It is probably the court rules on high profile trials, that if you leave the courtroom while it is in session you cant return back in until the next break. So here I was trying to hold myself so I wouldn't have to miss any of the courtroom action. But being in Las Vegas and drinking bottle of water after bottle of water I found myself having to dismiss myself from the courtroom. I surely didn't want my 15 minutes of fame to go down with people saying "wasn't he the man who wet his pants during the O.J. trial?" So here I was out in the hall again waiting for the next break in the court session. While I was out there I was thinking about my brief encounter with O.J. and thought to myself that I always thought of him as being a big and tall man with the stereotypical stature of a pro football player. But he wasn't. He stood just a little taller than me and I am five foot nine. So he is probably five ten or eleven at the most. Maybe when he was in his prime, when he was a 'bigger than life hero", he could have been over six feet tall, but today he almost stood eye to eye with me. I believe God works in many mysterious ways, and maybe for O.J. he was just bringing this guy down to size. No longer a big super hero, but a man who is like everyone else that must face the truth, and if "you do the crime you gotta do the time"; well at least at some point you gotta do the time. When I walked up to him he smiled and I introduced myself to him. I asked him how he was doing and if he was holding on to hope. At this point in the trial I wasn't convinced there was enough evidence to put him away. He said "hope is the only thing I have". He then shared with me of his visit to a local church that previous Sunday. I am not impressed when people tell me of their church experiences unless it makes an impact in such a way to change a negative in their life into a positive. That is what a true encounter with God should do. For me as a person who has experienced life changing events through my first hand experiences with God, I know what that will do. So in my mind I am thinking to myself, 'come on O.J., just confess, tell me the truth, why did you kill Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman?' So even though our conversation was brief with no break through of seeing any remorse for his circumstances, I realized that O.J. Simpson is probably just another rich and famous person who has enough money to buy his way out of justice. When we parted I said to him "hang in there, the truth will set you free" or something like that.
Coming out of my own playback of my O.J. encounter, all of the sudden the courtroom door opens up and out steps this little old man, little of about five foot three and looking like he is in his eighties. He seemed like he was disoriented and dizzy. I stood up and asked him if he was okay, and he said that he was under some medications for his cancer and that he needed to get some rest. I asked him if there was anything I could do for him and he said "no, I need to get a cab, I just need to go back to my hotel". I said would you like me to drive you there? I am park right in front of the courthouse. He hesitated at first and then said "uh, okay". I did not know who it was that I was riding down the elevator with, but I could see that he was not in any condition to walk alone. So we exited the courthouse together and got into my rental car that I miraculously found a parking space for right outside the courthouse. As we got into the car I introduced myself to him and asked him where his hotel was. He said his name was Dominick Dunne and that he was staying at the Wynn. I hate to admit it, but when he told me his name, I did not know who he was. So I thought our conversation was going to be small talk about his visit to Las Vegas and how much he lost in the nickel slot machines. Boy was I ever wrong. I had no idea who was in my rental car with me and that I was in for the ride of a lifetime and a story that most people don't get first hand. This elderly man wasted no time to strike up a conversation and began telling me about O.J. Simpsons double murder trial.
 

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