Middleman in O.J. hotel meet says he got $210,000
By Linda Deutsch
AP Special Correspondent
LAS VEGAS -- The middleman who set up and taped O.J. Simpson’s meeting with two memorabilia dealers testified Monday he was paid $210,000 by media outlets before he gave police his recordings from the alleged armed robbery in a Las Vegas hotel room.
In cross-examination of Thomas Riccio, Simpson’s lawyer, Yale Galanter, laid out Simpson’s defense that the former football star was not aware guns were involved and did not intend to profit when he and a group of men confronted the two dealers over memorabilia. Instead Simpson just wanted to retrieve personal mementos he said had been stolen from him.
In cross-examination of Thomas Riccio, Simpson’s lawyer, Yale Galanter, laid out Simpson’s defense that the former football star was not aware guns were involved and did not intend to profit when he and a group of men confronted the two dealers over memorabilia. Instead Simpson just wanted to retrieve personal mementos he said had been stolen from him.
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