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Ex-American football star OJ Simpson has been arrested by Las Vegas police investigating an alleged armed robbery at a casino hotel room. Ex-American football star OJ Simpson has been arrested by Las Vegas police investigating an alleged armed robbery.
The incident occurred at the Palace Station Casino late on Thursday. He is accused of taking part in a raid on a sports memorabilia dealer at a hotel room in the Palace Station Casino on Thursday.
Police were called there after a man thought to be a memorabilia dealer reported being robbed by armed men, one of whom he said was OJ Simpson. He faces charges including robbery with a deadly weapon, which carries a maximum sentence of 35 years in prison.
Mr Simpson says he and others went to the hotel to recover items belonging to him, but denies any guns were involved. Mr Simpson says he was trying to retrieve stolen items belonging to him, and denies any guns were involved.
Police say two guns were confiscated during a raid on a house in the Las Vegas area. At least one other man is in custody. At least one other man is in custody, and police said two guns were confiscated during a raid on a house in the Las Vegas area.
A police spokesman said Mr Simpson could face charges including robbery with a deadly weapon and conspiracy to commit robbery. Mr Simpson gained international notoriety in 1995 when he was tried and acquitted of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman.
Book rights 'Facing time'
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. During a press conference, Clark County District Attorney David Roger said prosecutors were preparing several charges against Mr Simpson.
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. They included robbery using a deadly weapon - the most serious charge - as well as conspiracy to commit robbery, burglary with a deadly weapon, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon and coercion, Mr Roger said.
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 lawyer said Mr Simpson, who is being held at a detention centre, was "facing a lot of time".
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 police, since my trouble, have not worked out for me OJ Simpson
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 60-year-old Mr Simpson said he and other people were trying to get back mementos that were stolen from him.
But he said his past had prevented him from seeking help from the authorities in retrieving the items.
"The police, since my trouble, have not worked out for me," he told the Associated Press.
He claimed that whenever he had called the police in recent years, "it just becomes a story about OJ".
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.
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 book, in which Mr Simpson describes how he would have killed his ex-wife and her friend, was published in the US last 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 in 2006.