An O.J. Simpson Out-On-Bail Round-Up
· Simpson was released today on $125,000 bail. He also had his passport confiscated, though he'll be able to travel within the U.S., by air, rail, or very slowly moving SUV. [Reuters]
· Simpson's lawyer Yale Galanter said his client would enter a plea of not guilty to the charges, which, by way of review, are "conspiracy to commit a kidnapping, coercion with a deadly weapon, burglary while in possession of a deadly weapon, conspiracy to commit robbery and two counts each of first-degree kidnapping with use of a deadly weapon." [LAT]
· Thomas Riccio, the auction house owner who initially tipped O.J. off about the stolen memorabilia and secretly recorded every "How you like that shit, motherfucker?!" exchanged throughout the shakedown, was allegedly promised 200 signed copies of If I Did It for his sting-arranging services, each inscribed, no joke, "This book is B.S. None of it is true. Regards, O.J. Simpson." [foxnews.com]
· Productivity-killing Fun Time: Use your office's laser printer to print out a copy of the original police report, then slide the pages inside a blank file folder to make it look like you're actually working! [The Insider Online]
· A press release in our inbox titled, "NATIONAL ENQUIRER EXCLUSIVE: O.J. High on Cocaine During Hotel Raid!" is fairly self-explanatory. [nationalenquirer.com]
· TMZ's magical evidence-procuring elves unearth yet another cuss-filled audiotape, this time of hold-up victim Bruce Fromong going off on Simpson an hour after the incident, and containing at least two words of great interest to Fred Goldman: "Nobody puts a gun in my fucking face. I stood up for that motherfucker...while he was in jail. I stood up for him in the press. I stood up for him o the stand. I helped him set up his fucking offshore accounts. Don't fuck with me." [TMZ]
· Greta Van Susteren managed to track down Kato Kaelin for his insights on this matter. He has none, but be sure to catch his Ask.com commercial and his show Eye For An Eye, apparently in its second season, somewhere! [On The Record]
· Wanting to know more about the upwardly mobile, gentlemanly entrepreneurs of the sports memorabilia trading industry? Look no further. [Newsweek]