An emotional OJ Simpson today pleaded with a Las Vegas court not to hand him a tough sentence following his October convictions of 12 criminal charges including kidnapping and armed robbery.
The disgraced former sports icon has been sentenced to 15 years for his botched attempt to recover sports memorabilia and personal items from two collectables dealers in a Las Vegas hotel room.
Dressed in dark prison scrubs, the 61-year-old one-one American football star and actor told the court he was "sorry, somewhat confused, I feel. apologetic to the people of Nevada" for his actions in September 2007.
His voice trembling as he apparently fought back tears, Simpson insisted: "I did not know that I was doing anything illegal. I thought that I was confronting friends and retrieving my property. So I am sorry. I am sorry for all of it." >>> By Catherine Elsworth in Los Angeles | December 5, 2008
TIMESONLINE: OJ Simpson Jailed for at Least 15 Years
OJ Simpson has been sentenced to at least 15 years in jail with the possibility of parole after five years.
The former American footballer and Hollywood actor was convicted of 12 criminal charges, including kidnapping and armed robbery after a bizarre heist in which he stole items of his own sports memorabilia from a Las Vegas hotel and casino.
Simpson, 61, was found guilty on all charges in a courtroom in Nevada, Las Vegas along with Clarence “C.J.” Stewart, his accomplice. He recruited Stewart and four other men to help hold the sports memorabilia dealers at gunpoint and steal hundreds of items in several pillowcases. >>> Nico Hines | December 5, 2008
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