Celebrity Justice
OJ Simpson's Suit Suit

Posted May 21st 2007 2:53PM by TMZ Staff

TMZ has triggered a legal war by breaking the story that a sports memorabilia guy is trying to peddle the suit that OJ Simpson wore when he heard the improbable words, "not guilty."

David Cook, the lawyer for Fred Goldman (father of the man Simpson slaughtered), filed legal papers Monday in Santa Monica asking a judge to grab that suit.

As TMZ first reported, Bruce Formong, a sports memorabilia dealer, was trying to sell the suit, shirt and tie for $25,000. Alfred Beardsley, another sports memorabilia dealer, has contacted Goldman and said he will be taking possession of the suit. Beardsley told TMZ on Friday he believes he could turn around and sell it for $100,000.

Cook tells TMZ he's "suspicious" that Simpson is behind the suit sale. Cook is asking for an order that the suit be turned over to the L.A. County Sheriff's Department. The Sheriff is responsible for enforcing court judgments. You'll recall Simpson owes the Goldmans in excess of $30 mil.

Cook says if the suit has been sold, he'll ask the judge to force the seller to turn over the loot.

UPDATE: TMZ just got off the phone with Alfred Beardsley. He said he had a conference call this morning with Cook and Kim Goldman. Beardsley says he plans to acquire the suit, and the trio talked about the Goldmans getting a percentage of the sale to help satisfy the outstanding judgment. The court could engineer the ground rules tomorrow.



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1. first!

Posted at 3:00PM on May 21st 2007 by mammy

2. OJ's a dirtbag murderer and the least he can do is pay up on the civil judgment. How anyone can talk smack about Fred Goldman in this matter is beyond me. His son was slaughtered like an animal by that barbarian OJ. Any parent would be out of their mind after something like that. And you can bet your sweet ass that I'd be following every move that murdering maniac made for the rest of his life. I only hope OJ gets what's coming to him.

Posted at 3:02PM on May 21st 2007 by Ya Think?

3. Hey #2,

Het got off because his lawyers played the race card, and a mostly Black jury just didn't care that he murdered Whites.

Posted at 3:02PM on May 21st 2007 by John

4. I don't care that he murdered anyone these days. What was that, 1994 or 1995? He killed 2 people. Big deal, nothing to see here so move on, folks. How many murder victims has this country in the last 13 years? How about the last 13 months? It just shouldn't be that big of a thing to any of us who aren't friends or relatives of the people involved in this.

Posted at 3:13PM on May 21st 2007 by billy jack

5. WELL SAID #5

Posted at 3:14PM on May 21st 2007 by adrlau

6. Why can't this man leave OJ alone?

The criminal court found him not quilty. Which means as the case stands OJ is innocent


BLACK POWER. What OJ did is in revenge to what the whites did to our ancestors during slavery


KARMA IS A BITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 3:14PM on May 21st 2007 by JJ

7. ANBODY Ever Notice that Fred Goldman, Not Coleman like in the Bird Cage - Funny Movie, LOOKS Like the Burgermeister.

HOW MUCH YOU WANNA BET THAT BRUCE FORMANG, THE GUY SELLING THE SUIT, IS WHITE? They sure can sell out their Race for some easy cash.

P.S. Mammy, YOU WON'T BE FIRST NEXT TIME!!!

Posted at 3:16PM on May 21st 2007 by HEY LOOK

8. O.J. Simpson was acquitted by a jury. His attorneys did their sworn duty to defend him by using every legal means available to them. Therefore, O.J. Simpson did not "slaughter" Goldman's son.
Does anyone recall that Ron Goldman was estranged from his father because daddy did not like his lifestyle? Interesting that when money can be had, parents are suddenly so loving and miss their kid so much!!!!!

Posted at 3:20PM on May 21st 2007 by silversnark

9. 5. Hey #2,

Het got off because his lawyers played the race card, and a mostly Black jury just didn't care that he murdered Whites.

Posted at 3:02PM on May 21st 2007 by John
Killing white whores and a queer is just not that serious . Get up, Let go , Move on..

Posted at 3:27PM on May 21st 2007 by larry

10. Yes JJ you are right-OJ was found innocent in the CRIMINAL court. He was found guilty, however, in the CIVIL courts and therefore owes the Goldman's and Nichole's family quite a bit of cash.

It's not racial--its the law. Don't pull the "slavery over a hundred years ago" card.

Karma is a bitch-and it starts with Mr. Goldman following OJ around until his debt is paid.....

Posted at 3:27PM on May 21st 2007 by everyone has an opinion

11. Goldman needs to seek some serious counseling and get on with his life. That is all one can do following having lost a loved one.

Posted at 3:30PM on May 21st 2007 by Tootz

12. Whereas some might be emotionally satisfied by TMZ's use of the word "slaughtered"; from a journalistic point of view, the comment is irresponsible. In addition, one can look at that case and debate the issues without it being about race or religion. Everything isn't about race or jew verses gentile.

Posted at 3:30PM on May 21st 2007 by Jacqueline

13. TMZ, do us all a favor and stop with the OJ stories. It's like seeing and smelling a dirty jock strap.

Posted at 3:30PM on May 21st 2007 by TBA

14. Ok... TMZ... you need to remember.. that OJ was wound "NOT GUILTY" by a court of law. Sure, it's was a travesty he got off with it.. but LEGALLY he was found not guilty.

With the civil suit, sure he was found to have caused the death of Goldman, but he wasn't convicted of Murder.

Plain and simple... he's legally innocent. (and with regards to this story.. if he is behind the selling of the suit... fine... let the money go to the Goldmans, they did win the case. But it's not really newsworthy.. it's a second hand suit.)

Posted at 3:30PM on May 21st 2007 by Smashex

15. Number 8 - Just a few questions?

What if white people requested "WHITE history month" we'd be consider prejudice.

What if Spanish/Mexican people wanted "SPANISH history month"?

ASIAN history month? We could go on and on.

What if a white man killed two black people and a predominately white jury let him off?
What if a mexican man killed two asian people and a predominately mexican just let them off?

What if the white man or mexican man was a famous football player/sports commentator?

Black people claim prejudice against white people, but it's actually double prejudice, because when black people gain just because they are black, white, asian, mexican, insert your nationallity here all people lose because they are not black.

If OJ killed two people, GOD will have his final judgement - not KARMA!

Posted at 3:31PM on May 21st 2007 by What is Fair?

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