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The Strange World of O.J. Simpson
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Former gridiron superstar O.J. Simpson just doesn't seem to...well...get it.

The fact that he is now known more for his turn as a murder suspect than for his athletic exploits doesn't seem to reach some portion of his brain that keeps saying to him, "Oh, yeah, the world wants to see more of me, man!" Perhaps that would explain his reckless behavior since he was acquitted of the grisly 1994 murders of ex-wife Nicole Brown and her young acquaintance Ron Goldman.

In spite of being held liable in a civil court for the murders and ordered to pay millions in damages to the families of Brown and Goldman, Simpson has still been able to exist in a somewhat privileged world. Since moving to Florida, he has survived on a handsome pension from his old NFL days ($22.000 a month) and from autograph-signing appearances, where those still enamored by his celebrity anxiously wait in line to have "The Juice" scribble his infamous signature across a jersey.

One would think that a man who has been so widely despised by so many people who still believe that he committed the Brown-Goldman killings would prefer to live as quietly and discreet as possible, but obviously keeping a low profile is not O.J.'s thing, as his conduct has illustrated.

In 1994, he was accused by DirectTV of pirating its broadcasting signals. (He couldn't afford to pay for satellite on $22,000 a month?) It would have been a lot cheaper to just pay for the service, since O.J. had to pay hefty legal fees to his lawyers and $25,000 to DirectTV.

In 2006, Simpson anticipated hawking "If I Did It", a book, written with the help of a ghostwriter, In this publication, he teasingly hinted at how he might have killed Brown and Goldman, "if" he had done it, which. he still maintains that he didn't. Never mind that he has two children who still have to remember that their mother was murdered and their father accused of the whole thing. O.J. wanted some extra dollars and a boost to his ego, so he attempted to cash in on this book, despite how it would affect others. The tables turned on him when the legal system prevented him from making any profits off the possible sales of the book and gave the rights to the Goldman family.

Did this discourage O.J. from more outlandish behavior?

You already know the answer to that.

In September, 2007, Simpson, alerted by an old crony that some personal items of his were in the possession of a memorabilia seller in Las Vegas, caught a plane to "Sin City". Allegedly, with an entourage of gun-wielding buddies, he broke into the seller's hotel room and demanded the return of those items. Simpson was later questioned by the Las Vegas police and arrested. His partners in crime evidently do not hold to a loyalty code and have subsequently taken plea bargains to help put him away. After his initial appearance in court, O.J. was warned not to contact anyone connected to the case before his next court date, before his release on bail.

So what did O.J. do? He violated his bail terms by trying to get a message to a co-defender, which caused his bail to be revoked, got him a few days in the clinker and a terse warning from a judge not to repeat this infraction, before being released on bail again.

Can he stay out of trouble and the public eye before his next time in court?

I wouldn't bet the farm on it.
By: Ezriela Devereux
Published: 01/24/08


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