the home now occupied by his own friends and family as they waited out the 11-month murder trial. On Feb. 12, 1995, the jurors of that trial made a field trip to Rockingham. The day before, Simpson's "Dream Team" of lawyers gave the house...
But that didn’t satisfy the Simpson team. When court ended, we received word in the pressroom that Cochran and the other defense lawyers would hold a press conference in the Criminal Courts Building lobby. They wanted to put their own spin on the day’s proceedings, making sure the press ...
“Dream Team,” includedF. Lee Bailey, Robert Blasier, Shawn Chapman Holley,Robert Shapiro,Alan Dershowitz, andRobert Kardashian, the latter of whom was also Simpson’s longtime friend;Johnnie Cochranlater became the defense team’s lead attorney. The Simpson defense was based largely on the ...
Simpson's dream team of - lawyers. O.J.'s own entrepreneurial ventures continued to raise eyebrows -- especially writing a book titled, "If I Did It." SYLVESTER MONROE: Why in the world if you are acquitted of a murder would you write a book, the title of which, "If I had done ...
Following a sequence of dramatic courtroom events that now live in pop-culture infamy, from Simpson’s “Dream Team” of high-priced lawyers to the allegations of racism levied against LAPD detective Mark Fuhrman, to Cochran’s “If the glove don’t fit, you must acquit” quip about the ...
The Dream Team Though some drew more attention than others and half of them didn't speak in court, there were at least 10 lawyers who worked on O.J.'s case: civil rights activistJohnnie Cochran; Robert Shapiro; F. Lee Bailey; DNA experts and founders of The Innocence...
CONOR O'CLERY
"I think we really saw the genesis and the origin of reality TV with the O.J. Simpson criminal case. Just think back about it: the Bronco chase, celebrity witnesses like Kato Kaelin, among other people, celebrity defense lawyers and the dream team including Johnnie ...
In 1995, O.J. Simpson was acquitted in the brutal killings of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman. Here’s what happened during the trial: Simpson pleaded “100% not guilty” and assembled a “dream team” of famous local and national lawyers, including ...
In 1995, O.J. Simpson was acquitted in the brutal killings of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman. Here’s what happened during the trial: Simpson pleaded “100% not guilty” and assembled a “dream team” of famous local and national lawyers, including ...