Former Football Star Must Pay DirecTV's Attorneys
POSTED: 5:54 pm EST November 2, 2005
UPDATED: 6:12 pm EST November 2, 2005
MIAMI -- A federal judge ordered former football star O.J. Simpson to pay more than $33,000 in attorneys' fees for DirecTV.
The order comes two months after Simpson was ordered to pay for pirating satellite television signals from the California-based company.
In a raid on Simpson's Miami home in 2001, federal agents seized illegal devices known as "bootloaders" that authorities said were used to steal television programming.
After granting a motion for summary judgment in a civil suit filed against Simpson, a federal judge in August ordered him to pay $25,000 in damages.
U.S. District Judge Theodore Klein ordered Simpson last week to pay $33,678.42 in attorneys' fees and costs.
"This is part of the continuing litigation process. Of course Mr. Simpson objects and fully intends to preserve his rights at the appellate level," Simpson's attorney, Yale Galanter said Wednesday.
Simpson moved to South Florida from California after he was acquitted of murder charges in the 1994 stabbing deaths of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman.
A civil jury in 1997 held Simpson liable for the killings and ordered him to pay the victims' survivors $33.5 million.
Much of that judgment remains unpaid.
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POSTED: 5:54 pm EST November 2, 2005
UPDATED: 6:12 pm EST November 2, 2005
MIAMI -- A federal judge ordered former football star O.J. Simpson to pay more than $33,000 in attorneys' fees for DirecTV.
The order comes two months after Simpson was ordered to pay for pirating satellite television signals from the California-based company.
In a raid on Simpson's Miami home in 2001, federal agents seized illegal devices known as "bootloaders" that authorities said were used to steal television programming.
After granting a motion for summary judgment in a civil suit filed against Simpson, a federal judge in August ordered him to pay $25,000 in damages.
U.S. District Judge Theodore Klein ordered Simpson last week to pay $33,678.42 in attorneys' fees and costs.
"This is part of the continuing litigation process. Of course Mr. Simpson objects and fully intends to preserve his rights at the appellate level," Simpson's attorney, Yale Galanter said Wednesday.
Simpson moved to South Florida from California after he was acquitted of murder charges in the 1994 stabbing deaths of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman.
A civil jury in 1997 held Simpson liable for the killings and ordered him to pay the victims' survivors $33.5 million.
Much of that judgment remains unpaid.
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