NYT: Simpson Transcript Describes Murder (Alternate universe report)

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By RUSS BUETTNER and EDWARD WYATT
Published: February 3, 2007

In November O. J. Simpson sat for what would have been one of the most unusual interviews in television history — a hypothetical recounting of how, if he had been the killer, he might have murdered his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald L. Goldman more than a decade ago.

The interview, taped in Miami to publicize a book, “If I Did It,” was never broadcast, as public outrage exploded over the idea that Mr. Simpson might profit from the murders that many people believe he committed, despite his acquittal in a criminal trial.

But a partial transcript of the interview Mr. Simpson had with Judith Regan, the publisher of the proposed book, makes vividly clear the disquieting nature of the entire exercise.

At one point during the interview, Mr. Simpson says: “As things got heated, I just remember Nicole fell and hurt herself. And this guy kind of got into a karate thing.” It was then, he says, that “I remember I grabbed the knife.” Later, asked about whether he had taken off a glove before handling the knife, Mr. Simpson says, “You know, I had no conscious memory of doing that, but obviously I must have because they found a glove there.” contd

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/03/books/03OJ.html?_r=1&ref=books&oref=slogin