The Trial Of The Century
We all remember last centuries last Trial Of The Century, well we’re off to a late start this century, but we have the added bonus of the defendant being the same person! This century’s first Trial Of The Century features everyone’s favorite court defendant, OJ Simpson in a knock-down, drag out fight over an armed robbery of sports memorabilia.
OJ Simpson really deserves a special place in history as the only man to be tried in two sequential TOTC’s, but will probably be the only one to cover the 2 century spread! This is truly an amazing feat of stupidity, arrogance and idiocy. I usually declare one person every week to be deserving of a weekly Asshat Award, but I think I may need to create an Asshat of the Millennia just for OJ.
Watching the start of the preliminary hearing today was pretty good. Judge Joe M. Bonaventure seems to be interested in making sure it doesn’t turn into a circus but that won’t stop the defense attorney’s from being total slime bags. The first man up on the stand is Bruce Fromong, a sport’s memorabilia trader. The allegation is that OJ robbed Mr. Fromong of some sports memorabilia at gun point in a hotel. Mr. Fromong is one cool dude, despite intense scrutiny of the prosecution and badgering of the defense, he has remained steadfast in his recollection of the facts.
One of the best moments was when the defense lawyer started down some long line of questions about selling items on eBay. Mr. Fromong sells items on eBay and is a power seller. The lawyer was trying to make it sound like Mr. Fromong was lying when he said the “retail value” of the items in the room was at least $100k. The suit seemed to have NO clue how Internet sales on sites like eBay work for lower end goods but suck for anything you really want to make a good profit on.
This one’s gonna be a fun ride, the defense attorney doesn’t have near the pizazz and style that Johnny Cochran had. As much as we loved to hate “If it does not fit, you must acquit!”, it made for really good court TV and quotes.
Get ready folks, the comedy gold faucet is being turned on!
Woot!