O.J. Simpson's Murder Trial Suit Donated to Smithsonian, Rejected

by Amy Judd | March 2, 2010 at 01:58 pm

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O.J. Simpson's suit that he he wore when the 'not guilty' verdict was read out in the case of the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman was donated to the Smithsonian according to RadarOnline, but the famous institution has rejected the suit.

The museum's directors and curators issued a one line statement simply stating that they would not accept the suit for display.

"There were many considerations, but we really just felt like it wasn't appropriate and did not fit with our collection," said museum spokeswoman Valeska Hilbig.

The suit, white shirt and tie was scheduled to be donated to the Smithsonian after Judge Joseph Biderman ruled that decision on Monday.

David Cook (lawyer for Goldman's father Fred), Ronald Slates (lawyer for Simpson) and Mike Gilbert (Simpson's former manager) agreed that the items will be donated as a gift to the Smithsonian or another institution if the Smithsonian declines the gift. The gift/donation will be made "In memory of Ronald Lyle Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson."

Mike Gilbert had 30 days to hand over the items of clothing to the Smithsonian and Judge Biderman said that O.J. Simpson also agreed to the donations of his suit, shirt and tie when he spoke to Ronald Slates from prison in Nevada.