O.J. gunning for Blake trial gig

Posted Monday, April 28, 2003 at 12:31 PM Central

by John Couture

In a shrewd move of marketing ingenuity, a number of networks are in the process of securing O.J. Simpson as a 'legal expert' for the upcoming Robert Blake murder trial. Simpson, who was found not-guilty of criminal charges stemming from the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman, should provide the winning network with a ratings coup in what promises to be the next big Hollywood trial.

Simpson remarked, "I'd love to do it. I think I have a lot of insight. I don't know if he's guilty or not, but I know there's no such thing anymore as innocent until proven guilty." Blake is accused of the 2001 murder of his wife Bonny Lee Bakley.