It was only a matter of time until O.J. proved to us all why he probably should have been locked up for the rest of his life. The former football star was arrested Sunday for his participation in an armed robbery in a Las Vegas hotel room. Reportedly, auction house owner Tom Riccio tipped off O.J. that collector Alfred Beardsley was about to sell numerous pieces of Simpson memorabilia including the suit he wore in court when he was acquitted of murder in 1995. Riccio contacted Beardsley and told him that he had some people interested in buying the items. And by “people” he meant O.J. and some thugs with guns. And by “buying” he meant stealing. On Thursday night, Simpson and six dudes he met at a wedding that night stormed Beardsley’s hotel room, waved guns and retrieved items that Simpson claim were “stolen” from him. My first thought is that if I were at a wedding, and O.J. came up to me and was like, “Hey man, you wanna come steal some shit with me,” I’m pretty sure I would respectfully decline. He found six guys, and coincidentally 2 of them had guns. Simpson defended himself over the weekend by telling the press, “Everybody knows this is stolen stuff. Nobody was roughed up… I’m not walking around feeling sad or anything. I’ve done nothing wrong.” Ah, except for killing your wife and her boyfriend. Also, if you are denying claims of an armed robbery, “roughed up” might not be the best phrase to use. But back to O.J. killing his wife. As we all know, O.J. killed his wife Nicole Brown Simpson back in 1994 and was found not guilty of the crime in one of the most high-profile and unjust trials in American history. So as I’m reading up on this story, I went to one of my favorite Web sites, The Huffington Post, a usually very reliable source for news. But while searching for O.J. news I came across a morbid error on the sidebar of an index of HuffPo O.J. stories. This is from their “What People Are Saying” section:

Uh…I’m pretty sure Nicole Brown Simpson didn’t say that Sunday considering she’s dead and all. For thirteen years now. Simpson faces 6 to 70 years for both robbery and assault with a deadly weapon. Perhaps O.J. will finally get what he deserves.

•NYT: Simpson Arrested and Charged
•HuffPo: Search Page for "O.J. Simpson"

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