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O.J. Simpson settled his defamation lawsuit against the owner of The Cosmopolitan hotel-casino in Las Vegas. Simpson, 73, claimed the employees defamed him when they reported to a celebrity news site in November 2017 that he was banned from the hotel-casino for being “drunk and disruptive.”
The settlement reached an agreement with the corporation owner, Nevada Property 1 LLC. Malcolm LaVergne, Simpson’s attorney, rejected to comment on the settled case. The defamation case’s terms were not made public. On March 31, the Clark County District Court filed for dismissal.
“The matter has been resolved,” LaVergne reported.
The hotel-casino attorneys claimed Simpson was not defamed due to his already tarnished reputation. The corporation’s attorneys were referencing his criminal trials over his ex-wife’s death in Los Angeles in 1994 and conviction for an armed robbery case in 2007.
In response, LaVergne defended that the hotel-casino employees demonstrated racial bias. Simpson reported that the hotel-casino told him he was banned without giving a reason. Simpson argues that he was not “belligerent,” nor did he damage the property.
Simpson was released from prison in July 2017 where he served nine years for armed robbery, kidnapping, and assault with a deadly weapon. Currently, Simpson is on parole in Nevada.
Attorneys from both parties have no further comment at this time.
