European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday january 20, 1995 the Simpson Case the stars and stripes Page 5 6 . O. J. Simpson and sex wife Nicole leave their daughter s. Dance recital in a West los Angeles. 6 30 . Nicole Simpson and nine others tout not o. A. Simpson eat dinner at me Zaluna in Brentwood. 6 30 . To 7p m. House guest Brian Kato Kaelin sees and talks to o. J Simpson at his estate 8 30p.m. To 9 . Nicole Simpson leaves a a a brother leaves behind a pair of glasses. 12 to . Dog leads. Neighbors to Bundy drive Condo where Nicole Simpson and Goldman Are found dead about. 11 15 . The limousine and , Simpson leave the estate for the Airport about 11 01 s t Simpson comes out of his House meets Driver. F0 55 . To 10 57 . A at o. J. Simpson s Home Park sees a White male carrying a flashlight. Almost simultaneously he sees a. 6-foot tall. 200-Pound Black person wearing dark clothes Cross the driveway and enter the to 20 seconds later Park buzzes again. The intercom is answered by someone he believes to be . Simpson who says he will be coming out shortly. 10 55 . Parks Boss returns his. Page and tolls him to keep waiting at the House t0.5p . To 10 55 . Neighbor walking dog encounters Nicole Simpson s White Akita with bloody paws Barking on the sidewalk near a Nicole Simpson s House. A a a a a a 10 50 . Park stops buzzing the House and loss. He Calls his a Mother then Calls his a a Boss s House 10 41 . To 10 45 . A Kaelin goes outside to investigate the noise. He sees the limousine outside the gate.10 40 . While on the phone in the guest House Kaelin hears a thumping noise. Park meanwhile buzzes the House using the intercom. No one answers. 10 25 . Limousine Driver. Allan Park arrives to . Simpson to the a a a Airport for 11.45 , flight to Chicago. 5p.ri to 10 20 pm Nicole. Simpson s neighbor. Hears dog s a plaintive. Wail a 0 50 . Goldman leaves me Zaluna 9 40 . To 9 45 . A Laflin and , Simpson return a Home with their food. 0 35 . Nicole Simpson Calls me Zaluna and talks to waiter a Ronald Goldman who agrees to deliver glasses. About 9 f 5 . To 9 25 . Kaelin and . Simpson drive to Mcdonald s. In. Simpsons Rolls Royce and enter the drive through line. A. A api Karl Gud judge allows evidence of wife abuse los Angeles a the world. Has heard them. Now the jury will too. Chilling allegations that . Simpson beat stalked and humiliated his second sex wife for years before she was slain in june can be introduced As evidence in Simpsons trial Superior court judge Lance Ito ruled wednesday. The decision hands prosecutors their biggest Victory yet and lets them address a crucial question a a motive. Prosecutors say Simpson killed Nicole Brown Simpson and her Friend Ronald Goldman in a jealous rage. Ito also set opening statements for monday. The abuse ruling presents defense attorneys with two. Decisions whether to let . Simpson testify to counter the accusations and whether to try to Sully Nicole Simpsons image in an attempt to put some of the blame for the abuse on her. Cochran also said the defense will Challenge every allegation of abuse. �?o1 think the prosecution is trying to in Gage in character assassination a he Sard a and in a number of instances there will be Strong evidence to the contrary we re pie paring As we speak. There Are people ready Able and willing to testify to the Ito admitted 29 of 44 incidents submitted As evidence by the prosecution saying they were relevant to a issues of motive intent plan and he denied the use of 12 allegations his ruling the ruling a puts enormous pressure on . Simpson to take the stand a said Erwin Chimerinsky a University of Southern California Law professor. Defense attorney Johnnie Cochran or. Said Simpson has always wanted to testify but no decision has been made. A this ruling does no to tip the Scales one Way or the other a he said. Did no to mention three others. Prosecutors initially submitted 62 allegations then withdrew 18. The defense did no to contest 10 of the allegations. \ jurors were sequestered before the hearing began. Ito allowed prosecutors to Tell the jury about a a 1989 new years fight that sent Nicole Simpson to a Hospital. . Simpson later pleaded no contest to wife beating. A 911 Call in 1993 in which Nicole Simpson pleaded for help after , Simpson broke Down a door to her Home. A evidence that . Simpson stalked his sex wife. A claims that . Simpson told a Friend that he knew a a secret Way to Ito evidence of Nicole Simpsons House through a Back Alley. A an accusation that . Simpson once saw his a wife having Coffee with Goldman and another Man then stopped his car in the Middle of the Street and motioned for Nicole Simpson to Corrie to him. Ito said this showed a jealousy and the Only evidence Ito barred was Nicole Simpsons statements that she was afraid of of j. Simpson including a Call to a battered women a shelter complaining that her a husband was stalking her. The Call was made five Days before she was killed Loyola University Law professor Laurie Levenson predicted that the defense would Challenge the credibility of the allegations and Tell the jury a if you have doubt about these incidents that translates into reasonable doubt about the entire the defense also could argue that prosecutors Are focusing on the past because a they done to have evidence to support the present act a Levenson said. A they will say the prosecution is desperate.�?�. Criminal defense lawyer Harland Braun said the ruling could have a profound effect on How jurors View Simpson. A this counteracts the notion a i can to believe . Would do it a a a he said. A if you hear about All this history then it does no to come As a Shock that it could culminate in in other developments wednesday a Ito replaced two jurors with alternates saying Only that he found a Good cause to dismiss a hispanic female postal worker and a Black male employee of the Hertz corp., . Simpson s former employer. They were replaced with a 63-year-old White woman who is a retired Legal Secre Rary and a 43-Ycar-old Black Man who is a marketing representative. The jury now has eight Blacks two Whites and two people of mixed race. A defense attorneys f. Lee Bailey and Robert Shapiro set their feud aside. Shapiro said Cochran is now handling trial strategy and courtroom presentation. When asked if he helped resolve the Dis Eute Cochran said Well in a going to e receiving the Nobel peace prize very in poll say Simpson did it interest waning new York apr Many americans think of Simpson is guilty a and done to care much about the Case anymore an associated press poll has found. More than half the respondents also said the jury should get a full accounting of , Simpsons alleged history of wife abuse. The judge allowed some Domestic abuse evidence wednesday after the poll was completed. Sixty percent of respondents said Simpsons Fame would work in his favor at his trial and half said the Media attention would Hurt him. The National Telephone poll of 1,003 adults was taken Jan. 1m5 by ice Survey research group of Media a. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage Points. The Survey began hours after the court released prosecutors claims that Simpson abused Nicole Brown Simpson throughout their 17-year relationship. Simpson is accused of murdering his second cd wife and her Friend Ronald Goldman in june. Fourteen percent of the respondents said the murder charges against Simpson definitely Are True 43 percent said they re probably True 14 percent said they probably weren to True and 4 percent said they definitely Arentt True. Twenty five percent said they did no to know or answer. Simpson was judged More harshly by men than by women. Sixty one percent of men and 53 percent of women said the charges definitely or probably were True. Sixty two percent of respondents said Simpsons Ceas a for 1 Quot a football Star actor and sports commentator was Likely to work in his favor at the trial but 50 percent said publicity about the Case will Hurt him. The poll also showed the Public a interest in the Case has Slid sharply. An Abc news poll in july found that 60 percent of americans said they were following the Case very closely or somewhat closely. Only 38 percent said the same when asked that question in the associated press poll. Polls by the times Mirror Cei Ter for the people amp the press found that 48 percent followed the Simpson Story a very closely when it first broke. That dropped to 30 percent in september and 25 percent in october in times Mirror polls. In the associated press poll Only 9 percent said they Are still following the Case very closely. Asked what would better serve Justice 54 percent favored full disclosure to the jury of Simpson s alleged history of wife abuse 35 percent said the jury should be shielded from abuse allegations that Arentt directly related to the slayings. Women were More inclined than men to favor disclosure of abuse allegations. On wednesday Superior court judge Lance Ito ruled that instances of violence in the Simpsons marriage can be presented to the jury including Simpsons no contest plea to wife boating and his 1985 baseball Bat attack on her car
