FBI knew all about O J Simpon’s hotel raid weeks in advance.
Federal agents knew about O.J. SIMPSON’s plans to raid a Las Vegas hotel suite and claim back sports memorabilia three weeks before the incident.
Collector Thomas Riccio, who led the former American footballer and his `friends’ to memorabilia dealer Alfred Beardsley’s hotel room on 12 September (07), claims he informed the FBI about Simpson’s plans. Riccio told the agents that Simpson wanted to televise the operation, which went awry when two members of his posse pulled guns on Beardsley.
Three of the men involved in the raid have now agreed to testify against Simpson in return for reduced kidnapping and armed robbery charges. A preliminary hearing into the case is set for next week (beg05Nov07).
