In
the civil trial, Simpson would testify that he wasn't concerned
about the noises Kato had claimed to hear. It would later
be reported that Simpson had a rather nonchalant attitude
to the noises that Kato heard. He wasn't concerned that someone
could have gained access to his property? He wasn't concerned
that there could have been an unknown intruder on his property
with his oldest daughter staying there? He wasn't concerned
for her safety? That someone may harm her? No, he wasn't.
I submit that OJ Simpson wasn't concerned about the noises
Kato heard because he knew that he had made the noises himself.
Ronald
Shipp testified that Simpson had shown little remorse regarding
his ex-wife's death and told him that he'd often dreamed of
killing her.
Nancy
Nay, a domestic abuse counselor for a domestic abuse hotline
testified that she received a call from a woman named Nicole,
who didn't give her last name. "Nicole" told her
that she was divorced from her husband but that he stalked
her continuously and had threatened to kill her on more than
occasion. She also told Nancy that she was a white woman and
that her ex-husband was an African American man. She stated
that she had two children, one girl, one boy. She stated that
her ex-husband was a very high profile man. "Nicole"
also told Nancy that she was very frightened because her ex-husband
was calling her continuously and following her everywhere
she went, to the grocery store, to the restaurants even tailing
her in his car.
OJ stated in his civil trial deposition that he "didn't
always let the drivers in." St. John testified that he
"never had to wait at the gate " during the 100
times or better, that he'd picked Simpson up.
OJ
stated that he didn't open the gate for the driver immediately
because he was worried that his dog would escape onto the
street. However, St. John testified that during the times
he picked OJ up, he never saw the dog leave the property.
St.
John also testified that Simpson never parked his vehicle
on the Rockingham street as it was on the night of the murders.
Simpson had stated that he routinely parked the Bronco on
that street for the maid to use. However, several witnesses
testified that Simpson never parked any vehicle on the Rockingham
street, at any time.
Robert
Kardashian, long time Simpson friend and lawyer, testified
in the civil trial that the day after the murders Simpson,
rather frantically, asked him to drive him to the airport
to get his golf bag. Taken from civil trial transcripts:
"OJ asked me if I would drive him to the airport
to get his gold clubs." Kardashian said.
Brewer then asked Kardashian, "You thought that was somewhat
of an odd request didn't you, that someone whose wife had
been killed 36 hours earlier wanted to go to an airport to
pick up golf clubs?"
"Yes." Kardashian replied.
On the limo drive to the airport, Simpson was very sweaty,
nervous, Park testified to. When questioned about the ride
Simpson had this to say, (taken from civil trial deposition):
Q. Were you hot?
A. Hot, no.
Q. Were you sweaty?
A. I was wet. I know that.
Q. From?
A. Jumping out of the shower, running downstairs, getting
my thing together, getting in the plane - I mean the limo.
When
Kato and Park are helping load OJ's luggage into the limo
in preparation for the trip to Chicago, both testified as
to OJ's insistence of retaining the moon shaped bag himself.
Both men took note of how adamant OJ was about getting that
bag. When Kato reached for the moon shaped bag, OJ hastily
stopped him telling him that he'd take care of that particular
bag himself. Kato reported that the bag was very full.
Witnesses
on the plane to Chicago report that Simpson appeared to act
normally, but made "several" trips to the bathroom.
He also had the moon shaped bad in his possession as carry
on luggage with him on the plane. He also signed autographs.
An executive from the Aris Isotoner glove company testifies
that due to the blood drying on the glove, it has shrunk a
full size.
An
architect reports seeing OJ dump the contents of a moon shaped
bag into a trash bin.
Jill
Shively reported in her deposition that on the night of the
murders Simpson nearly side swiped a van as he blew through
a red light. She saw him at approximately 10:40 p.m. when
he was fleeing the murder scene. She stated that she was positive
it was him because he leaned out the window motioning erratically
with his arm and screaming for them to get out of his way.
There is no doubt in her mind that it was indeed OJ Simpson.
Taken from the civil trial deposition transcripts:
Q.
Was the driver side window of the Bronco open?
A. Yes it was.
Q. Were you able to see the person seated in the Bronco?
A. Yes, I was.
Q. And how were you able to see him?
A. He turned around and glared at me after he had almost hit
me, and then I - then he started yelling at the guy in the
Nissan to move his car.
Q. So when you say he turned around and glared at you, did
you actually make eye contact with him?
A. Yes I did.
Q. Did he say anything?
A. No. He just gave me a real quick look, like what was I
- you know, it looked like he was mad or angry and like I
was doing it to him or something. I felt like he was looking
at me like I had almost hit him or something.
Q.
So first he looked at you-
A. He glanced back at me and I could see him full face diagonally.
Then he was yelling at the driver like he was in a hurry to
get out of the situation he was now in.
Q.
So were you able to see the driver very clearly?
A. I recognized him right away.
Q. And who was he?
A. I saw OJ Simpson.
Paula
Barbieri testified by video in the civil trial that judging
from the messages Simpson left on her answering machine (which
by the way Simpson stated in his deposition that she didn't
have an answering machine, and he never left her a message)
that from the content of those messages he had indeed gotten
her message. Simpson had contended through the civil trial
that he had not gotten Paula's 7:06 a.m. message that she
was breaking up with him. Phone records, however, show that
he did call his message service for a period of about 10 minutes.
The phone records also show that he attempted to call Paula
at least 8 times from his cell phone and another 8-10 times
from his home phone. Further proof to Simpson's receiving
the message is a call he placed to an old time friend (he
had once dated) and left a message for her to call him because
"for the first time in my life, I'm free." Now,
judging from that message, wouldn't you assume that he had
indeed gotten the message from Paula?