O.J. Publicity Stunt?

OJ Simpson was recently accused of breaking into a Las Vegas hotel room and robbing memorabilia collectors at gunpoint, demanding personal items that were stolen from him. He was supposedly accompanied by 3 or 4 other men. Now all of a sudden one of OJ's accusers says he is on OJ's side and wants to drop the charges. Doesn't the timing of this event seem a little coincidental? And if you look at the end of the article there is actually a mention of the just-released book, "If I Did It," the pseudo-hypothetical-confessional book written by OJ Simpson, with proceeds now supposedly going to the Goldman family. There is even a link to Amazon.com in the article where you can buy the book!

Now, I'm musing over the possibility of this whole thing being a publicity stunt simply because it worked on ME! I had actually forgotten all about this OJ "confessional" when it was stopped from being published the first time around. But I was just perusing the web, innocently looking for football news and I saw a link to this article. Then I clicked the link to Amazon.com and then I, yes, bought the book! Hahahahhaa! Only in America, folks, only in America.

This book interests me from a football history as well as a psychological, criminal profiling perspective. I just finished reading Tony Dungy's book, "Quiet Strength," a great, inspirational autobiography written by a classy guy and from a Christian perspective, so this OJ thing is kind of like exploring the polar opposite, maybe.