This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guideline for biographies. Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted.Find sources: "Mike Gilbert" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (May 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous.Find sources: "Mike Gilbert" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (May 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Mike Gilbert is a retired sports agent for athletes including former NFL players Marcus Allen and O. J. Simpson. Following Simpson's trial and acquittal for the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, Gilbert wrote How I Helped O. J. Get Away with Murder: The Shocking Inside Story of Violence, Loyalty, Regret and Remorse. The book was published by Regnery Publishing in May 2008, and discusses Gilbert's 18-year-long relationship with Simpson, including the influence of their personal and professional relationship in the lead up to, during, and following the trial.[1] Gilbert claimed that the gloves did not fit because, on his advice, Simpson stopped taking his arthritis medicine, which made his hands swell.[2] This is disputed by the trial when it was noted Simpson "has arthritis and we looked at the medication he takes and some of it is anti-inflammatory and we are told he has not taken the stuff for a day and it caused swelling in the joints and inflammation in his hands".[3][4] The Los Angeles County Jail doctor confirmed Simpson was taking his arthritis medication every day and that the jail's medical records verified this.[5] Gilbert's book also details Simpson confessing to the killings.[6] Gilbert describes how Simpson, having smoked marijuana, taken a sleeping pill, and while drinking beer, confided to him at his Brentwood home weeks after his trial what happened the night of the murders. Simpson said, "If she hadn't opened that door with a knife in her hand... she'd still be alive."[7] Gilbert said that this confirmed his belief that Simpson had confessed.[2]

Gilbert was alleged to be the source of some of the memorabilia items that Simpson tried to recover from two memorabilia dealers at the Palace Station Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.[8] Simpson was later convicted of all charges and sentenced to serve 9 to 33 years in a Nevada State prison.[9][10] Gilbert was featured in Ezra Edelman's 2016 documentary, O.J.: Made in America, in which he expresses his friendship and working relationship with Simpson, and the role he played in the murder trial. Gilbert expresses his disgust at Simpson's behavior in Miami, as well as his remorse in helping Simpson get away with the murders, of which Gilbert claims he believes Simpson was guilty. Simpson's lawyer Yale Galanter refuted Gilbert's claims, saying Gilbert is "delusional".[11]

References

  1. ^ Van Susteren, Greta (May 13, 2008). "Former Sports Manager: How I Helped O.J. Get Away With Murder". Fox News. Archived from the original on May 17, 2008. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Grace, Nancy (May 12, 2008). "Former Agent Says Simpson Confessed to Murders". CNN. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
  3. ^ "O.J.'s ex-agent makes a big claim about the gloves". Bustle. June 18, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  4. ^ "The O.J. Simpson murder trial: Prosecutors say Simpson trick thwarted glove test". The Los Angeles Times. June 23, 1995. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  5. ^ "Los Angeles California; Friday, June 23, 1995 9:00 am". simpson.walraven.org. Archived from the original on September 9, 2018. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
  6. ^ Leon, Neyfakh (February 11, 2008). "O. J. Simpson's Former Agent to Publish Book: How I Helped O. J. Get Away With Murder". The New York Observer. ISSN 1052-2948. Archived from the original on August 3, 2011. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
  7. ^ "Report: OJ Simpson confessed". The Denver Post. May 10, 2008. ISSN 1930-2193. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
  8. ^ "Man accusing Simpson of robbery now 'on O.J.'s side'". ESPN. September 18, 2007. Archived from the original on August 23, 2018. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
  9. ^ "O.J. suit sought by Goldmans may be fake". United Press International. June 12, 2009. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
  10. ^ Dillon, Nancy (June 16, 2009). "'Lucky suit' ends in suit for O. J. Simpson attorney". ISSN 2692-1251. Archived from the original on May 15, 2012. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
  11. ^ McFadden, Robert D. (April 11, 2024). "O.J. Simpson, Football Star Whose Trial Riveted the Nation, Dies at 76". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 14, 2024.


Categories