O. J. Simpson robbery case O. J. Simpson robbery case The Simpson robbery case (officially State of Nevada v. Orenthal James Simpson, et al.) was a criminal case prosecuted in 2007–2008 in the U.S. state of Nevada, primarily involving the retired American football player Simpson. On the night of September 13, 2007, a group of men led by Simpson entered a room in the Palace Station hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Bruce Fromong, a sports memorabilia dealer, testified that the group of men broke into his hotel room and stole various sports memorabilia at gunpoint. Three days later, on September 16, 2007, Simpson was arrested
Robert A. Simpson Robert A. Simpson Robert Archibald "Bob" Simpson (April 5, 1910 – September 24, 1998) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He was born in Toronto. Simpson ran for a seat in the House of Commons of Canada in the 1962 federal election, as a Social Credit candidate in the electoral district of Calgary North. He finished second to incumbent Douglas Scott Harkness by roughly 6.000 votes. Simpson challenged Harkness again a year later and lost by a wider margin. Shortly after his second defeat for federal office, Simpson ran for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1963 general election,