Posted on 5/11/2007, 6:18:57 AM by Baladas
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (May 9) - The owner of an upscale steakhouse in Louisville said he asked O.J. Simpson to leave his restaurant the night before the Kentucky Derby because he is sickened by the attention Simpson still attracts.
"I didn't want to serve him because of my convictions of what he's done to those families," Jeff Ruby said in a telephone interview Tuesday. "The way he continues to torture the lives of those families ... with his behavior, attitude and conduct."
Simpson, an NFL Hall of Famer and Heisman Trophy winner, was found innocent in 1995 of killing his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ron Goldman but was found liable in a civil trial that followed.
Ruby - who owns restaurants in Cincinnati, Louisville and Belterra, Ind. - said Simpson, who was in town for the Derby on Saturday, came in with a group of about 12 Friday night and was seated at a table in the back. A customer came up to Ruby and was "giddy" about seeing Simpson, Ruby said.
"I didn't want that experience in my restaurant," Ruby said, later adding that seeing Simpson get so much attention "makes me sick to my stomach."
He said he went to Simpson's table and said, "I'm not serving you." Ruby said when Simpson didn't respond, he repeated himself and left the room.
Ruby said Simpson soon came up to him and said he understood and would gather the rest of his party to leave.
Simpson's attorney, Yale Galanter, said the incident was about race, and he intended to pursue the matter and possibly go after the restaurant's liquor license.
"He screwed with the wrong guy, he really did," Galanter said by telephone Tuesday night.
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Saw the restaurant owner on Hannity. He said the customer that got the table OJ was sitting at, after OJ left, was Michael Jordan.
So much for the racism argument.
Is the rumor true that OJ left his sunglasses at the restaurant?
“”He screwed with the wrong guy, he really did,” Galanter said “
Screw you, you shyster POS! Ruby is worth 100 million, and will bleed O J dry!
Yale Galanter can take his Ivy League name and shove it up his rear with a glove that don’t fit. What utter pond scum.
I think he left a pair of gloves.
WRONG!!!
He was found to be NOT GUILTY, beyond the reasonable doubt of a bunch of ignorant racist jurors - afraid to be seen if public if they had found him guilty....
Not Guilty - due to "resonable doubt" - is a LONG way from being Innocent...
In fact - the Civil Trial found against OJ...
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OJ’s lawyer is a blatently racist, and opportunistic LIAR.
I think they just passed it ... it's called the hate crimes bill ...
"I didn't want to serve him because of my convictions of what he's done to those families," Jeff Ruby said ... "
And if that ain't just exactly what they're lookin' for as a test case.
Yeah...it’s all about racism...That’s why 5 minutes
after OJ and his party left the restaurant,
the table he vacated, was given to
*Micheal Jordan*.
“Simpson’s attorney, Yale Galanter, said the incident was about race,”
Wait a minute, OJ Simpson is black?
I was in another room and only half-listening to the owner on Fox. I thought I heard him say that the table then went to Michael Jordan. Correct me if I am wrong please.
I wonder how the lawyer gets paid since OJ of course owes on the civil case.
Only when it benefits him.
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