Hmmmmmm........
O.J. compares himself to Bible figures
United Press International - January 15, 1998 20:26
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 15 (UPI) - In a TV interview, former football
legend O.J. Simpson said he believes his woes since his ex-wife and her
friend were killed are much like those faced by three Biblical figures.
Simpson told ESPN's ''Up Close'' today, ''I've looked throughout
history and when I read the Bible from Moses to Jesus to whoever you
want to name, Job, they all went through similar things. I think that's
what the Bible was for me - an example, a map (that) things like this
can happen in your life.''
Simpson has long maintained that he was wrongly accused of the June
12, 1994, stabbing and slashing deaths of his former wife, Nicole Brown
Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman.
A criminal jury acquitted Simpson of murder charges, but a civil jury
found him liable for the killings and ordered him to pay $33.5 million
in damages to his ex-wife's estate and Goldman's parents.
Simpson said, ''I don't think the law was adhered to throughout the
(civil) trial. I can never understand how you can find someone liable
for a crime when they were found not guilty, which is innocent in
America...I think the judge broke the rules of evidence.''
Simpson said he believes he has a ''legal obligation'' to pay the
judgment if any money comes his way, but that he expects to get it back
on appeal.
He said, ''I don't feel I have a moral obligation to pay it because
morally I've done nothing wrong.''
Simpson reiterated his earlier claim that the key to the killings
lies in the world of Nicole Simpson's friend, Faye Resnick, who wrote a
tell-all book about their relationship.
He said, ''I believe that the answer is there.''
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