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Published on Saturday, October 04, 2008
By LA Daily News Staff Writer
LAS VEGAS - Jurors had been told to ignore what they knew about O.J. Simpson's past, but for many observers, the line connecting the former NFL star's murder acquittal last decade and his new conviction for robbing memorabilia peddlers couldn't have been clearer.
The attorney for the family of Ronald Goldman - who was killed along with Simpson's ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson in Los Angeles in 1994 - said he thought his hounding of Simpson for years to collect a $33.5 million wrongful death judgment pushed him to a desperate gambit to recover personal items he had lost.
"We drove him into that room to grab the sports memorabilia before we could seize the stuff," said David Cook, who represents Goldman's father, Fred. "Going to jail for beating Fred Goldman out of footballs and family mementos. Is this closure for Fred Goldman? No. Is this closure for America? Yes."
Simpson lawyer Yale Galanter said Saturday, the day after Simpson and Clarence "C.J
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