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| Ex-American football star OJ Simpson has been questioned by police in Las Vegas in connection with an alleged armed robbery at a casino hotel room. | |
| The incident occurred at the Palace Station Casino late on Thursday. | The incident occurred at the Palace Station Casino late on Thursday. |
| Police said they were questioning Mr Simpson and four others over an alleged theft that involved sports memorabilia. | Police said they were questioning Mr Simpson and four others over an alleged theft that involved sports memorabilia. |
| Mr Simpson is reported to have tried to retrieve the items which he claimed belonged to him. Police said he had not been arrested but was "co-operating". | |
| Police were called to the hotel room after a man thought to be a memorabilia dealer reported being robbed by five people, one of whom he said was OJ Simpson. | |
| Police captain James Dillon said: "We have a report from the victim that there were weapons involved. We have not determined that at this time and have not recovered any weapons." | |
| "The items taken were various sports-related products," he said. | |
| Detectives were arranging to interview Mr Simpson again, Capt Dillon said, adding that police were studying video surveillance tapes from the casino. | |
| Public outcry | Public outcry |
| Mr Simpson was tried and acquitted in 1995 of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman on 12 June 1994. | Mr Simpson was tried and acquitted in 1995 of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman on 12 June 1994. |
| Mr Simpson was later found liable for the deaths in a civil trial and ordered to pay $33.5m (£17m) in damages - money that has never been collected. | Mr Simpson was later found liable for the deaths in a civil trial and ordered to pay $33.5m (£17m) in damages - money that has never been collected. |
| 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. | 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. | 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. |
| The publication followed months of legal wrangling after Rupert Murdoch's companies cancelled plans to publish the book following a public outcry last year. | The publication followed months of legal wrangling after Rupert Murdoch's companies cancelled plans to publish the book following a public outcry last year. |