Transcript of oj's police interview
Beverly Gaglione
terrogation of oj (without his lawyer present) that had occurred 15 hours
following the murders of Nicole & Ron. According to the author of an ac-
companying article, Bill Hoffmann, the entire transcript of the interview
will be published in next week's issue of *Star* "magazine". Following is
a quote from Hoffmann's article, regarding the authenticity of the info
from this transcript: "Star editor Dick Kaplan would not say how the trans-
cript was obtained. "We've checked it rather thoroughly & we are
satisfied journalistically and our lawyers are satisfied that it's
authentic." Reportedly, the two police officers who conducted the interview
of oj were Philip Vannater & Thomas Lange.
Makmelaff
writes:
»
»The Saturday, Nov 17th New York Post contains excerpts of the police in-
»terrogation of oj (without his lawyer present) that had occurred 15 hours
»following the murders of Nicole & Ron.
{...cuts...}
This is part of an article that I found here on AOL. It didn't state what
publication wrote it.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
SIMPSON SAYS EX-WIFE BEAT HIM Football Hall of Famer O.J. Simpson
reportedly was beaten by ex-wife Nicole Brown-Simpson on several
occassions.
According published reports, Simpson told investigators he was
beaten by his ex-wife at a New Year's Eve party in 1989.
The 47-year-old Simpson is charged with the June 12th murders of
Nicole Brown-Simpson and her friend, 25-year-old Ronald Goldman.
The paper, which reviewed a police transcript, made the
statement after being picked up for the murders.
"Nicole was drunk," O.J. Simpson said in a transcript. "She did
her thing. She started tearing up my house. And I didn't punch
her or anything. "We had a fight and she hit me. And they never
took my statement. They never wanted to hear my side.
"Since that period of time, she's hit me a few times, but I've
never touched her after that."
In other developments, the wife of Los Angeles Superior Court
Judge Lance Ito will testify Monday.
Simpson's defense team has been granted a request to question
Captain Margaret York, the highest-ranking woman in the Los
Angeles Police Department and the wife of Ito, on reports she
led a departmental probe into detective Mark Fuhrman.
Fuhrman found the incriminating bloody glove at Simpson's estate
following the slayings and has been accused by the defense as
being a racist cop who wanted to frame Simpson.
Another judge is expected to preside over Monday's hearing.
Defense attorney Robert Shapiro indicated there may be some
conflict of interest but stressed he was not seeking the removal
of Ito from the case.
The total number of prospective alternates grew to 25 on Friday
as jury selection continued. Ito and lawyers for both sides are
looking for up to 15 alternates.
All those kept have been asked to return to court on December
5th, when the lawyers will be allowed to dismiss a specified
number of jurors without cause.
A jury of eight women and four men was selected two weeks ago to
try the former National Football League star.
Once the alternate jurors are chosen, a hearing concerning the
admissibility of key D-N-A evidence will begin.
On Tuesday, defense lawyers in a motion formally challenged the
addition of a black attorney to the prosecution team.
Simpson attorney Johnnie Cochran did not say whether the sealed
motion addresses race, but he has attacked the addition of
Deputy District Attorney Christopher Darden to the prosecution
team on grounds that the prosecution added him simply because
the jury includes eight black members.
The prosecution did not comment except to reiterate that Darden
was picked because prosecutors Marcia Clark and William Hodgman
needed help.
Ito ruled Monday that he will admit blood and other evidence
found in Simpson's Ford Bronco. Included among the evidence
allowed into trial by Ito yesterday are 13 blood spots, a
partial bloody shoe print, a shovel and a plastic sheet.
Simpson was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1985
and served as a football commentator for N-B-C Sports.
Transmitted: 94-11-19 13:48:07 EST
Great Evil
(These are excerpts and come under "fair use") VA = Vannatter. TL = Lange
>VA: How did you get the injury on your hand.
>OJ: I don't know. The first time, when I was in Chicago and all, but at
the house I >was just running around.
>VA: How did you do it in Chicago?
>OJ: I broke a glass.
-cuts- (no pun!)
>TL: Do you recall bleeding at all in your truck, in the Bronco.
>OJ: I recall bleeding at my house and then I went to the Bronco. The last
thing I >did before I left, when I was rushing, was went out and got my
phone from the >Bronco.
While not a contridiction this does not seem to mesh that well with what
happened with Park. Maybe the "last thing he did before -he- left" could
have happend at say 10:00 and then he took a nap. (And then a shower?)
-cuts-
>TL: So when did you do anything? So when did you put the Band-Aid on it?
>OJ: Actually, I asked the girl this morning for it.
P. Murrin
writes:
> In article <3alhtc$5...@jake.esu.edu>, bga...@esu.edu (Beverly Gaglione)
> writes:
(cuts)
> This is part of an article that I found here on AOL. It didn't state what
> publication wrote it.
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> SIMPSON SAYS EX-WIFE BEAT HIM Football Hall of Famer O.J. Simpson
> reportedly was beaten by ex-wife Nicole Brown-Simpson on several
> occassions.
(cuts)
> On Tuesday, defense lawyers in a motion formally challenged the
> addition of a black attorney to the prosecution team.
> Simpson attorney Johnnie Cochran did not say whether the sealed
> motion addresses race, but he has attacked the addition of
> Deputy District Attorney Christopher Darden to the prosecution
> team on grounds that the prosecution added him simply because
> the jury includes eight black members.
>
> The prosecution did not comment except to reiterate that Darden
> was picked because prosecutors Marcia Clark and William Hodgman
> needed help.
This was certainly a misleading statement by the reporter of this article. He
or she shoud know the reason for the motion must be that Darden directly
worked on the grand jury investigation of Al Cowlings. Rather irresponsible of
the reporter to leave the racial thing hanging there suggestively when
previous news reports have mentioned Darden's role in the AC case and the
defense's concerns about an ADA from that case coming onto the OJ case.
-- Paula