Posted on 07/27/2005 1:33:02 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
MIAMI — A federal judge has ordered former football star O.J. Simpson to pay $25,000 in damages for pirating satellite television signals from DirecTV.
U.S. District Judge Joan Lenard awarded the damages, plus attorneys' fees and other costs, after granting a motion for summary judgment in a civil suit against Simpson.
In a raid on Simpson's Miami home in 2001, federal agents seized illegal devices known as "bootloaders" that authorities said were used to steal television programming.
Simpson's attorney, Yale Galanter, said Tuesday that the judge "basically denied us our right to a jury trial. ... This was a decision made by a judge in chambers. They say he did it; we say he didn't. A jury should be able to make that decision."
Simpson was aware of Friday's ruling, Galanter added. Asked whether Simpson would pay the damages and other costs, the attorney said: "We are examining our legal options. ... We want our day in court."
Galanter has 10 days to respond, or the summary judgment stands.
DirecTV executives were pleased with the ruling.
"The evidence was overwhelming since the devices seized in Simpson's home were connected to his TV and in operation and receiving unauthorized signals at the time of the raid," said Dan Fawcett, an executive vice president with El Segundo, Calif.-based DirecTV Inc.
Simpson moved to Florida from California after he was acquitted of murder charges in the 1994 stabbing deaths of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman.
A civil jury in 1997 held Simpson liable for the killings and ordered him to pay the victims' survivors $33.5 million. Much of that judgment remains unpaid.
Wotta lowlife.
Mrs. F & I aren't exactly rolling in cash, and yet we manage to pay for our service.
Besides, shouldn't OJ be out looking for Nicole's REAL killers? Who's got time for TV.
***Besides, shouldn't OJ be out looking for Nicole's REAL killers? Who's got time for TV.****
Hey!
After a busy day of killer hunting, a guy needs to relax!
Damned racist. Always trying to hold the black man down.
you must convict.
If the card is cracked he must have "hacked".
Smart judge. He knew that if there was a jury trial that Simpson would walk like he did the last time.
No kidding.
Between golf and T.V., I guess Nicole's death is just another cold case.
***If the Dish is nicked you must convict.***
Now THAT's funny!!!!
O.J. Simpson's Daughter Arrested
Wednesday, January 19, 2005
MIAMI — O.J. Simpson's 19-year-old daughter was arrested after she refused to stop yelling at officers who had been summoned because of a fight outside a basketball game involving her old prep school, police said.
Sydney Simpson was charged Saturday with resisting arrest without violence, punishable by up to a year in jail, and disorderly conduct, which carries a possible 60-day jail sentence.
Simpson yelled profanities at the officers called to Ransom Everglades School (search) after a boys' varsity basketball game against Gulliver Prep, according to a Miami police report. Sydney Simpson graduated from Gulliver last June, and her brother, Justin, 16, attends the school.
Officers asked Simpson to quiet down three times as a crowd of more than 15 people gathered, police said.
"Because of the defendant's disorderly conduct, it prevented this officer from conducting an investigation," according to the report by Officer Francisco Villarreal.
While she was being taken into custody, she slapped another officer's hand, leading to the resisting arrest charge, the report said.
Two teenage girls told police that Simpson hit them in the face, but they declined to press charges, authorities said.
Yale Galanter, Simpson's attorney, said Wednesday that Simpson had resolved the dispute by the time police arrived, but he said the officers escalated the situation.
Describing the dispute as a "cat fight," Galanter said he believed Simpson acted appropriately. He did not say what instigated the conflict.
"After the police were told that nobody wants to press charges, all the sudden Sydney is arrested for disorderly conduct?" Galanter said. "It doesn't take a legal genius or a great legal mind to figure out that the event was over and that it was the police who caused the charge to be had."
Asked to respond to Galanter's comment, police Lt. Bill Schwartz said: "For her safety and the safety of all concerned, the officers decided to remove her from the situation. Clearly this upset her even more, and she slapped one of the cops in the hand. Not a good idea."
Simpson is attending college in Boston. She signed a notice to appear at a date to be set later by court, Schwartz said.
O.J. Simpson, the former football star, broadcaster and actor, moved to Florida after he was acquitted of murder in the slayings of the children's mother, Nicole Brown Simpson, and a companion, Ron Goldman, in California in 1994.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,144866,00.html
How does OJ get away with maintaining his upper class lifestyle while he owes others $33M? This is a serious question. Any lawyers out there care to comment?
He has a huge monthly retirement that can't be touched.
You've come a long way O.J...... from that afternoon I watched you come back in the second half at the L.A. Coliseum to beat Notre Dame...What the hell happened?
Looks like she's lost her cutes already, and her face is actually beginning to look like Orenthal's. Scary. You do have to feel sorry for her, though. She didn't ask to be born into that ugly situation.
O.J. cannot be on all golf courses at all times to search for "the real killer". He needed the programming to peruse the galleries at golf tourneys covered on tv. He's dedicated.
;-)
He's so poor he has to steal his TV, I guess.
Yes. It must be tough.
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