Celebrity Justice
New O.J. Book Borders on Sick

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

OJ and RiccioOJ 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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16. So, just me @ 6:30 PM, OJ goes to a hotel room, with weapons, and commits robbery rather than getting the police involved to get his alleged stuff back, and you are blaming Fred Goldman?!? You are not rational. OJ didn't have to bite. He could have retrieved his things through proper channels, and by that, I mean INSIDE the confines of the law, not OUTSIDE of it as he seems prone to do since as he seems to think he gets away with it. Goldman has suffered more than enough. I've really had it with people painting perpetrators as victims, and victims as perpetrators. Don't get your thinking twisted.

Posted at 7:15AM on Feb 29th 2008 by Twisted Thinking

17. WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM A FRIEND OF OJ'S??? SLEAZY PEOPLE HANG OUT WITH THEIR OWN KIND. NO NORMAL PERSON WOULD WANT TO BE ANYWHERE NEAR OJ OR ADMIT TO KNOWING HIM MUCH LESS BEING HIS FRIEND.

Posted at 11:09AM on Feb 29th 2008 by SNOWBABY

18. I accidently slammed a door into OJ back in 1974!
Should I write a book?
lol



Posted at 12:49PM on Feb 29th 2008 by BOYCOTT ARUBA

19. Whoever uses OJ to make a profit is an imbecile. The man deserves no kind of publicity from anyone or anything. This sleaze bag should be ashamed of himself. Its disgusting.

Posted at 11:26PM on Feb 29th 2008 by SHUGA81

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

You paid for the audiotape and you are calling Riccio sleaze-A Zoid?

T.M.Z. is a bigger pile of Sleaze-A Zoid than anyone in your trash magazine or T.V. show

And that's the facts !!!!!

Posted at 9:38PM on Mar 5th 2008 by The Executioner

21. lmfao, I can't believe you chumps paid that idiot $165,000! One wonders who the real idiots are......or sleazoids even.


$165,000!!!! You guys perpertuate the obscene cycle that is modern civilization.....$165,000!!!! damn guys, coulda fed a lot of hungry people or cleaned up some beaches or something instead of enriching a pimple on the ass of society.

Posted at 12:40PM on Mar 12th 2008 by Chuck

22. Poor Poor O.J. Who cares! Why do you continue to write stories implying that anyone who does him wrong is sleazy. He murdered 2 people in cold blood. Does anyone remember that? However he winds up in jail is fine with me. If Riccio's tapes get him there,mullet or not, the guy is a hero. If he makes money, good for him.

Posted at 1:38PM on Mar 17th 2008 by sue

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