framed.

He should be set free.

Its impossible to steal your own personal property.

Mr. Galanter (my hero) will make things right again in appeals court.

:patriot:

It's only impossible to steal your own property if it's in your own house.

There was a set up - OJ was part of the set up plan.

Brush up on Nevada law. The law was broke.

No ones above the law. Any one who breaks it should get minimum time at the least.

[NYGalPal]

It's only impossible to steal your own property if it's in your own house.

There was a set up - OJ was part of the set up plan.

Brush up on Nevada law. The law was broke.

No ones above the law. Any one who breaks it should get minimum time at the least.

Yup, poor OJ set himself up.

:lol:

[johnny o]

...imo, wrote an extremely believable and eloquent account of that night in his book (sorry, i DID read it years ago, but the title escapes me). he actually imagines himself as oj, hiding outside nicole's house and spying on her before ron shows up... remember, this was the night of sydney's recital, when the browns finally got the nerve to completely snub oj; he was furious over not being invited to mezzaluna afterwards...he finally realized nicole was thru w/him, and boy, did she pay...

Yes, but the location where he claimed to be when the killings occurred do not match up with where the bodies were found. He said he was toward the "back" gate when he confronted Ron and the bodies were found at the very front gate. The walkway from the back alley to Bundy was almost a half block long. I was there and took photographs of it myself. I also took photographs at his house on Rockingham.

The book says he was on the right side of Nicole's door (if you were looking at the entrance of the condo) when he confronted Ron and Nicole, before he so-called blacked out. Nicole could not have possibly hit her head on the railing there and then her body ends up 75 feet away at the foot of the stairs at the front gate.

He says in the book everybody was yelling at everybody. You don't think one of them could have screamed or yelled loud enough that they could have heard it Brentwood? It is so quiet there at ten o'clock at night, you can hear yourself walking on the sidewalk.

In his scenario both of them are there confronting him at the same time. If Ron is being stabbed time and time again, you don't think Nicole wouldn't have let out an ear piercing scream?

The reason she didn't is because it never happened that way. They were both attacked without either one knowing....Ron was first and it happened when he came through the front gate. Nicole heard the unknown noises because of the fight. She came out of the condo to find out what the heck is going on, and then he killed her. Ron was already dead or dying laying against the stump in the small enclosure

He also said when he returned back to his house he got into his house by going through the neighbors yard and a secret opening between the properties by his tennis court on Ashford Street. Yet blood drops were found on the Rockingham driveway leading right into the house. That's also where the limo driver saw him cross the driveway going into the house.

He says in the book he cut his knuckle by throwing a glass against the bathroom wall in Chicago at the hotel. So if that was true, it was not possible to make that trail of blood drops on his driveway. It was cut at Bundy and he left the drops trying to get into his house. He had no choice but to cross over into the illuminated part of the front of the house and that's when the limo driver saw him.

Next, he said he put the blood drenched pants and shirt in his lap after the killings. There would have blood transfers all over the seat and inside of the Bronco. Imagine how much blood there would have been on his hands. That would have made blood transfers to everything he touched. Where are the fingerprints of the "mystery" guy on the steering wheel? He supposedly parked the car for him according to the book version. Where were his prints on anything if he was also on the passenger side?

Those are only some of the numerous contradictions purported in the book as opposed to the evidence.

I guarantee you what is in that book is not the re-creation of what happened that night. It's all bs. And I am sure it was to be another big private joke for him.

[fbgweezer]

I've always been convinced that had there been a video of orenthal committing the murders, the NG's would have said it couldn't be. The Las Vegas trial has proved my point. ;)

[Lyndawitha"Y]

Yes, I do believe it.

mho


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[warhorse46]

O.J didn't get what he "deserved." If he got what he "deserved," this case wouldn't have gone to trial.

mho


A grand jury, a Judge & a petit jury have all disagreed with you. In my experience when only one person is saying one thing & the majority are saying the opposit, it is the one person who is incorrect. Like when a defendant says he is the one telling the truth & 15 other people tell a completely different story.

[NYGalPal]

A grand jury, a Judge & a petit jury have all disagreed with you. In my experience when only one person is saying one thing & the majority are saying the opposit, it is the one person who is incorrect. Like when a defendant says he is the one telling the truth & 15 other people tell a completely different story.

Very good point.

[NYGalPal]

I hear the popular Halloween custome this year is OJ in his prison garb.

[Lyndawitha"Y]

OJ for over a decade has been a character.who many wish to make fun of..not to mention charicature..In other word make fun of..So for him to arrange a post "Acquittal Party" is just part and parcel of his "Personality"..He has skated on so many issues...for soo soo long.he simply could not fathom being held accountable..along with his enablers and groupies...I dont wish to bash his family..but do believe they have enabled OJ (covered up)..as he was the source of $$$ (under table) yet not so sure they agreed with his "Lifestyle"..Until and unless thosepeople can be linked directly..I will give them all the benefit of the doubt ( hurts me to even say that tho) but if they are smart..they will straighten up and not continue the deceit!!

Prody is doomed to start over..she will never be embraced into the family..however..I am sure she could tell tales..so worry about her welfare?/

LMS:shrug: