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OJ back in Vegas

In a Las Vegas courtroom yesterday, O.J. Simpson’s lawyer, Yale Galanter, accused a key prosecution witness of being a liar, leading to a heated exchange in the third day of a preliminary hearing in the armed robbery case. Simpson’s one-time golfing pal, Walter Alexander, glared at him across a courtroom and said the former football star wanted him to bring “heat” to a confrontation with two sports memorabilia dealers in a hotel room. Simpson’s lawyer then took Alexander to task, saying he was lying.

“After he asked me if I could watch his back, he leaned forward and it was kind of like, ‘Hey, do you think you can get some heat?”‘ Alexander said. “‘Just in case things go wrong, can you bring some heat?”

Alexander depicted Simpson as the mastermind of the plan to recover his possessions by setting up a sting operation in which the two dealers would think they were meeting with a potential buyer. The three were in town for a mutual friend’s wedding Sept. 13. Michael McClinton, also OJ’s co-defendant, volunteered to supply guns and Simpson said they probably would be needed only to show dealers Bruce Fromong and Alfred Beardsley “we mean business,” Alexander said. Alexander said he accepted a .22-caliber pistol from McClinton that he tucked into his waistband while McClinton strapped on a shoulder holster containing a .45.

Justice of the Peace Joe M. Bonaventure will decide after the hearing whether there is enough evidence for Simpson and two other men to stand trial. Alexander and Michael McClinton, who also testified against Simpson on Tuesday, struck deals with prosecutors and pleaded guilty to lesser charges, as did Charles Cashmore, who testified last week.

I think there’s enough evidence, this baby’s going to trial. AWWWWWWRIGHT!!!…Another OJ trial! If the Justice does decide there’s enough evidence, and it seems like there’s more than enough, there will be months of OJ entertainment in store. This time it seems like they set him up right. No stupid Los Angeles DA to screw this one up, no racist Brad Furman, and most important (but it does hurt the entertainment value of the whole thing) no Johnny Cochran. With all the ducks in a row, and without Johnny, it looks like OJ going away this time.

So come on Justice of the Peace Joe M. Bonaventure, let the games begin. The OJ circus is going to Vegas.
…DEEP!!!

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