O.J.’s Arrest And The Juicy Details

A man who was arrested as an accomplice to O.J. Simpson’s hotel room thievery is crying foul and calling the mess a set up:

Walter Alexander, 46, said Simpson may have been tricked because the memorabilia dealer who tipped him off also recorded everything on tape. “It sounds like a setup to me,” Alexander told ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Tuesday. He said Simpson had thought the memorabilia belonged to him after getting a call from the dealer. “He did believe that he was going to retrieve his own property,” Alexander said.

Uh huh. So now he’s in jail, being held without bail with six counts of felonies against him. The only thing he’s requested has been his reading glasses and a Bible. The Goldman family was on the scene faster than you can say Hertz Rental Car looking to make sure any bling worthy memorabilia winds up in their pockets as part of the civil suit they won against Simpson in the death of their son Fred:

David Cook, an attorney for Goldman’s father, Fred Goldman, said he believed Nevada authorities would turn over the items with a court order after Simpson’s criminal case finishes. The items include Simpson’s Hall of Fame certificate, a gold Rolex watch and the suit Simpson wore on the day he was acquitted, Cook said. “Assuming that this case is resolved one way or another, at the end of the case, the stuff will never go back to Mr. Simpson,” Cook vowed. “He’s going to walk out of Clark County empty-handed.”

At first I was like “Damn, let the case at least go to trial before you start taking stuff from him!” but ten I remembered that in all likelihood he killed their son and got away with it. Money can’t replace their child but it’s also a poor substitute for the satisfaction of putting someone into the hands of Nasty Nate on Cell Block 8 for a good old fashion salad tossing.