O.J. Simpson is suing a Las Vegas casino, alleging its staff defamed his name when employees told TMZ that he had been kicked out for being drunk and disruptive in November 2017. Simpson filed the lawsuit Thursday against Nevada Property 1 LLC, which owns the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
The complaint said the employees’ defamed Simpson by telling TMZ he was being belligerent in the casino’s Clique bar, breaking a glass and destroying property.
A security guard stated he was banned from the resort.
Simpson had been released on parole less than six weeks before the incident, and attorney Malcolm LaVergne stated his client was stung by criticism on he received on social media.
“Now we’ve got Twitter. We’ve got a lawsuit. We’ll see how things play out,” LaVergne said.
Simpson opened a Twitter account last June, with his first stating, “I got a little gettin’ even to do.”
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“The defamation complaint said a parole officer arrived unannounced at Simpson’s Las Vegas home following news reports of the Cosmopolitan incident and administered drug and alcohol tests.
Parole officials found that Simpson had not violated probation “and ultimately determined that the Cosmopolitan’s assertions against Simpson were false,” the complaint said.”
Simpson has been living in a gated golf course community after being freed from prison, after serving nine years for armed robbery and assault following a confrontation with two sports memorabilia dealers at a Las Vegas hotel in 2007.
