Not A Lawyer

Today on Oprah, she was supposed to have the family of Ron Goldman and the sister of Nicole Brown Simpson on her show to talk about the confessional book “If I Did It” written by O.J. Simpson.

At the beginning of the show there was a clip of O.J. Simpson that I had to watch a couple of times before what he said actually sank in. In the video clip, Simpson said that if he had to work to pay the wrongful death judgment, then he just will refuse to work. He says he’ll play golf instead.

Well, Fred and Kim Goldman were there to defend their motives for publishing the controversial book. I’m just not buying it. I’m not buying the book and I’m not buying their story about why they are publishing the book. They admit that this is not going to give them any peace.

Nicole Brown Simpson’s sister, Denise Brown, canceled her appearance on Oprah’s show at the last minute because she did not want to be on stage with the Goldmans. She is very much opposed to the publication of this sickening book. She did do a taped interview with Oprah before the show and called the Goldmans hypocrites. She urges people not to buy the garbage. Both Brown and Oprah said they would not read the book. Denise Brown calls the book money blood money and says the Brown family doesn’t want a penny of it.

The Goldman’s said that they decided to publish the book that they won rights to after they realized that it was not a manual for murder. They will earn .17 per book that is sold. Not a lot of money, unless millions of copies of the book are sold. I still say they are in it for the money.

Oprah, at the start of the show, basically ripped into the Goldmans and said that she would not have done the show if Denise Brown had not agreed to come on and debate the issue with the Goldman family. She said that she went ahead with the show after Brown canceled because she wanted to keep her word.

The Goldman’s said they are publishing the book in order to punish O.J. Simpson and take away the revenue from him. As I said before, I just don’t believe it. Nothing and no amount of money are going to bring Ron Goldman back. I think the Goldman family is being ridiculous and money hungry.

Marcia Clark and Christopher Darden were also on the show today. Darden says that O.J. is a twisted individual and threw in a couple of things in the book that the prosecution and O.J. know for a fact are not true. Clark and Darden both say that the book is defamatory to the deceased Nicole Brown Simpson. Apparently in the book, O.J. attempts to justify the murders.

I know some people will buy the book. I will not and I’m glad Oprah made a point on her show to say that she did not want to promote the sale of the book in any way.

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Well, Britney Spears is being sued by her ex-husband, Kevin Federline for more money.. oops.. I mean more custody of their two little boys.

Really, who can blame him? I hope he’s not doing it just to get more money but some people seem to think that’s the case.

Not that tabloid reports are all that reliable, but TMZ does have a video of Britney running into another parked car and then getting out to check her own car.. then leaving without leaving a note for the owner of the other car or trying to contact them in any way. That doesn’t make her a bad mother.

However, there are pictures of her youngest son in a front facing car seat, which isn’t correct for a child of his age. He is supposed to still be in a rear facing car seat.. but hey, at least she’s putting the kids in car seats now.

There are also all the tabloid reports, and again tabloid reports don’t equal evidence, of Britney still out all hours of the night and doing all kinds of crazy things. I don’t know if Federline can prove she’s neglecting the kids but he’s been desperately trying to get in touch with the assistant Britney fired after the trainwreck interview with OK Magazine, and he has served her cousin/assistant with papers to be deposed in the case. I can see the ex-assistant dishing dirt but I’m sure Ali will try to make things seem not so bad.

And maybe they aren’t so bad. It may be true that Britney is out partying all night, but kids are sleeping at that time. I’m sure she leaves them with a responsible nanny. And during the days when she is sleeping it off.. well, I’m sure manny or nanny is keeping an eye on the kids.

When we see pictures of Britney’s kids they don’t look malnourished or dirty. They are well clothed - and apparently have more fashion sense than Britney.

So, I guess we will have to wait and see what a judge says about the Spears-Federline custody dispute. All I can say is that Britney had to have seen this coming a long time ago.

Britney has started playing more of a mommy role in public over the last couple of days. She took her kids out to eat and took them to the restroom with her. When she left she even carried one of the boys to the car and put him in his front-facing car seat. Some assistant or something strapped the other kid in, also in a front-facing car seat.

Lindsay Lohan just can’t catch a break. Is there anyone that doesn’t want to see this girl broke and in jail?

Remember Lohan’s last DUI and drug possession arrest? The SUV she was driving wasn’t hers, the three guys inside it say she basically car-jacked and kidnapped them and took off with them in the car to chase her former assistant and her mother.

Well, there was another girl in the Escalade with Lohan’s ex-assistant and her mother. This girl is now suing Lohan because she was so terrified during and after the chase, especially when police reportedly approached them with guns drawn. She says she was in fear for her life.

The girl is suing Lohan for assault and negligence. She is also claiming that Lindsay inflicted emotional distress on her and wants an unspecified amount of compensation for damages and medical treatment.

This lawsuit has been filed in Los Angeles Superior Court and you can be certain that I will be following the case.

I’ll also be following the Spears and Federline custody battle as well, but since documents are sealed for the time being in that case I think most of the information given to the public will be opinion and speculation rather than concrete facts.

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