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DirecTV accuses O.J. Simpson of pirating its satellite signals
MIAMI — Satellite television network DirecTV has accused former football star O.J. Simpson of using illegal electronic devices to pirate its broadcast signals.
The El Segundo, Calif.-based company wants Simpson to pay at least $20,000 for the alleged use of the equipment and attorneys' fees, according to the lawsuit filed Wednesday at federal court in Miami.
Federal agents removed satellite television equipment from Simpson's house in the Miami neighborhood of Kendall during a search Dec. 4, 2001. DirecTV alleges in the lawsuit that the agents removed two pirate access devices known as "bootloaders."
The raid occurred as the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration and Miami-Dade County police were investigating Simpson and others in an alleged Ecstasy and satellite-theft ring. Simpson was never charged.
The devices were being used for the unauthorized decryption of DirecTV signals, the lawsuit said. The company claims Simpson bought, made or distributed the devices and other equipment to steal the broadcasts.
Simpson attorney Yale Galanter denied the lawsuit's allegations.
"O.J. Simpson has never owned any pirating equipment, pirating cards, illegal cards," Galanter said. "He's been a loyal, paying customer of DirecTV for years." (Things to do today: 1. Get rid of wife 2. Pay Satellite TV bill 3. Go Golfing)
DirecTV spokesman Bob Mercer had no further immediate comment on Simpson's case but said the company has filed more than 22,000 signal piracy lawsuits since 2002.
"Signal piracy is a problem for the entire pay-TV industry," he said.
Simpson moved to Florida after he was acquitted of murder charges in the 1994 stabbing deaths of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. A civil jury in 1997 held Simpson liable for the killings and ordered him to pay the victims' survivors $33.5 million.
He has not worked since then because any money he makes could be seized to satisfy that judgment, which remains largely unpaid.
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Yes, I Know
- Jul 2003
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4. Search for his wife's killer.Originally Posted by Roundabout
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5:Search for wife's killer on golf course.
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6: Produce Hertz commericals, job is to yell 'cut' with horizontal hand motion
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There is a reason why God gave us one mouth and two ears!!! -
Wonder if he'll get Johnny Cochran to defend him again?
"If the signal ain't split, you must acquit!"Don't sweat the petty things, just pet the sweaty things. -
Master of Time & Space
- Feb 2004
- Denver, CO United States
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Man, what's the matter with that guy? Does he think he can get away with murder or something?
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He didOriginally Posted by Capmaster
Live Life 2 The Fullest, Live The Life U Luv & Luv The Life U Live! -
Master of Time & Space
- Feb 2004
- Denver, CO United States
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I know. That's the reason for my wording.Originally Posted by Jah_RankinHe didOriginally Posted by Capmaster 
I forgot to put a smiley at the end of the sentence I guess ... 
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yawn ---
"Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems." - Rene Descartes (1596-1650) -
But poor old marge, liza bart and maggie will starve or have to live off food stamps!!
Corned beef is now made to a higher standard than at any time in history.
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Killing your wife is oh ok but stealing DTV your ass is finished LOL This is not the first time he has been cought steal satellite signal. From what i remember he said he bought this stuff in Canada or another state where its legal I think this was about three or four years ago.
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Who cares?
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Apparently you did because you read it! Quit being a bully.Originally Posted by Tommyknocker
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Originally Posted by CapmasterI know. That's the reason for my wording.Originally Posted by Jah_RankinHe didOriginally Posted by Capmaster I forgot to put a smiley at the end of the sentence I guess ...
I got it, it was a great line, made all the more funnier without the 'HEY LOOK I'M MAKING A JOKE BUT NEED YOU MORONS TO UNDERSTAND IT'S A JOKE, RIGHT, GET-IT, A JOKE, A JOKE' emoticon at the end.
Some of us here appreciate the more subtle jokes, don't give up
Willtgpo, my real dad, told me to make a maximum of 5,806 posts on vcdhelp.com in one lifetime. So I have. -
Master of Time & Space
- Feb 2004
- Denver, CO United States
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Originally Posted by Will HayOriginally Posted by CapmasterI know. That's the reason for my wording.Originally Posted by Jah_RankinHe didOriginally Posted by Capmaster I forgot to put a smiley at the end of the sentence I guess ...
I got it, it was a great line, made all the more funnier without the 'HEY LOOK I'M MAKING A JOKE BUT NEED YOU MORONS TO UNDERSTAND IT'S A JOKE, RIGHT, GET-IT, A JOKE, A JOKE' emoticon at the end.
Some of us here appreciate the more subtle jokes, don't give up
Will
Thanks. I won't
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i thought it was pretty funny also ... i really chuckled , which is rare
"Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems." - Rene Descartes (1596-1650) -
The Mossad.
Now taking charity bids on OJ Simpson.
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Oh really? If it's so funny, how come Nicle Simpson and Ron Goldman aren't laughing?Originally Posted by BJ_MHello.
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Maybe they are??? Who are you to say they aren't? Why are you still trolling?Originally Posted by Tommyknocker
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they might be in a far happier place -- who to say ...
"Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems." - Rene Descartes (1596-1650) -
Amen.Originally Posted by BJ_M
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Originally Posted by Tommyknocker
Oh, for goodness sake...
...lighten up you miserable old git.
There's far worse on this forum, and you don't seem to bleat at those.
Willtgpo, my real dad, told me to make a maximum of 5,806 posts on vcdhelp.com in one lifetime. So I have.
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