O.J. Simpson is in the Courtroom...Again
After spending months in court in 1994, O.J. Simpson is back again, this time by choice, over an alleged breach of contract by his attorney.
The suit, which charges former attorney and friend Robert Kardashian with violating the attorney-client privilege, was dismissed recently by a Los Angeles Superior Court judge. Kardashian, whose detailed interviews with Lawrence Schiller, the author of "American Tragedy", led to the lawsuit, was a friend of Simpson's dating all the way back to his NFL playing days.
Simpson also went to court last August to keep Schiller and CBS from making "American Tragedy", a two-part miniseries that airs November 12th and 15th. That lawsuit was also rejected and led to Simpson's latest suit against Kardashian. The judge in the August suit decided that if Simpson took issue with "American Tragedy", he should have sued in 1996, when the book was first published.
Adam Belsky, Simpson's attorney in the case, noted, "We're very disappointed by the judge's decision. We think it was wrong, both legally and factually." Simpson is considering an appeal. For his part, Kardashian stated that he was "gratified that Mr. Simpson's frivolous lawsuit was finally dismissed, and that I can put this nightmare behind me."
"American Tragedy" was adapted for film by Norman Mailer and stars Ron Silver, Christopher Plummer, Bruno Kirby, and Ving James. The show is billed as "the miniseries O.J. Simpson doesn't want you to see."
Simpson also went to court last August to keep Schiller and CBS from making "American Tragedy", a two-part miniseries that airs November 12th and 15th. That lawsuit was also rejected and led to Simpson's latest suit against Kardashian. The judge in the August suit decided that if Simpson took issue with "American Tragedy", he should have sued in 1996, when the book was first published.
Adam Belsky, Simpson's attorney in the case, noted, "We're very disappointed by the judge's decision. We think it was wrong, both legally and factually." Simpson is considering an appeal. For his part, Kardashian stated that he was "gratified that Mr. Simpson's frivolous lawsuit was finally dismissed, and that I can put this nightmare behind me."
"American Tragedy" was adapted for film by Norman Mailer and stars Ron Silver, Christopher Plummer, Bruno Kirby, and Ving James. The show is billed as "the miniseries O.J. Simpson doesn't want you to see."
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