Simpson Accuser Now 'On O.J.'s Side'

by merrie | September 16, 2007 at 01:45 am

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LAS VEGAS (AP) - A sports memorabilia collector who accused O.J. Simpson
of armed robbery said Saturday that he was "on O.J.'s side" and wants
the case dropped. "I want this thing to go away. I have health
problems," said Alfred Beardsley, the collector who told police Simpson
and several other men stormed a Las Vegas
hotel room. Beardsley, of Burbank, Calif., told The Associated Press he
is not interested in pursuing the case. I have no desire to fly back
and forth to Las Vegas to testify," he said. Beardsley said Friday that
Simpson had called him to apologize.

Beardsley said he called police only because the items were valuable and if he had not reported them as stolen he would be "held accountable for all the stuff." Beardsley said Friday that Simpson had called him to apologize.

Lt. Clint Nichols said later Saturday that Beardsley had not formally withdrawn his complaint and that another collector in the room, Bruce Fromong, had not indicated that he wants to drop the complaint.

Earlier, Las Vegas police said they were questioning one of the three or four men who were thought to have accompanied Simpson to the hotel room. No arrests had been made and police were still trying to determine what took place before Simpson left the room with memorabilia he says was stolen from him, Nichols said. Police think a weapon was involved and want to review hotel surveillance tapes.