New O.J. Book Borders on Sick

Posted Feb 28th 2008 12:34PM by TMZ Staff

OJ and Riccio OJ Simpson's legal troubles have turned into a cash register for a member of his former posse.

We've learned Thomas Riccio, the sports memorabilia dealer who may have double-dealt and orchestrated the confrontation that led to robbery charges, has made a book deal. The book, titled "Busted," is Riccio's sleaze-a-zoid account of what went down in the Vegas hotel room and all the stuff before and after.

Riccio's making a nice living off O.J.'s latest heist. We know he was paid $70,000 during his "media tour" following the arrest, in return for mentioning a website called clips4sale.com during his shameless appearances.

And, of course, Riccio peddled the audiotape of the hotel confrontation to ... oh yeah, us.

His book is due out in April. We're thinkin' he'll probably ask for donations before page 40.

Filed under: Celebrity Justice, O.J.

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1. Who would have ever thought this sleaze ball would sell out OJ? Money....money....money

Posted at 12:48PM on Feb 28th 2008 by Jessica rocks

2. O.J. is innocent...TWICE!

Posted at 12:51PM on Feb 28th 2008 by Crabby

3. More than happy to see someone, anyone, throwing OJ under the bus and making money doing it!

Posted at 12:57PM on Feb 28th 2008 by Meg

4. TMZ 9HARVEY LEVIN) CALLING SOMEONE( sleaze-a-zoid account of what went down in the Vegas hotel)...YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING!!! POT CALLING KETTLE

Posted at 12:59PM on Feb 28th 2008 by theroyalgs

5. PLEASE , STOP REPORTING ON oj hes a has been, hes a bad joke. hes just nasty. i feel bad for his childern. thats why i am not going to say what i really want to say. because of his childern. GOD BLESS HIS KIDS. stop telling us about oj

Posted at 1:17PM on Feb 28th 2008 by pattie

6. Wow, someone making money by being a sleazeball. Pot calling the kettle black, I think.

Posted at 1:31PM on Feb 28th 2008 by Tim

7. What a low life. Making money off the lowest of the low lifes.
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OJ killed Nicole and Ron. Our justice system failed us.

Posted at 3:41PM on Feb 28th 2008 by eyrial

8. What comes around goes around, always...

Posted at 3:45PM on Feb 28th 2008 by CrabbyPatty

9. If he's a member of O.J.'s posse, what did you expect? A stellar citizen? There's no honor among criminals so I don't find this that shocking.

Posted at 4:39PM on Feb 28th 2008 by Tristania

10. You know what this means don't you? I was set up man! I'm innocent, Riccio and the others used me to make some money off my good name and reputation! FINALLY, the truth comes out about me! Well, this will set me free...again.

Posted at 4:52PM on Feb 28th 2008 by The Juice

11. Well what the hell do you expect from a guy who is still sporting a mullet!?

Posted at 6:01PM on Feb 28th 2008 by Nicole

12. I said the first day this all went down it was a set-up to get O.J. in trouble! Leave him alone! If he is convicted on this garbage charge it is only because people think he is guilty of the killings in '94.He was found NOT GUILTY!!! Leave the man alone. I think Fred Goldman had a hand in this also.

Posted at 6:30PM on Feb 28th 2008 by just me

13. Any guesses how many really talented writers are overlooked by publishers every day for garbage like this?

Posted at 11:03PM on Feb 28th 2008 by TMarshall

14. I still want a copy of O.J's book... what was it called, if i had done it?

Posted at 3:35AM on Feb 29th 2008 by hater

15. Wow. I'm NO O.J. fan, but this stinks, so much so, that it could have been a set up, for cash. I hope that is considered when looking over O.J.'s case. On the other hand, O.J. seems so weaselly that this could have been HIS set up after the fact, to ultimately get him off cuz it 'looked' like he was set up. Oh, the tangled webs we weave. O.J. should probably have been in prison for life already anyway, truth be told.

Posted at 7:05AM on Feb 29th 2008 by Tangled Web

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