Shapiro also returned to court last week in a new attempt to discredit Los Angeles police. He accused investigators of overlooking evidence suggesting Simpson’s innocence – and filed a motion for reams of data, including all reports of prowlers or burglaries near Nicole Simpson’s town house for six months preceding the killings. He’s looking to support what appears to be the defense’s central – and as yet groundless – contention: that Simpson was framed by someone who knew him and his ex-wife. He asked police for criminal histories of unnamed “associates” of the victims. The filing also says that Nicole Simpson’s daughter, Sydney, 8, was overheard the night of the killings saying: “I heard Mommy’s best friend’s voice and heard Mommy crying.”
The defense also received a boost from new disclosures about the detective who played a key role in the search of Simpson’s mansion. Newsweek reported last week that Mark Fuhrman had a troubled history, including admissions to his psychiatrist that he had beaten suspects. The Los Angeles Times noted that Fuhrman belonged to an informal police group called “Men Against Women,” whose members oppose women on the force. But police challenged the most damaging allegation, leaked by the defense to The New Yorker: that Fuhrman lifted a bloody glove from the crime scene and planted it at Simpson’s mansion because he is a racist. Fuhrman denies the allegations. Police sources told the Times that to move the glove, Fuhrman would have had to elude 14 officers and supervisors at the scene.
The case continued to yield other mini-mysteries. A notebook reportedly describing a “Nicole’s” whereabouts last winter was found in a stolen car belonging to Paula Barbieri, the model Simpson dated in the months before the murders. Last January Newport Beach police arrested William Wasz as he drove her 1990 Toyota. Two weeks ago Wasz’s attorney found in his client’s belongings a small notebook, which he passed to investigators. A source told CNN that one page contained handwritten details of a schedule. There is no indication that Simpson or Barbieri made the notes; officials refused to comment. It may be of no consequence. But for defense attorneys fighting charges that Simpson acted with premeditation, it was potentially unwelcome news.
title: “The Simpson Team Stays On Message” ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-22” author: “Sherry Migl”
Shapiro also returned to court last week in a new attempt to discredit Los Angeles police. He accused investigators of overlooking evidence suggesting Simpson’s innocence – and filed a motion for reams of data, including all reports of prowlers or burglaries near Nicole Simpson’s town house for six months preceding the killings. He’s looking to support what appears to be the defense’s central – and as yet groundless – contention: that Simpson was framed by someone who knew him and his ex-wife. He asked police for criminal histories of unnamed “associates” of the victims. The filing also says that Nicole Simpson’s daughter, Sydney, 8, was overheard the night of the killings saying: “I heard Mommy’s best friend’s voice and heard Mommy crying.”
The defense also received a boost from new disclosures about the detective who played a key role in the search of Simpson’s mansion. Newsweek reported last week that Mark Fuhrman had a troubled history, including admissions to his psychiatrist that he had beaten suspects. The Los Angeles Times noted that Fuhrman belonged to an informal police group called “Men Against Women,” whose members oppose women on the force. But police challenged the most damaging allegation, leaked by the defense to The New Yorker: that Fuhrman lifted a bloody glove from the crime scene and planted it at Simpson’s mansion because he is a racist. Fuhrman denies the allegations. Police sources told the Times that to move the glove, Fuhrman would have had to elude 14 officers and supervisors at the scene.
The case continued to yield other mini-mysteries. A notebook reportedly describing a “Nicole’s” whereabouts last winter was found in a stolen car belonging to Paula Barbieri, the model Simpson dated in the months before the murders. Last January Newport Beach police arrested William Wasz as he drove her 1990 Toyota. Two weeks ago Wasz’s attorney found in his client’s belongings a small notebook, which he passed to investigators. A source told CNN that one page contained handwritten details of a schedule. There is no indication that Simpson or Barbieri made the notes; officials refused to comment. It may be of no consequence. But for defense attorneys fighting charges that Simpson acted with premeditation, it was potentially unwelcome news.
