Simpson Explains Reporting His Ex-Wife To The IRS
SANTA MONICA, Nov. 22. (2:40 P.M.) -- On the witness stand in his civil trial, O.J. Simpson is just starting to answer questions about what he was doing on June 12, 1994, the day Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were murdered. Plaintiffs attorney Daniel Petrocelli has been suggesting that Simpson was extremely upset that Nicole Brown Simpson had ended their relationship. Simpson denies it.
Petrocelli began the afternoon session Friday by asking Simpson about the letter he sent to his ex-wife telling her she could not use his Rockingham house as her permanent address -- setting her up for a $100,000 tax liability to the IRS.
"You knew that she had tax problems because Bundy was her residence," but the IRS had it listed as Rockingham, Petrocelli asked.
"I just knew I would have a problem if she got caught doing what she was doing," Simpson said.
Petrocelli alleged the letter was Simpson's attempt to make her move back in with him.
"This letter could have forced her to come back to you, correct?" Petrocelli asked.
Simpson replied: "That is absolutely false."
Petrocelli also read excerpts from his former wife's diary from June 3, 1994 -- three days before Simpson sent the letter.
Nicole wrote in her diary that she and Simpson had a fight that night and quoted him as saying, "You hung up on me, you're going to pay for this bitch . . . They'll get you for tax evasion, I'll see to it bitch."
Simpson denied making that statement.
-Robert Schmidt
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