Mike Gilbert is a retired sports agent for athletes including former

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players

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and

O. J. Simpson Orenthal James Simpson (born July 9, 1947), nicknamed "Juice", is an American former football running back, actor, and broadcaster who played for the Buffalo Bills and San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League. Once a popular figure ...

. Following Simpson's trial and acquittal for the

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of his ex-wife

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and

Ron Goldman Ronald Lyle Goldman (July 2, 1968 – June 12, 1994) was an American restaurant waiter and a friend of Nicole Brown Simpson, the ex-wife of the American football player O.J. Simpson. He was murdered, along with Brown, at her home in Los Angele ...

, Gilbert wrote ''How I Helped O. J. Get Away with Murder: The Shocking Inside Story of Violence, Loyalty, Regret and Remorse''. The book was published by

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in May, 2008, and discusses Gilbert's 18-year-long relationship with Simpson, including the influence of their personal and professional relationship in the lead up to, during, and following the trial. Gilbert revealed that the gloves did not fit because, on his advice, Simpson stopped taking his arthritis medicine, which made his hands swell. Gilbert's book also details Simpson confessing to the killings. Gilbert describes how Simpson, having smoked

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, taken a sleeping pill, and while drinking beer, confided to him at his Brentwood home weeks after his trial what happened the night of the murders. Simpson said, "If she hadn't opened that door with a knife in her hand... she'd still be alive." This, Gilbert said, confirmed his belief that Simpson had confessed. Mike Gilbert was also alleged to be the source of some of the memorabilia items that Simpson tried to recover from two memorabilia dealers at the Palace Station Hotel Casino in

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. O. J. Simpson was later convicted of all charges and sentenced to serve 9 to 33 years in a Nevada State prison.O.J. suit sought by Goldmans may be fake
/ref> Gilbert was featured in

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's 2016 documentary, '' O.J.: Made in America'', in which he expresses his friendship and working relationship with Simpson, and the role he played in the murder trial. Gilbert expresses his disgust at Simpson's behavior in Miami, as well as his remorse in helping Simpson get away with the murders, of which Gilbert claims he now believes Simpson was guilty and does not regret at all.

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