> O.J.Simpson may already be contemplating his next book project in the wake
> of his arrest Sunday in Las Vegas. Simpson is alleged to have used
> heavy-handed tactics to obtain sports memorabilia from a collection in a Las
> Vegas hotel room.
> Of course Simpson maintains he did no such thing. He simply arrived at the
> collectors' room with a gaggle of tough guys in tow to discuss the possible
> return of sports memorabilia he maintains was stolen from him. All on the
> day before the court had ordered him to turn it over to the Goldman family,
> a bizarre coincidence to be sure.
> Simpson is apparently not worried by the fact that authorities reportedly
> have audio tape of him doing a third-rate imitation of James Gandolfini's
> "Sopranos" character - bursting into the hotel room with his buddies and
> shouting, "Think you can steal my shit and sell it?" while some of his posse
> allegedly brandished weapons.
> Of course Simpson has already beat a murder rap, despite massive evidence
> pointing to his guilt. Why should he be concerned about a little thing like
> strong arm robbery?
> And he has already written one book - "If I Did It," explaining how he might
> have killed his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman, even though
> he was not convicted of their murders. The book was ranked #2 on Amazon.com
> Monday.
> The problem for Simpson is that he gets none of the profits from the book
> with the disgusting premise, that his dead ex-wife was an drug abusing
> alcoholic whore who more then deserved to die in the manner that she did.
> A federal bankruptcy judge has awarded the rights to the book to the family
> of Ron Goldman, who have retiled the book "I Did It, Confessions of a
> Killer."
> If Simpson does decide to take up writing again, let's hope he does so from
> prison, even if the sentience he serves is for what appears to be a poorly
> conceived act of thuggery over a few sports mementos that he had been
> ordered to hand over to the Goldman family in the first place.