Charles Cale, a neighbor who has lived several hundred yards north of Simpson's house for 14 years, testified that he walked his dog between 9:30 and 9:45 PM on June 12, 1994, and saw no white Ford Bronco parked on the east side of Rockingham. He further testified that the next morning, while being driven to the airport around 7 AM, he observed the white Bronco parked north of the Rockingham gate — the same spot where it was later documented by police.
# 1 THE CLERK: Sir, if you step up behind the court reporter. Right there is fine.
Please raise your right hand to be sworn.
CHARLES CALE was called as a witness on behalf of the Plaintiffs, was duly sworn and testified as follows:
# 2 THE CLERK: You do solemnly swear that the testimony you may give in the cause now pending before this court shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
# 4 THE CLERK: Thank you. Please be seated.
And, sir, if you would please state and spell your name for the record.
# 5 CHARLES CALE: My name is Charles, C-h-a-r-l-e-s, Griffin, G-r-i-f-f-i-n, Cale, C-a-l-e.
# 6 THE CLERK: Thank you.
DIRECT EXAMINATION BY MR. GELBLUM:
# 7 Q: Morning, Mr. Cale.
Morning.
Are you here under subpoena, sir?
# 9 Q: Where do you live?
# 10 A: I live on North Rockingham Avenue.
# 11 Q: How far away from Mr. Simpson's house?
# 12 A: Several hundred yards.
# 13 Q: Do you know where Mr. Simpson lives?
# 15 Q: Which direction from Mr. Simpson's house?
# 16 A: I live north on Rockingham -- from the corner of Ashford and Rockingham.
# 17 Q: How long have you lived there?
# 18 A: Approximately 14 years.
# 19 Q: Since about 1982?
# 21 Q: What's your occupation, sir?
# 22 A: I'm a self-employed investor, private trustee, and corporate director.
# 23 Q: Okay.
And in your career, have you ever done any work with the Olympic movement?
# 24 A: Yes, sir, I have.
# 26 A: I was Group Vice President of Sports and responsible for sports in a number of other areas for the 1984 Olympic Games with the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. That was the 1982 to 1984 organization.
From 1985 through 1992, I was assistant to the president of the United States Olympic Committee and Assistant Chief of the United States Olympic team in South Korea in 1988.
# 29 Q: And have you been involved with any other sporting organizations?
# 30 MR. BAKER: Objection, relevance.
# 31 THE COURT: Overruled.
# 32 A: Yes, sir, I have.
# 34 A: I was a member of the board, co-chairman and CEO of the World Cup Organizing Committee for the Soccer World Cup, CEO and co-chairman for a year, little over a year, and member of the board for a total of about five years.
# 35 Q: That was the World Cup just held in the United States?
# 37 Q: You lived up the street from Mr.Simpson on June 12, 1994?
# 39 Q: Did you walk your dog that night?
# 42 A: Neighborhood of 9:30 to 9:45.
# 43 Q: How do you know it was that time?
# 44 A: Well, I was leaving for a trip early the next morning, it's a trip I regularly take, or not irregularly at least, and I was having to leave my house before 7 and get up at 6, and when I do that I pack the evening before and make sure that I get in bed by approximately 10 o'clock or shortly thereafter.
# 45 Q: That's a routine you have when you take this trip?
# 46 A: Yes, sir, it is.
And that evening I went out with the dog, after I packed, and before I turned in.
# 47 MR. GELBLUM: Steve, can you put up Exhibit 2067, please. (The instrument herein described as an aerial photograph of North Rockingham Avenue and Ashford Avenue was marked for identification as Plaintiffs' Exhibit 2067.)
# 48 Q: Do you recognize what's on the monitor?
# 49 A: Yes, sir. It's a little hard from this angle, but it --
# 50 Q: If you want to get up, you can go ahead and get up.
# 51 A: It's North Rockingham Avenue, and the street coming in from the right appears to be Ashford.
May I?
# 53 (Witness stepped down from the witness stand to view Exhibit 2067.) # 55 Q: It appears -- there should be a pointer on the stand up there.
Just show generally what direction you live.
Can you point out Mr. Simpson's house, first of all.
# 56 A: This -- I believe this is Ashford. It comes into Rockingham. This is North Rockingham. Mr. Simpson's property is at this corner, which would be the southeast corner of Rockingham and Ashford.
# 57 (Witness indicates.) # 59 A: I live in the northerly direction, yes, sir.
# 60 Q: Now, that night on June 12, did you walk south on Rockingham at all?
# 63 A: Yes, sir. At the conclusion of my walk, I believe I started up, perhaps, to the north, and then walked back down south, and then turned around and went back to my house.
# 64 Q: How far was the farthest point south you got on Rockingham?
# 65 A: To my best recollection, it's right in this area here.
# 67 A: Down in the area of the -- of the -- somewhere by the driveway, I remember the property there, or slightly south.
# 68 Q: It's the first driveway on the east side of Rockingham, north of Ashford?
# 70 Q: For the record, it's, I'd say, about halfway down from the top of the photograph to Ashford.
# 71 A: Yes, sir. I'd say, again, in this area here.
# 72 Q: Okay.
Did you have a clear view down south on Rockingham?
# 74 Q: Are there street lights?
# 75 A: There's some, yes, sir. There's one street light right here at the corner.
# 76 Q: You can take a seat.
# 78 Q: When you took your walk between 9:30 and 9:45, was there a car parked on the east side of Rockingham, between Ashford and the Rockingham driveway, from Mr. Simpson's property?
# 79 A: No, sir, there was not.
KEY QUOTE # 80 Q: Was there a car parked anywhere between -- if I can have the pointer, please.
# 81 (Witness hands pointer to counsel.) # 82 Q: Anywhere between Ashford, here on the north, and this driveway of Mr. Simpson's estate, here on the east side?
# 83 A: No, I don't believe there was a car anywhere on Rockingham, that I could see, down south.
# 84 Q: And you believe that was between 9:30 and 9:45 on June 12?
# 85 A: Yes, sir. I would say closer to 9:45.
KEY QUOTE # 86 Q: Did you see anybody walking out in that area, while you were out?
# 87 A: No, sir, I did not.
# 88 Q: Did you see the defendant, Mr. Simpson?
# 89 A: No, sir, I did not.
# 90 Q: Now, as of that night, June 12, 1994, you had lived up the street from Mr. Simpson for about 12 years; is that right?
# 92 Q: And during those 12 years, on the average, how many times did you drive down Rockingham, past Mr. Simpson's property, how frequently?
# 93 A: More than once a day I would pass that -- his property.
# 94 Q: Okay.
And in all that time, do you recall ever once having seen a white Ford Bronco parked on the east side of Rockingham, by Mr. Simpson's property?
# 95 A: No, sir, I did not.
# 96 MR. BAKER: Objection.
# 97 THE COURT: Overruled.
# 98 Q: (BY MR. GELBLUM) Now, did you ever see a white Ford Bronco parked on Ashford?
# 101 A: Not infrequently.
# 102 Q: Now, the next morning you said you had to catch a plane?
# 104 Q: What time did you leave your house?
# 105 A: Slightly before 7 in the morning.
# 106 Q: What route did you take?
# 107 A: We came out and went south on Rockingham, and we're going to turn left, normally we would turn -- turn left on -- on Ashford and go across to Cliffwood, but I -- we saw there was a -- a police car parked just east of the intersection, sort of between Rockingham and the gate on Ashford of Mr. Simpson's property, so I was -- I was being dropped off at the airport, and I said, let's turn, I don't know what that is, let's keep going south on Rockingham.
# 108 Q: And you proceeded past Mr. Simpson's property on Rockingham?
# 109 A: That is correct.
# 110 Q: Did you see a white Ford Bronco parked outside Mr. Simpson's house at the time?
# 111 A: Yes, sir, I did.
# 112 Q: Where was it parked?
# 113 A: It was parked north of the Rockingham gate, on the east side of Rockingham, pointed north.
KEY QUOTE # 114 Q: Can you point to approximately where you saw it?
# 115 (Witness indicates.) # 116 MR. GELBLUM: Can you see?
# 117 Q: Can you stand on the other side so the jury can see.
# 118 A: Excuse me.
It was here at the Rockingham gate, and it was right -- right in that area.
# 120 MR. GELBLUM: I have no further questions.