O.J. Simpson’s Bruno Magli Shoes: The Bloody Evidence
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O.J. Simpson beat the rap for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman — but the jury in a civil suit nailed the disgraced football star with a $33.5 million judgment! Fred Goldman sued Simpson for the wrongful death of his son in a 1997 lawsuit. That's when Simpson's big mistake caught up with him — as The National ENQUIRER caught him wearing designer shoes to his murderous rampage!
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In addition to finding a bloody glove at the crime scene, the LAPD homicide detectives had noticed a distinctive shoe print left in the gory aftermath of the vicious stabbings. The prosecution went to court with a number of experts ready to testify that the murderer had worn a pair of Bruno Magli Lorenzo boots — size 12.
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There had only been 200 of those pairs imported into the United States, and Bloomingdale's salesman Sam Poser remembered selling one of those pairs to the once-beloved celebrity.
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But in his deposition for the civil case brought by Fred Goldman, Simpson dismissed the prosecution's claims. He scoffingly insisted that he would never wear a pair of “those ugly-ass shoes.”
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That's when The ENQUIRER uncovered a photo clearly showing Simpson wearing the expensive Italian-made shoes — just nine months before the slayings of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman!
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The determined ENQUIRER reporters caught Simpson proudly sporting the Bruno Magli shoes while strolling around before a Buffalo Bills/Miami Dolphins football game at Rich Stadium on September 26, 1993.
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When the photo was introduced at Simpson's civil trial, it was the key piece of evidence that convinced the jury to find him liable for Nicole and Ron's deaths — as they ordered him to pay $33.5 million to the families of the murder victims!
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In 2015, a television special called “O.J. Speaks: The Hidden Tapes” even featured the never-before-seen video deposition of a flustered O.J. stammering as he tried to deny wearing the rare shoes.
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The moment is preserved where Simpson is caught in the lie, as he declares: “I would have never wore those ugly ass shoes." Then things get worse for the shamed football star!
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Simpson is presented with the photograph unearthed by The ENQUIRER — and asked point blank if the Bruno Magli shoes he was wearing were his! An uncomfortable and evasive O.J. still insists, “No.” Daniel Petrocelli, the lawyer who represented the Goldman family in the successful civil lawsuit against O.J., would later praise The ENQUIRER as “the paper of record for the Simpson case.”
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Sam Poser still wanted people to know that his murderous customer was "very nice" when he bought the shoes. Sam also wished that the prosecution had been as sharp as the National ENQUIRER reporters. "Had they found that photograph prior to the criminal trial," he told Footwear News, "that could have been a game-changer!”
O.J. Simpson beat the rap for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman — but the jury in a civil suit nailed the disgraced football star with a $33.5 million judgment! Fred Goldman sued Simpson for the wrongful death of his son in a 1997 lawsuit. That's when Simpson's big mistake caught up with him — as The National ENQUIRER caught him wearing designer shoes to his murderous rampage!
Photo credit: Getty Images
In addition to finding a bloody glove at the crime scene, the LAPD homicide detectives had noticed a distinctive shoe print left in the gory aftermath of the vicious stabbings. The prosecution went to court with a number of experts ready to testify that the murderer had worn a pair of Bruno Magli Lorenzo boots — size 12.
There had only been 200 of those pairs imported into the United States, and Bloomingdale's salesman Sam Poser remembered selling one of those pairs to the once-beloved celebrity.
But in his deposition for the civil case brought by Fred Goldman, Simpson dismissed the prosecution's claims. He scoffingly insisted that he would never wear a pair of “those ugly-ass shoes.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
That's when The ENQUIRER uncovered a photo clearly showing Simpson wearing the expensive Italian-made shoes — just nine months before the slayings of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman!
Photo credit: National ENQUIRER
The determined ENQUIRER reporters caught Simpson proudly sporting the Bruno Magli shoes while strolling around before a Buffalo Bills/Miami Dolphins football game at Rich Stadium on September 26, 1993.
Photo credit: Getty Images
When the photo was introduced at Simpson's civil trial, it was the key piece of evidence that convinced the jury to find him liable for Nicole and Ron's deaths — as they ordered him to pay $33.5 million to the families of the murder victims!
Photo credit: Getty Images
In 2015, a television special called “O.J. Speaks: The Hidden Tapes” even featured the never-before-seen video deposition of a flustered O.J. stammering as he tried to deny wearing the rare shoes.
The moment is preserved where Simpson is caught in the lie, as he declares: “I would have never wore those ugly ass shoes." Then things get worse for the shamed football star!
Photo credit: Getty Images
Simpson is presented with the photograph unearthed by The ENQUIRER — and asked point blank if the Bruno Magli shoes he was wearing were his! An uncomfortable and evasive O.J. still insists, “No.” Daniel Petrocelli, the lawyer who represented the Goldman family in the successful civil lawsuit against O.J., would later praise The ENQUIRER as “the paper of record for the Simpson case.”
Sam Poser still wanted people to know that his murderous customer was "very nice" when he bought the shoes. Sam also wished that the prosecution had been as sharp as the National ENQUIRER reporters. "Had they found that photograph prior to the criminal trial," he told Footwear News, "that could have been a game-changer!”
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