📂 Tuesday, July 18, 1995 — Day 117
◀ Criminal Trial
📅 Tuesday, July 18, 1995 36 proceedings 3873 utterances
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Day 117 — Tuesday, July 18, 1995

Huizenga Hedges Under Kelberg; Defense Pushes Police Misconduct Narrative
Judge Lance A. Ito • Criminal Trial • 36 proceedings • 3873 utterances
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The defense continued an aggressive two-day cross-examination of Dr. Huizenga, OJ Simpson's personal physician, with prosecutor Kelberg using exercise videos and medical records to undermine the arthritis defense and pressure Huizenga on whether Simpson was physically capable of committing the murders—an exchange so stressful that Huizenga admitted losing sleep over his answers. The defense then called new witnesses including barber Juanita Moore (establishing timeline details), LAPD Officer Thompson (detailing Simpson's arrest and preferential treatment), and tow truck driver John Meraz (testifying he saw no blood in the Bronco despite it being processed at the police print shed). The day was marked by heated sidebars over scope of cross-examination and discovery violations, culminating in a motion hearing to exclude defense blood spatter expert MacDonell. Judge Ito admitted a videotape of Simpson joking about blaming a wife on exercising, made three weeks before the murders.

  • Judge Ito admitted videotape showing Simpson joking about blaming wife hitting on working out, recorded three weeks before murders
  • Dr. Huizenga admitted losing sleep overnight over his testimony on Simpson's physical capability to commit murders
  • Kelberg spent two days cross-examining Huizenga using exercise videos to undermine arthritis defense claims
  • Officer Thompson testified Simpson received extraordinary treatment during arrest: no handcuffs, no partition in transport vehicle, unusual leniency
  • Tow truck driver Meraz testified he observed no blood in Bronco and no fingerprint powder despite vehicle coming from print shed
  • Multiple heated sidebars erupted over scope of cross-examination and reciprocal discovery violations
Day 117 • 36 proceedings • 3873 utterances
Criminal Trial
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