Cosmopolitan lawyers have argued that Simpson is essentially undefamable because his reputation was already tarnished before he was kicked out of the Cosmo.<\/p>\n
They cite his criminal and civil trials in the 1994 deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman — as well as his armed robbery conviction — to argue that reports he was \u201cwasted,\u201d \u201cdisruptive,\u201d or \u201cangry” could not amount to \u201ctangible damage to his reputation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Simpson\u2019s lawyer, Malcom LaVergne, called this argument \u201cimmoral.\u201d<\/p>\n
What are they saying? Anyone can do anything and say anything against him?\u201d he asked, adding it was a \u201cslavery-segregation argument that Simpson doesn\u2019t deserve damages.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
LaVergne denied he was playing the \u201crace card.\u201d<\/p>\n
The lawsuit claims Simpson is a \u201cmodel\u201d parolee and citizen in Las Vegas, \u201cwhere he has received an extremely warm and positive reception by many.\u201d<\/p>\n
Simpson is seeking $30,000, plus punitive damages. The former NFL running back and Naked Gun<\/em> star still owes over $70 million to the families of Brown Simpson and Goldman, having been found responsible for their wrongful deaths in a 1997 civil trial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OJ Simpson\u2019s lawsuit against The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas will go to court, a pretrial commissioner ruled on Monday. Simpson, 72, is suing the Las Vegas Strip hotel-casino for defamation after a report surfaced on celebrity gossip site TMZ claiming the disgraced football star had been banned from the property for being \u201cdrunk and disruptive\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":125533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,60],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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