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Seeking retrial, OJ Simpson recounts Vegas robbery

Agence France-PresseMay 15, 2013 14:26

O.J. Simpson gave a blow-by-blow account Wednesday of the night of a September 2007 casino hotel robbery for which he was jailed, as he seeks a retrial. Dressed in a blue prison outfit in court, the 65-year-old former American football star insisted he did not knowingly break the law on the day he reclaimed what he believed were his own stolen belongings. "It was my stuff. I followed what I thought was the law .. I didn't break into anybody's room," and didn't attack or "muscle" anyone, he told the court in Las Vegas.

O.J. Simpson resurfaces in court to seek new robbery trial

Thomson ReutersMay 13, 2013 20:45

By Timothy Pratt LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - O.J. Simpson, the ex-football star famously acquitted of murder in 1995, appeared in court on Monday seeking a new trial in a Las Vegas armed robbery case that sent him to prison as witnesses testified to what they said were blunders by his lawyer.

O.J. Simpson resurfaces in court to seek new robbery trial

Thomson ReutersMay 13, 2013 20:45

O.J. Simpson resurfaces in court to seek new robbery trial

Thomson ReutersMay 13, 2013 20:45

Pistorius saga draws comparison to O.J. Simpson trial

Agence France-PresseFebruary 21, 2013 16:46

They're both murder cases involving high-profile athletes, so it's inevitable that comparisons will be drawn between South Africa's "Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius and American O.J. Simpson. American football star turned media personality Simpson, now 65, was acquitted of the June 1994 murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson after one of the most sensational trials in US criminal history. Simpson is serving a 33-year prison sentence in Nevada after being convicted on unrelated crimes, including armed robbery and kidnapping.