A Splintered ‘Dream Team’

USA TODAY
October 9, 1995, Monday, FINAL EDITION
BYLINE: Gale Holland
SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 5A
DATELINE: LOS ANGELES
O.J. Simpson’s defense lawyers may have won the war, but they’re losing the peace.
The “dream team” has collapsed in an orgy of sniping that reveals not only differences over trial strategy but titanic ego clashes.
And, People magazine reports, the backbiting began long […]

Alibi Witness Coached ?

Byline: By MICHELLE CARUSO in Los Angeles and JERE HESTER in New York
SECTION: News Pg. 8
The credibility of O.J. Simpson’s alibi witness crumbled yesterday as prose-cutors charged her testimony was “coached” by the defense.
The latest challenge to Rosa Lopez came after the defense turned over an eight-month-old interview tape a recording that prosecutors said […]

Big Dent in Bronco Alibi

Daily News (New York)
March 4, 1995, Saturday
BYLINE: By MICHELLE CARUSO in Los Angeles and LAURIE C. MERRILL in New York
Prosecutors in the O.J. Simpson case wrapped up their blistering cross-examination of Rosa Lopez yesterday leaving the credibility of the star alibi witness in tatters.
Even defense attorney Robert Shapiro conceded that there were problems with the […]

Bye-bye, alibi; Prosecution destroys key O.J. wit-ness

he Boston Herald
March 3, 1995 Friday All Edition
BYLINE: By HELEN KENNEDY
SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 001
The credibility of O.J. Simpson’s key alibi witness crumbled into dust yes-terday when she said she “couldn’t remember” if she told a friend she was being paid $ 5,000 to back up Simpson’s alibi.
Rosa Maria Lopez - a maid at the house […]

Rosa Lopez - My Bedroom Is There, I Don’t Know, I Can Hear Only Voice

ABC NEWS
March 2, 1995
SHOW: Nightline (ABC 11:30 pm ET)
SECTION: News; Domestic
LENGTH: 3697 words
ANNOUNCER: March 2nd, 1995.
ROSA LOPEZ: My bedroom is there, I don’t know, I can hear only voice, I don’t know what they talk or nothing, because I can hear nothing very well. Pero [But], I know he’s very nice guy.
TED KOPPEL: [voice-over] The […]

Balanced Budget Amendment Fails to Pass

ABC NEWS
March 2, 1995
SHOW: ABC World News Tonight 6:30 pm ET
SECTION: News; Domestic
HIGHLIGHT: The balanced budget amendment failed to pass in the Senate by a mar-gin of one vote.
GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL: On this vote, the yeas are 65; the nays are 35.
PETER JENNINGS, ABC News: [voice-over] For want of a single vote, the balanced budget amendment […]

Another defeat for Simpson team / Speedy trial tactic may have backfired

USA TODAY
October 6, 1994, Thursday, FINAL EDITION
BYLINE: Gale Holland; Richard Price
SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 3A
DATELINE: LOS ANGELES
O.J. Simpson’s defense team sustained another string of courtroom defeats Wednesday, the most critical a failed attempt to challenge the initial police search of the defendant’s estate.
But some analysts suggested his lawyers had only themselves to blame - that in […]

Calls drop off : Lawyers pull plug on Simpson hot-line

August 25, 1994 Thursday Final Edition
SOURCE: LOS ANGELES TIMES
SECTION: FRONT; Pg. A8
DATELINE: LOS ANGELES
Calls to a hot ine created for tipsters with possible leads in the O.J. Simp-son murder case have dropped off so precipitously in recent weeks that his at-torneys have decided for now to pull the plug on the highly publicized effort, members […]

Callers Flood Phone Lines With Simpson Tips

July 28, 1994, Thursday, AM cycle
SECTION: Domestic News
DATELINE: LOS ANGELES
From tales about a footloose dog to a burglar’s reports of mysterious screams, tips are pouring in on the hot line set up in the O.J. Simpson murder case.
Simpson attorney Robert L. Shapiro said Wednesday that the toll-free line es-tablished by the defense had recorded 250,000 […]

Cast of Players in the O.J. Simpson Case

The Associated Press
July 22, 1994, Friday, AM cycle
BYLINE: By The Associated Press
SECTION: Domestic News
Profiles of players in the O.J. Simpson courtroom drama:
Defense attorneys:
-Robert Shapiro has made a career of defending celebrities in court. The 51-year-old attorney represented Marlon Brando’s son, Christian, on a murder charge and Johnny Carson and fellow lawyer F. Lee Bailey on […]