Ex-American football star OJ Simpson has been charged in connection with an alleged armed robbery in Las Vegas.
Ex-American football star OJ Simpson has been charged in connection with an alleged armed robbery in Las Vegas.
He is accused of taking part in a raid on a sports memorabilia dealer at a hotel room in the Palace Station Casino last Thursday.
He is accused of taking part in a raid on a sports memorabilia dealer in a hotel room last Thursday.
Eight charges have been filed against Mr Simpson, including kidnapping, conspiracy and robbery.
Mr Simpson, 60, who is being held without bail, faces 11 charges, including kidnapping and robbery.
Mr Simpson has said he was trying to retrieve stolen items belonging to him, and denies any guns were involved.
In interviews before his arrest, Mr Simpson said he was trying to retrieve stolen items that belonged to him, and denied any guns were involved.
The 60-year-old, who was arrested on Sunday and held without bail at a detention centre, is expected to appear in court for a hearing on Wednesday morning.
He was arrested on Sunday, is expected to appear in court on Wednesday morning to hear the charges against him.
Three co-defendants have been charged with 11 criminal counts including coercion and assault with a deadly weapon.
Three co-defendants have been charged with 11 criminal counts, including assault with a deadly weapon.
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Mr Simpson will face eight charges over the Las Vegas incident:
Mr Simpson will face 10 felony charges over the incident at the Palace Station Casino:
Conspiracy to commit a crime
Conspiracy to commit kidnapping
Conspiracy to commit kidnapping
Conspiracy to commit robbery
Conspiracy to commit robbery
First
degree kidnapping with use of a deadly weapon
Two
counts of kidnapping with a deadly weapon
Burglary while in possession of a deadly weapon
Burglary while in possession of a deadly weapon
Robbery
with use of a deadly weapon
Two
counts of robbery with a deadly weapon
Assault
with a deadly weapon
Two
counts of assault with a deadly weapon
Coercion with use of a deadly weapon
Coercion with use of a deadly weapon
The former football star gained international notoriety in 1995 when he was tried and acquitted of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman.
He also faces a misdemeanour charge of conspiracy to commit a crime.
Although Mr Simpson was cleared of murder in a criminal court in 1995, he was later found liable for the deaths at a civil trial.
If convicted, he faces the possibility of life in prison.
He was ordered to pay $33.5m (£17m) in damages - money that has never been collected. In July this year the rights to Mr Simpson's book, If I Did It, were awarded to Mr Goldman's family to help recoup some of those damages.
The former star gained international notoriety in 1995 when he was tried and acquitted of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman.
The book, in which Mr Simpson describes hypothetically how he could have killed his ex-wife and her friend, was published in the US last Thursday by Beaufort Books with the title, If I Did It: Confession of the Killer.
Although Mr Simpson was cleared of murder in a criminal court in 1995, he was later found liable for the deaths at a civil trial and ordered to pay $33.5m (£17m) in damages - money that has never been collected.
The publication followed months of legal wrangling after Rupert Murdoch's companies cancelled plans to publish the book following a public outcry in 2006.
In July, the rights to Mr Simpson's book If I Did It were awarded to Mr Goldman's family to help cover the judgement.
The book, in which Mr Simpson describes how he would have killed his ex-wife and her friend, was published in the US on Thursday by Beaufort Books. .
