O.J. Heist Items To Be Used As Restitution

Judge Says Memorabilia Will Be Sold To Pay Victim And Satisfy 1995 Wrongful Death Judgment

(CBS/AP)  The Nevada judge who sentenced O.J. Simpson to prison says most of the sports memorabilia seized by authorities after a hotel room armed robbery in Las Vegas will go to Los Angeles.

Once there, it'll be sold by the sheriff to satisfy a wrongful death judgment the families of slaying victims Ronald Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson won against Simpson in 1995.

Judge Jackie Glass also ruled Friday that Simpson, co-defendant Clarence "C.J." Stewart and the four men who testified against them have to pay a combined $3,560 in restitution to collectibles dealer Bruce Fromong.

That'll pay about $2,600 in medical bills Fromong claimed after he was pushed into a chair while being robbed at gunpoint Sept. 13, 2007, in a Las Vegas casino hotel room.

Fromong, who lives in North Las Vegas, says he his outraged with the decision, reports CBS affiliate KLAS. Fromong says he feels he has now been victimized a second time and is out between $75,000 and $100,000 dollars in memorabilia.

[observer2020]

clem641 and annette3332: Whatever happens to OJ is well deserved! If the items were actually stolen, why not call the police and let them handle it instead of attempting to steal them back? Stolen property is stolen property--end of story and it will land you in jail. If I were the Browns, I would let Goldman spend a tremendous amount of time (which totally stresses him out) and money and sit back and reap the material rewards. Nothing can bring back their daughter and son but if spending every waking moment on how to get back at OJ, let him. That''s his outlet to OJ''s terrible crime. OJ''s kids are now grown and hate their father and are also convinced that their father killed their mother. It''s all on the wheel...just nice to see it come full circle.

[roghil]

What a bad decision on the judge''''s part. Lawfully purchased items belong to the person who purchased them. I feel very sad for the murder victim''''s families, but stealing from one OJ victim to pay a claim by another is not justice. I''''m sure this ruling will be reversed by on appeal.


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Posted by peacedreamer at 08:40 AM : Dec 20, 2008

Not if they were stolen before they were legally purchased by someone. The original owner get it back, and possession of stolen goods charges are possible against whoeve had them.

[annette3332]

again I say its about the Goldman they are tgetting the money from these possession what about the brown family. They lost someone too.

[collis12]

OJ should have went to the county jail and volunteered to be locked up. He knew that those folks were not going to rest until they put him in jail, and he gave them the perfect opportunity. How stupid could he be?

[clem641]

well guess oj wont be running out to the golf course anytime soon good job oj should stayed ur butt at home with kids instead u had money to fly to az for such *** what about themoney you use for airline tickets should of went to the goldmans family tough life buddy now do ur time an when u get out i have some ensure products for ya

[karenlewis3]

FREE OJ!!!!!! www.theseriouspolice.com

[ajayvee]

annette3332 wrote: And the Goldman need to realize they are not the only one who lost a loved one.
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Annette, I believe it is bad form to equate the pain suffered by a Goldman with the pain suffered by any other human being in the history of mankind.

[annette3332]

you know this whole make me sick. what Im now hearing the property that was apparently stolen form Oj in the face place. I believe he had the right to get it back but not way he went about it. Im getting sick and tired hearing about the Goldmans and trying to gett every penny from Oj. And Yet I dont hear about he brown family doing that. they lost someone too. and so did sidney and justin they lost the moher and now the father who behing bar. what about them? TRhey have to hear all this garbage.And the Goldman need to realize they are not the only one who lost a loved one.

[ajayvee]

Go ahead and appeal, OJ, except that as luck would have it you will probably end up before a Wiseman or a Shapiro or a Silverstein judge in the NAC.

[susanhelit]

How the items left OJ''s posession originally has indeed been publicly answered. It''s not relevant to this case really, because you aren''t allowed to go in and commit armed robbery, no matter how much you think things belong to you - but the question was answered.

According to the case record, some years back OJ gets a heads up that the sheriff is coming to confiscate things that now belong to the Goldman family according to the civil judgement. OJ calls up some buddies of his, and has them strip his mansion of everything he can, tells them he''d rather they had it (and he owed some of them money, and it was common practice that he''d pay in memorabilia) than the Goldmans. That''s how he gave it away. Then one of those guys, all these years later, sells the stuff to Fromong and Beardsley. And there we go. Fromong had no reason to think the stuff stolen. And OJ gave it away when he knew it no longer belonged to him. So it was not, in any way, OJ''s own posessions.

[petro49l]

The Court Psychiatrist should testify that O.J. is paranoid schizophrenic. The Judge must order serious mental health treatment. When O.J. killed Ron and Nicole, he probably was hearing voices, hallucinating, and delusional. A head scan could prove the existence of brain damage. If the Judge takes this course of action, Fred Goldman will be free to act as the Victim''s family. The decision by the original Simpson Jury would be effectively vacated.

[incog-nito]

Now that he''s be spending a long time behind bars, the fate of the collectibles should be the last of O.J.''s concerns.

Wow O.J. they finally got you on some bull$hit!!!! Wow boy you should have just went in a dark hole and hid after you beat your first case. You should have known that these people aint playing that when you kill one of their own!!!!! O.J. didnt you know that they wasnt going to stop until you paid for your first case? Didnt you know that O.J. didnt you know that, well they got you just like they said they would, now you have to pay the price, you should have laid low O.J. when you do something and get away with lay low!!!!!!!

[downsteamjim]

Obama should appoint OJ to head the National Gallery of Art.

[brianbwb-2009]

If Mr. Simpson can prove that he was the legal owner of the items at the time of the confrontation, the whole case gets tossed, and the judge could be censured for pursuing a personal agenda against Mr. Simpson, and if Fromong cannot prove that he came into possession of the items legally, he could be tried for possession of stolen property rising to a felony, based on the appraised value of the items.

So the questions that has not been publicly answered is who was the actual owner of the items, and if the owner was Mr. Simpson, how did others come into possesion of them?

[READY FLOW]

Then they''''''''re admitting all along that all OJ did was attempt to retrieve stolen property that was his.

Golly, I wonder if John Q. would have been prosecuted in a similar situation, trying to recover items from thieves that stole from him. Particularly given the easy off that the government "witnesses" (who were apparently the only ones insisting firearms were present) got from the prosecutor and judge.



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Posted by summarex at 11:28 PM : Dec 19, 2008

*************************************************************** It is not that the items were or were not OJ''s but the way that He went in guns and all and held the people in the room there for a short length of time that sent OJ to jail. There are ways to get Your property back that won''t get you sent to prison. OJ didn''t take them in to consideration which shows that He is the Thug that made his own bed now he is going to have to lay in it. His problem was that He got away with things so long that He thought that He was above the law. I bet He is starting to see that He isn''t now though.

[peacedreamer-2009]

What a bad decision on the judge''s part. Lawfully purchased items belong to the person who purchased them. I feel very sad for the murder victim''s families, but stealing from one OJ victim to pay a claim by another is not justice. I''m sure this ruling will be reversed by on appeal.

[ajayvee]

Lots of hate shown here and elsewhere for Judge Glass and the Goldmans. May I remind the writers of one of Bibi Netanyahu''s famous sayings: "We don''t care if they love us or hate us, as long as they fear us." Last pound of flesh, Fred, there''s no more.

[trapbreaking]

I see in todays Las Vegas Sun news that O.J. is being moved to Lovelock Prison in northern Navada, a medium security prison. A 7x9 cell already cluttered with a toilet, a bed, a sink and a writing shelf is not the place to try to swing a driver, or even a sand wedge. Looks like his golf game is going to suffer.

[trapbreaking]

I see in todays Las Vegas Sun news that O.J. is being moved to Lovelock Prison in northern Navada, a medium security prison. A 7x9 cell already cluttered with a toilet, a bed, a sink and a writing shelf is not the place to try to swing a driver, or even a sand wedge. Looks like his golf game is going to suffer.