“Yup, I did it.”
I’ll say this for the guy, you never know where a story about him is going to lead. What’s next? Him and Marcia Clark get married?
‘STING OPERATION’: FBI knew about Simpson’s plan
Federal agents knew three weeks in advance that O.J. Simpson and a memorabilia dealer planned a sting operation to retrieve personal items Simpson said were stolen from him, according to FBI reports obtained Friday by The Associated Press.
Dealer Thomas Riccio told FBI agents Aug. 21 that Simpson wanted to televise the operation as he confronted a collector who was peddling thousands of pieces of his mementos.
The planned confrontation was described in generic terms with no details on where and when it would occur, who would be involved, or how it would unfold, according to documents.
Riccio said he raised the subject while talking with the FBI about an unrelated subject: a video of Anna Nicole Smith. But he said agents dismissed his report, telling him “they didn’t want to be involved in another weird celebrity case.”
Defense lawyer Mark Geragos, who is not involved in the case, said the FBI reports help Simpson’s case because they support his contention that he wanted to retrieve his memorabilia.
“For a defendant it doesn’t get better in a state case than this,” Geragos said. “This whole case goes to his state of mind and this is the best evidence you could get.”
But University of Southern California law professor Jean Rosenbluth said the key issue is whether guns and strong-arm tactics were used.
“He’s not being charged with a crime because he asked for his stuff back,” she said.
so… did they give him a head start this time around or what?
“Defense lawyer Mark Geragos, who is not involved in the case, said the FBI reports help Simpson’s case because they support his contention that he wanted to retrieve his memorabilia.”
And he didn’t mind using a gun to do it.
Does this confirms the conspiracy theory that the US goverment spies on rich black folk?
‘ But he said agents dismissed his report, telling him “they didn’t want to be involved in another weird celebrity case.” ‘
Ok, exactly what was that earlier “weird celebrity case” that the FBI was involved with? Why does this sound like an excuse to get OJ off, by claiming that the FBI was Ok with what he was going to do. And of course Riccio didn’t mention that there would be guns involved. Or the FBI didn’t think to ask, or didn’t want to know so didn’t ask. And of course Riccio started out talking to them about a “Anna Nicole Smith” video, before mentioning OJ’s scheme. Which probably place a “nut job” label on everything he said that day. Yeah, I see OJ gettin off the same way Phil Spector just did. Confusing the heck out of the jury.