Dear Swami:
The other day you made some passing comment like "O.J. Simpson Acquitted." I don't think so. I predict that this Nevada jury is going to listen to all the evidence in an objective fashion, weigh all the directions from the judge, and then spend about five minutes in deliberation before coming out and slamming him with a guilty verdict. Get on board.
Sincerely,
I Drink Your Milkshake
Dear I.D.:
The Swami will admit that the rules of engagement have changed on the celebrity crime front since the 1990s, when Charles Barkley could throw a man through a plate glass window, and O.J. Simpson could, well, do what O.J. Simpson did and eventually win acquittal from a star-struck jury of their peers.
Since then, Martha Stewart, Robert Downey Jr. and Winona Ryder are among those who have done time (or at least community service) for being naughty and trying to celebrity their way through it.
You also accurately point out that this trial is not in California, where even freaky has-beens like Phil Spector and Robert Blake can hang around with women who are mysteriously shot in the head and end up free as a bird. Needless to say, Michael Jackson was also tried by a jury of his peers in the Golden State.
But O.J. Simpson in prison? The crystal ball will believe it when it sees it.
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