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How I Helped O.J. Get Away with Murder: The Shocking Inside Story of Violence, Loyalty, Regret, and Remorse | 
 enlarge | Author: Mike Gilbert
Creator: Mel Foster
Publisher: Tantor Media
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  25 reviews
Format: Audiobook, Cd
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Library ed.
Number Of Items: 6
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 6 x 1
ISBN: 1400137594
Dewey Decimal Number: 364.15230979494
EAN: 9781400137596
ASIN: 1400137594
Publication Date: June 24, 2008
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Product Description
You don't know the full truth about O. J. Simpson and the murders that gripped a nation. But Mike Gilbert does, and after nearly two decades of being O. J. Simpson's sports agent, business adviser, and trusted confidant, Gilbert is breaking his silence and telling the full story of the man he once idolized but now despises.
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Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? August 21, 2008
aside from it being patently offensive that one of o.j.'s cronies is making money off this (i bought a used copy), this is actually a fairly interesting look at the toll it takes being an apologist for an unrepentant murderer. mike gilbert is a pathetic soul, who stayed with o.j. because he could still make money by signing him up for autograph conventions, but he's finally realized that all the money in the world can't help you escape a guilty conscience.
 A wonderful Soul-Searching Book! August 8, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is, perhaps, the best book on OJ Simpson I have ever read (and I've read them all)! Mike Gilbert shares the raw emotions felt by OJ's inner circle...this is a very powerful account, as it reveals what it was like being there at Rockingham, and in the jail with OJ, knowing that he was guilty, but loving him more than justice itself...THANK YOU MIKE GILBERT....You are an AWESOME writer and an honest human being...you have certainly restored your integrity with this book. Although we know that OJ is guilty, you also leave us with a valuable lesson: Don't judge a man by the worse day of his life...
Best of luck to you always & I hope writing this book has now brought you peace.
Oh, one more thing, if Nicole is the one who came to the door with a knife, and OJ had only gone there to stalk or "scare" Nicole, why would he wear gloves? I can see the knit cap, maybe, but why would he wear gloves unless he had some intention to commit a crime?
I could not put this book down! July 19, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I began reading this book the minute I grabbed it out of the mailbox and simply could not stop reading until the very last page. And this is from a person who works a graveyard shift and really needed to be snoozing away before noon. Need I say more? Well, yes, I do...this book answered so many questions and presented a perspective that I had not previously considered. Buy this book; you will not regret it! It is an excellent read and very well written.
Insightful but no new evidence July 14, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I read the book last night. I was pretty skeptical going into it because I believed the main motivation had to be money even though the proceeds go to charity. Proceeds still means "after" expenses.
Some parts were really well told. Other parts read pretty dry "I said this, he said that, we went to this place". . . But overall I believed that he truly wanted to make ammends, better late than never. He makes no apologies for himself. He doesn't pretend he's completely changed. Scattered throughout he mentions autographed items and souvenirs like OJ's suit when he was acquitted, things he still has kept. I felt he was trying to authenticate them in the book so he could make more money off them later. He backed a murderer as long as he did for the the hope of a bigger payoff later on. But it didn't happen. They underestimated the public at large accepting his acquittal. OJ eventually used him up too.
I have to agree with the other reviewer that he tried to puff up his own importance as a player. I hardly think Shapiro, Bailey and Cochran were looking to him for their defense strategy. Still it feels honest.
I was surprised he praised Furhman as being the best cop on the case, the only one to find real evidence.
When he mentions the calls, the accusations and threats he still receives, he says his only response to them would be, "you're right."
So he could just be trying to make money off being on the other end of it now. Heck, probably is. But it's worth the read.
 True Confessions from Someone Peripherally Involved July 10, 2008
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
I have to admit having very mixed emotions while reading this book. On the one hand, the author seems sincere in his apology and his efforts to be rid of Simpson and his friends, yet at the same time, it has been fourteen long years that he has let elapse before his conscience managed to bubble to the surface. It really makes me wonder what took him so long to wake up.
The book is written in a casual style that can be expected for this type book and contains the details that would be expected to be known by a second tier player. (Although he tries to puff up his importance, I doubt he ever did amount to much more than second tier level.) That said, some questions are answered and this is another piece to the puzzle, but there are still a number of questions left. And, I doubt we will ever truly know the answers to the question.
A good book if you are curious, or a collector of the "entire set" of OJ murder books...otherwise I would recommend going to the library. You won't miss anything earth shattering by waiting.
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