The death of Las Vegas casino boss Ted Binion became known as the city’s “trial of the century.”īinion, the heir to the Horseshoe Club fortune, was 55 when he was found face up after overdosing on heroin and Xanax.
13, 2007.Īlso included in an evidence box are juror notes with questions that were read to witnesses during the trial: Why did OJ give you the football? Did he hire you as his bodyguard? Surveillance video from the Palms titled “coverage of OJ Simpson and others on property” shows the valet area on Sept. They also contain a large blue-and-white plaid shirt that is not labeled, as well as a pair of black sunglasses, a large white long-sleeved dress shirt, a tie and a black pinstriped suit belonging to Walter Alexander, another co-defendant. But boxes of evidence contain items such as a portrait of Clarence Stewart, one of the co-defendants in the case. The memorabilia has been returned to its owners and removed from the evidence vault. Simpson, a former player for the Buffalo Bills, said the items belonged to him.
Simpson was part of a group that attempted to steal sports memorabilia at gunpoint in 2007. Simpson was infamously convicted of raiding a Palace Station hotel room and served nine years of a 33-year sentence in prison for armed robbery and kidnapping.
