"Yvonne " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
I was at Danial Petrocelli's book signing this past Monday night. Besides
just signing his new book, he also gave an hour lecture on the back ground
of the civil trial insofar as not more than 16 members of the public were
allowed to watch the proceedings on any given day. He explained the
concept of double jeopardy and why it doesn't apply to this civil process,
Simpson's conscious lying during the depositions and while on the stand and,
of course the subject of Sue's article: his (Petrocelli's) belief that
Simpson is on the road to a confesion, as seen in the Esquire article and
the banana scene in Ruby Wax's interview.
While many of us see Simpson's quasi confession vis a vis "What if I did
kill her. I did it out of love," to which Petrocelli said "Oh. Ok. That
makes the murders alright then," hearing it out of the mouth of Danial
Petrocelli validates my similar belief. P mentioned the price around one
million dollars while I see a larger sum, something covering the 33.5
million indemnity which would be propelled by a package consisting of a
book, audio, video and ppv. All those avenues which were inexplicitly
closed to him after the criminal trial.
-----Original Message-----
From: Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, May 05, 1998 9:38 PM
Subject: L&I Lawyer Sees Simpson 'Confession'
>Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>
>Lawyer Sees Simpson 'Confession'
>
>> LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The lawyer who won a civil wrongful
>> death suit against O.J. Simpson said Tuesday he
>> believes the man acquitted of two murders is making a
>> ``creeping confession'' in his public appearances.
>>
>> Simpson, responding to Daniel Petrocelli's new
>> assertions for the first time, called the claim
>> ``totally ridiculous'' and said the lawyer is trying to
>> make news to sell his book.
>>
>> Petrocelli said that if Simpson believed a confession
>> would win him public acceptance he would admit to the
>> slayings of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
>>
>> ``I don't think he will ever crack. He's a strong
>> individual and a survivor,'' said Petrocelli, who
>> represented the Goldman family. ``But public acceptance
>> is important to him. He'd like to win back the public
>> and if admitting it would get him there he might do
>> it.''
>>
>> ``That's totally ridiculous,'' said Simpson, who
>> insisted no such thought has ever entered his mind.
>>
>> ``I didn't do it, so I've never even thought about
>> confessing,'' Simpson said in a phone interview with
>> The Associated Press. ``It's certainly nothing I would
>> ever consider.''
>>
>> He noted that Fred Goldman, father of Ron, had offered
>> to forgive the $33.5 million judgment he won if Simpson
>> would confess, and he had refused the offer.
>>
>> Petrocelli, in a telephone news conference with members
>> of the print media from across the country, cited a
>> recent TV interview in which Simpson jokingly wielded a
>> banana as if it were a knife.
>>
>> ``That was astonishing behavior even if you're an O.J.
>> believer,'' said the attorney.
>>
>> ``If he were truly an innocent man he would be
>> incapable of jesting about this,'' said Petrocelli.
>> ``It's his perverse way of making a creeping
>> confession. Little by little, he acknowledges it.''
>>
>> Simpson said not only is there nothing to acknowledge,
>> but also he's less and less concerned about public
>> acceptance. He recounted advice given to him by one of
>> his criminal defense attorneys, F. Lee Bailey.
>>
>> ``He said, 'O.J., don't let the public send you to an
>> early grave like Sam Sheppard. ... Live your life. Take
>> care of those kids,''' Simpson said.
>>
>> Bailey became famous representing Sheppard in a
>> Cleveland murder case in the 1950s. The question of his
>> guilt or innocence is still being debated long after
>> his death.
>>
>> As for the banana incident, Simpson said it was reshot
>> several times by a BBC crew interviewing him for a
>> special on his life today. He said it was intended to
>> show how some people perceive his image -- ``as a
>> psycho murderer'' -- while the real Simpson is a benign
>> personality.
>>
>> Petrocelli is on a tour promoting his new book,
>> ``Triumph of Justice: The Final Judgment on the Simpson
>> Saga.''
>
>
>--
>Two rules in life:
>
>1. Don't tell people everything you know.
>2.
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