Steakhouse refuses to serve OJ Simpson

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http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/05/09/si....ap/index.html

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (AP) -- The owner of an upscale steakhouse said he asked O.J. Simpson to leave his restaurant the night before the Kentucky Derby because he is sickened by the attention Simpson still attracts.

"I didn't want to serve him because of my convictions of what he's done to those families," Jeff Ruby said in a telephone interview Tuesday.

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Simpson's attorney, Yale Galanter, said the incident was about race, and he intended to pursue the matter and possibly go after the restaurant's liquor license.

"He screwed with the wrong guy, he really did," Galanter said by telephone Tuesday night.

My thoughts:

1) KUDOS to the restaurant owner for refusing to serve Simpson, and he had every right to.

2) Is Simpson's lawyer serious about the incident being about race?! That is about the dumbest thing I have ever heard. Why does OJ play the race card every time something happens to him? News flash: people don't like you because you're a total scumbag (not to mention a murderer IMO), not because you're black.

Honestly, even if you don't believe that Simpson killed Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman, you have to agree that he's total trash for trying to cash in on it with that book he wrote.