OJ Simpson Converts to Islam

TVNZ: O.J. Simpson is set to convert to Islam. The former American footballer and movie star has been imprisoned in Nevada since 2008 on charges of kidnapping and armed robbery in relation to an armed robbery that took place at the Palace Station hotel-and-casino in Las Vegas in which sports memorabilia was taken.

After seeing his appeal for a re-trial quashed last and being informed in July 2013 he will serve at least another four years, Simpson has embraced the religion in a bid to change his life.

A source told National Enquirer magazine: "O.J. really thought that he was going to be successful in a bid for a new trial and eventually be released from prison.

"But now he's not eligible for parole until late 2017, which has angered him."

The disgraced 67-year-old star has become interested in the religion through his friendship with former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson, who was imprisoned in the early 1990s and is a devout Muslim. » | Thursday, August 28, 2014

OJ Simpson Appeal Denied by Nevada Supreme Court
THE TELEGRAPH: The Nevada Supreme Court has refused to overturn former American football star O.J. Simpson's armed robbery and kidnapping convictions stemming from a Las Vegas hotel room heist at gunpoint.

The court said in its ruling on Friday that it concluded that all of Simpson's arguments for appeal were without merit.

But the court ordered the conviction of Simpson's co-defendant Clarence "C.J." Stewart to be reversed and a new trial held.

The 63-year-old Simpson is serving nine to 33 years at a state prison. His co-defendant, Stewart, is serving 7 and a half to 27 years at High Desert State Prison, northwest of Las Vegas.

Both men were convicted of kidnapping, armed robbery, conspiracy and other crimes for what Simpson maintained was an attempt to retrieve family photos and mementoes. >>> | Friday, October 22, 2010

OJ Pleads for Light Sentence over Kidnapping
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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Goldman Family: Hope We Drove Him to It >>> Nico Hines | December 5, 2008

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