Former O.J. Simpson confidant ordered to court
A man who says he spent years helping O.J. Simpson hide his assets from the families of slaying victims Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson was ordered Monday to appear in court to respond to a lawsuit demanding he hand over any Simpson memorabilia he has.
Superior Court Judge Gerald Rosenberg scheduled a June 15 default hearing for Michael Gilbert, who is being sued by Goldman's father, Fred Goldman.
The lawsuit was filed after Gilbert published the book, "How I Helped O.J. Get Away With Murder: The Shocking Inside Story of Violence, Loyalty, Regret and Remorse."
"We have filed suit to retrieve from Mr. Gilbert all of the vast catalog of Simpson's personal property that was highlighted in Mr. Gilbert's book," Goldman attorney David Cook said after the hearing.
Gilbert, 54, who was once Simpson's agent, could not immediately be reached for comment. A call to his home was answered by a recording that said his voice mail was not working.
In his book, he said he helped Simpson hide numerous personal possessions, including the suit the former football star was wearing when he was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife, Nicole, and her friend Goldman.
Simpson was later found liable for their deaths following a civil court trial and ordered to pay their families $33.5 million.
Attending Monday's hearing were Bruce Fromong and Alfred Beardsley, two memorabilia dealers Simpson was convicted of robbing at gunpoint at a Las Vegas hotel in 2007. Simpson, who is serving a sentence of nine to 33 years in prison, said he was trying to retrieve property stolen from him.
Those items are still being held by authorities. Beardsley said after the hearing that he reluctantly agreed with Gilbert and Fromong that the memorabilia should go to Goldman.
"I'm in favor of returning it to Simpson's children, that's where I think it should go, but I'm outvoted on this, 2-1," he said.
Fromong did not immediately return a call for comment.
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