# OJ a Suspect in Vegas Break-In **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 14, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214 "2007-09-14T18:30:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214/1 "2007-09-14T18:30:46Z")
> **[Vegas police: O.J. a 'suspect' in casino break-in](https://www.espn.com/espn/news/story?id=3019284)** > > Investigators questioned O.J. Simpson and named him a suspect Friday a break-in at a casino hotel room involving sports memorabilia. Seems as our estimable Mr. Simpson was conducting a sting operation to the purpose of recovering some of his personal property. The Las Vegas police took a different view. What the fuck is their problem? Granted, he has his hands full with the real killers and all, but that doesn’t mean he can’t fight other crimes when he comes across them. What’s the point of being a crusader for truth and justice when the Man keeps throwing spike sticks in your path? “They” already won’t let him be a best swelling author. Now this? I wouldn’t blame him if he just gave the fuck up, and let us all stew in our own juices. Serves us right. ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2007, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214/2 "2007-09-14T18:42:07Z")
I know. I feel bad for OJ. First his wife gets murdered and then he can’t follow through on his promise to find her killer because those damn golf resorts keep forcing him to vacation there. I’m sure he needs all that rest to maintain his health. Then he’s prevented from profiting on his completely hypothetical, incredibly detailed (what an imagination! he ought to be an actor!) description of how he “would have” done it, even though HE DIDN’T (I’m sure it’s a ploy to somehow draw out the real killers: one of them will announce he got it all wrong), and now this. Poor OJ can’t catch a break. All these years of suffering he’s been through. It’s a crime. **Sigh** ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2007, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214/3 "2007-09-14T18:45:21Z")
[QUOTE=missbunny] Poor OJ can’t catch a break. All these years of suffering he’s been through. It’s a crime. **Sigh** [/QUOTE] He was probably _this close_ to solving the Madeleine McAnn case. Now we’ll never know. ---
**Author:** ![Baron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9de0a6/32.png) [@Baron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2007, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214/4 "2007-09-14T18:53:04Z")
Am I the only one who heard the headline and thought “OJ’s 11”? ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214/5 "2007-09-14T18:55:16Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] He was probably _this close_ to solving the Madeleine McAnn case. Now we’ll never know. [/QUOTE] And the Natalee Holloway case. This close. Too bad the man is holding him down. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2007, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214/6 "2007-09-14T19:20:14Z")
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to watch it repeat itself on CNN. If this goes to trial, just kill me. I can already imagine the endless hellish yammering and I want no part of it. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2007, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214/7 "2007-09-14T19:37:02Z")
[QUOTE=Baron] Am I the only one who heard the headline and thought “OJ’s 11”? [/QUOTE] Nope. [TMZ.com](http://TMZ.com) thought the same thing: “OJ’s 32” ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214/8 "2007-09-14T19:46:02Z")
[QUOTE=missbunny] First his wife gets murdered and then he can’t follow through on his promise to find her killer because those damn golf resorts keep forcing him to vacation there. I’m sure he needs all that rest to maintain his health. [/QUOTE] Do you ever wonder if people talk this way about Bruce Wayne? > [@](#): > > Poor guy. Parents killed by a “lone gunman.” More money than Carter’s has pills, influence, looks. And what does he do with his time? Sits around that giant mansion all day and all night, probably watching porn. No, I’m not suggesting that OJ is a costumed, or any other kind of, vigilante. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2007, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214/9 "2007-09-14T20:10:04Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow] Do you ever wonder if people talk this way about Bruce Wayne? [/QUOTE] That IS funny, but I don’t think anybody ever suspected Bruce Wayne of having killed his parents. Then again, wasn’t that whole thing a little too convenient? ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214/10 "2007-09-14T20:26:34Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] “They” already won’t let him be a best **swelling** author. [/QUOTE] (highlight added) I don’t normally highlight typos, but that one made me giggle. Then I had to wash my brain out with bleach. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2007, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214/11 "2007-09-14T20:28:46Z")
[QUOTE=wring] (highlight added) I don’t normally highlight typos, but that one made me giggle. Then I had to wash my brain out with bleach. [/QUOTE] Ouch. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2007, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214/12 "2007-09-14T21:20:38Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] Ouch. [/QUOTE] Dude! It wasn’t a typo, it was planned! Really. (I thought you meant it, to be honest.) ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214/13 "2007-09-15T01:57:32Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] That IS funny, but I don’t think anybody ever suspected Bruce Wayne of having killed his parents. Then again, wasn’t that whole thing a little too convenient? [/QUOTE] That’s what I’m saying. Oh, sure, he gets the benefit of the doubt because he was 8 or whatever. But we’re supposed to believe his version of the story just because he’s young? I need to stop this now: I’ve already got one unfinished book in the hopper, the last thing I need to do is start re-writing Batman’s history in Lizzie Borden terms. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214/14 "2007-09-15T02:09:49Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow] I need to stop this now: I’ve already got one unfinished book in the hopper, the last thing I need to do is start re-writing Batman’s history in Lizzie Borden terms. 😃 [/QUOTE] Only one unfinished book in your hopper? Slacker!!! 😉 Just change a few details and no one will know what you’re doing. Instead of Bruce Wayne, your character will be Billy Westminster. His faithful manservant, of course, would be Albert… No one will ever guess where you’ve gotten your inspiration, I tell you! ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214/15 "2007-09-15T02:40:09Z")
Time to reassemble the Dream Team… Robert Shapiro, F. Lee Bailey, the late Johnny Cochran, and of course Barry Scheck to refute the inevitable DNA evididence planted at the crime scene by Mark Fuhrman. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214/16 "2007-09-15T02:51:34Z")
C’mon, OJ, you can find the real killer!!! After all, how much does a mirror cost? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214/17 "2007-09-15T03:18:26Z")
Maybe he was doing research for his next book, _If I Had Committed Any Other Major Felonies_. ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214/18 "2007-09-15T03:57:22Z")
This was by far the best: > [@](#): > > On Thursday, the Goldman family published a book about the killings that Simpson had written under the title, “If I Did It,” about how he would have committed the crime had he actually done it. After a deal for Simpson to publish it fell through, a federal bankruptcy judge awarded the book’s rights to the Goldman family, who retitled it “If I Did It: The Confessions of the Killer.” ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214/19 "2007-09-15T04:19:00Z")
[QUOTE=Helen’s Eidolon] This was by far the best: [/QUOTE] Almost makes me want to buy the book to help the Goldmans. Almost. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214/20 "2007-09-15T11:43:20Z")
What a fuckin’ psychopath. O.J. needs to be the center of attention, doesn’t he? The absolute center, despite the fact he was a running back. Think I’ll go watch Naked Gun right now. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214.md?page=2)