It's been an interesting run for O.J. Simpson, just like the days when
he toted the pigskin for the Trojans, Bills and 49ers. While the system of jurisprudence determines whether he wielded a knife on a fateful night
in June 1994, O.J. Simpson is wielding a variety of pens in jail,
affixing his signature to numerous items for fans who are adoring and sympathetic
but, more likely, curious and suspect in their motives. The effort is being
done to meet autograph demand and help Simpson pay the bills, which in no
small measure include his defense. Sources say Simpson's legal bill is
$60,000 a week, which would amount to a monster financial hit to any celebrity
and a nice annual wage for anyone else. Simpson representatives are selling
items through his Locker 32 enterprise, a business that cropped up a few
years ago to promote signed items for O.J. Simpson and Marcus Allen. The business associate and friend who attempts end runs around the media
mob at the Los Angeles County Courthouse is Mike Gilbert of Locker 32.
Gilbert is the lone witness to Simpson signed items in jail. Not all visits,
though, are autographing sessions.
It's been an interesting run for O.J. Simpson, just like the days when
he toted the pigskin for the Trojans, Bills and 49ers. While the system of jurisprudence determines whether he wielded a knife on a fateful night
in June 1994, O.J. Simpson is wielding a variety of pens in jail,
affixing his signature to numerous items for fans who are adoring and sympathetic
but, more likely, curious and suspect in their motives. The effort is being
done to meet autograph demand and help Simpson pay the bills, which in no
small measure include his defense. Sources say Simpson's legal bill is
$60,000 a week, which would amount to a monster financial hit to any celebrity
and a nice annual wage for anyone else. Simpson representatives are selling
items through his Locker 32 enterprise, a business that cropped up a few
years ago to promote signed items for O.J. Simpson and Marcus Allen. The business associate and friend who attempts end runs around the media
mob at the Los Angeles County Courthouse is Mike Gilbert of Locker 32.
Gilbert is the lone witness to Simpson signed items in jail. Not all visits,
though, are autographing sessions.