|
 |
 |
|
|
|
| Author |
Message |
    
James Jeffrey Paul
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 3:12 pm: | 
|
Here's an article from AOL News about the soon-to-be-broadcast interviews with O. J. Simpson to "commemorate" the 10th anniversary of the murders of his ex-wife Nicole and Ronald Goldman.
Fox, NBC to Air O.J. Simpson Interviews
Ex-Football Star Who Was Acquitted on Double-Murder Charge Plans Reality Show
By Steve Gorman, Reuters
Getty Images
O.J. Simpson in 2002
LOS ANGELES (June 4) - Ten years after the double murder for which he was acquitted but left a virtual pariah, O.J. Simpson says in a television interview that he is angry at his slain ex-wife and hopes to star in a new TV reality show.
"There are times I am angry at her," the former football star said in an interview set to air next week with Fox News Channel's Greta Van Susteren, who covered Simpson's 1994-95 trial on charges of murdering ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ronald Goldman.
Excerpts of the interview, conducted in a Florida hotel and set to air next Monday on Fox News' "On the Record with Greta Van Susteren," were released by the cable channel on Thursday.
"There are things that she could be doing with the kids better than than I, you know? When, it's emotional stuff, especially with my daughter, I am angry with her," Simpson said of his former wife. "I am angry that she found herself hanging out with the group of -- who are these people?"
Acquitted of murder charges in the June 12, 1994 double slaying but later found liable for their deaths in a civil trial, Simpson has steadfastly maintained his innocence, insisting his ex-wife fell victim to a shadowy world of crime and drugs surrounding a group of friends she cultivated before her death.
Since families of the murder victims were awarded $33.5 million in damages in 1997, Simpson and his children have retreated into seclusion, living near Miami on a $4 million pension that is exempt from civil court judgments.
Asked by Van Susteren about reports of his involvement in an upcoming reality show, Simpson said, "it's a takeoff on something called 'Punk'd"', an MTV hidden-camera show featuring Ashton Kutcher pranks on celebrities. "It's me doing gags as Juice ... what they call 'juicing' people." Simpson earned the nickname Juice during his legendary career as a running back in the National Football League.
Ranking the chances the show will come to fruition on a scale of one to 10, Simpson said, "It's seven or eight, that it's gonna happen."
He also expressed sympathy for two other celebrities facing high-profile criminal cases at the moment -- pop singer Michael Jackson and basketball star Kobe Bryant -- saying he considers both innocent until proven guilty.
A Fox News spokesman said it is believed to be Simpson's first sit-down network TV interview since on-camera appearances with Fox News and NBC in late July 2000.
Although Van Susteren was the first to land a Simpson interview for the 10th anniversary of the murder case, NBC expects to beat Fox News to the punch with a special "Dateline NBC" edition on Friday featuring its own Simpson interview with Katie Couric that will be taped earlier in the day.
06/03/04 18:52 ET
|
Kelly Robinson
Sergeant
Username: Kelly
Post Number: 44
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, June 06, 2004 - 9:27 am: |
|
Wow, what better way to commemorate the anniversary of your wife's brutal murder than with a gag-pulling reality show! The word inappropriate comes to mind, but I guess the guy needs a paycheck. The timing, though...
Kelly
"The past isn't over. It isn't even past."
William Faulkner
|
|
Use of these
message boards implies agreement and consent to our Terms of Use.
The views expressed here in no way reflect the views of the owners and
operators of Casebook: Jack the Ripper.
Our old message board content (45,000+ messages) is no longer available online, but a complete archive
is available on the Casebook At Home Edition, for 19.99 (US) plus shipping.
The "At Home" Edition works just like the real web site, but with absolutely no advertisements.
You can browse it anywhere - in the car, on the plane, on your front porch - without ever needing to hook up to
an internet connection. Click here to buy the Casebook At Home Edition.
|
|
|
|
