Former OJ Simpson attorney, longtime friend both support possibility of accomplice in 1994 murders
A mob-linked drug trafficker with ties to OJ Simpson secretly became a jailhouse snitch and claimed to have information about efforts to dispose of evidence, potentially including a murder weapon that was never recovered, according to a new report.A former member of Simpson's "Dream Team" defense during one of the most scrutinized murder trials in American history says the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman are still an "open case" and that the claims should be further investigated."It seems plausible and perhaps credible," former Simpson defense attorney Alan Dershowitz said on Fox News' "America Reports" Monday.BROTHER OF POSSIBLE OJ SIMPSON ACCOMPLICE CLAIMS HE RETURNED WITH BLOODY HANDS ON NIGHT OF MURDERS: REPORTO.J.Simpson sits in Superior Court in Los Angeles in 1994 during an open court session.
(POOL/AFP via Getty Images)He said he believes there are "unresolved" questions that deserve to be looked into.Those questions were raised in a New York Times report Sunday about Joseph Ippolito, a former cigarette boat racer, drug trafficker and restaurateur who knew Simpson and had become close with Al Cowlings, the former NFL star who drove the white Ford Bronco ahead of Simpson's arrest in Los Angeles.NICOLE BROWN SIMPSON TOLD FORMER LOVER SHE'D 'RATHER DIE' THAN RETURN TO O.J.SIMPSON BEFORE HER MURDERIppolito told federal prosecutors he had information on the murder weapon.
One has never been recovered.Further, Ippolito's brother Sam told the Times that his brother returned home on the night of the murders with a heavy bag and apparent blood on his hands.He claimed to have ditched the bag in a dumpster on Los Angeles' Doheny Drive without asking questions.
He later asked for payment for his story and recanted, according to the report.Nicole Brown Simpson was killed along with restaurant waiter Ronald Goldman on June 12, 1994.(FILES/AFP via Getty Images)But the claims are worth a look, Dershowitz said."I think we ought to start from scratch an...