in that hotel room during the crime. he also told them o.j. claims has his lawyer told him he could legally take back his own stuff and go in that hotel room to get his stuff as long as he didn t trespass or use force. jean, i said boss. is the lawyer the boss? is the client the boss when it comes down who says what in an open court? a judge is going to determine all of that but here is what is amazing. this is a fascinating hearing and as you know we don t have this every day. i remember when this case broke and we heard together that o.j. simpson had been arrested in las vegas. who did i call? i immediately called yale. you want a statement from the attorney. i asked him where are you? he said i m in las vegas. i was very surprised because that s where this all just happened and i think there is two layers to all of this. there the ineffective shi
person and and he can explain himself very as well and so i thought he would be a great witness. reporter: simpson s lawyers also tried to show the former heisman trophy winner had been drinking alcohol which impaired him from seeing his cohorts carry guns into the confrontation. the new simpson team knew that galantra knew about the plans to get back some of those memorabilia. o.j. simpson trial took the stand. was your dad drinking alcohol that evening? yes. do you recall overhearing any conversation about your dad s plan to go look at his property the next day? yes. and who did you hear talking about that? simpson is waiting to testify in this hearing. this will be his first time to be able to tell what happened and, you know, instead of hearing it in bits and pieces and you have to remember, the evidence in this case was
two, they say yale galantra had a huge conflict of interest and other things they are delving into also talking about alcohol may have clouded o.j. simpson s judgment. let s see what he looked like as he entered the courtroom yesterday. heavier and grayer disgraced football legend o.j. simpson slowly stepped into a las vegas courtroom after 4 1/2 years in prison for kidnapping and assault and armed robbery. the new simps legal team presenting 19 claims they say he was so poorly represented in the 2008 kidnap trial that he should get a new trial. new lead attorney patricia paum argues simpson was never told about an offered plea deal and should have taken the witness stand. gabe grassoo told the court on monday he wanted simpson to testify then. o.j. is a very eloquent
cross-examination of o.j. simpson after he takes the stand. what about the attorney at the center of all of this, gabriel grasso. i knew him personally. will he take the stand as well in his own defense? well, it s interesting. first i think you meant so say i i beg your pardon. i apologize. it s yale gallanter. you need a score card for this. i ll use a simple analogy. like tag team wrestling. yale was o.j. s long time ally and lawyer and he hired gabe to be his man on the ground in las vegas and there was simpson. grasso testifying now. he is testifying for simpson. gallantra will come up later and be with a prosecution witness and at the heart of this these accusations that yale messed up
usually the attorney-client privilege prevents lawyers from testifying in a procedure involving their clients. we should also point out a couple of other things, that the jury ordered simpson back then to pay $35 million. i think with interest. that s a whole lot more. i m not going to ask you to to do the math but, paul, a lot more now? yes. the $35 million verdict awarded against him when the civil jury found him guilty essentially of the murders that he had been acquitted on in the criminal trial and most has never been collect because o.j. says he has no money and it s protected in bankruptcy and proceedings. let me outline quickly here what o.j. simpson is claiming his boss or his lawyer did not do for him. he says he was never told of the plea offer from the prosecutors. he said that his lawyer wouldn t put him on the stand and let him testify. he said his lawyer didn t hire the requisite experts to look over the secret recordings made