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Exhibit 2219 photographs showing O.J. Simpson with trainer Richard Walsh in dark sweat clothing during the May 1994 exercise-video shoot. Leslie Gardner identified a black zip-front cotton-fleece jacket and Reebok sweat pants and confirmed that the jacket had no white piping or striping along its zipper. During closing argument, counsel displayed photographs from the shoot and used them to impeach Simpson's testimony.
Photograph identified as Exhibit 2220 showing O.J. Simpson, with Richard Walsh in one identification, wearing dark Reebok sweat pants outside Simpson's house on May 27, 1994 during the video shoot; another source describes Simpson as wearing a white shirt and dark pants.
Raw taping sessions of the Playboy Entertainment Group exercise video featuring O.J. Simpson, filmed approximately May 24–27, 1994, roughly two and a half weeks before the murders. The footage—approximately 40 minutes of introduction takes plus one hour of exercise takes—shows Simpson performing aerobics, boxing, push-ups, golf swings, trunk twists, and basketball, and includes his unscripted comment about working out with one's wife. Introduced by the prosecution to rebut the defense's rheumatoid arthritis claim and to challenge Dr. Huizenga's testimony about Simpson's physical limitations.
The finished commercial travel-workout video featuring O.J. Simpson, distinguished from the production's raw outtakes and introduced as Defendant's 1255. It included simulated-airplane and office segments with sedentary exercises and a statement about drinking water on flights. Richard Walsh confirmed that he wrote the exercises, while Dr. Reichardt was reportedly paid $5,000 for a travel-health script on jet lag, hydration, and related subjects that was reduced from 50 pages to five.
Photograph identified as Plaintiffs' Exhibit 2226 showing O.J. Simpson during video filming in a black zip-front sweat jacket with a blue-colored shirt. Leslie Gardner described the jacket as having been purchased at Bullocks Men's Store.
Videotape of O.J. Simpson speaking at a Juice Plus motivational convention in Dallas on March 31, 1994, discussing rheumatoid arthritis symptoms and recovery and saying that he no longer needed pain medication. People's 522 was introduced and played during cross-examination of Dr. Robert Huizenga to challenge his account of Simpson's disability.
Photograph identified as Exhibit 770 showing O.J. Simpson in his trophy room on the third day of filming, wearing black cotton-fleece sweat pants. It was introduced over an authentication objection during a bench conference.
Cashmere and cotton sweat-suit tops and bottoms provided by wardrobe consultant Leslie Gardner for the exercise video. Simpson denied receiving a cotton top and said that he kept only a cashmere top. During closing argument, counsel asserted that the black cotton-fleece zip-front top and pants worn in the video had never been returned to Gardner.
Additional references (4)
Brief references from transcripts that don't warrant an individual page. Each has a single source or is mentioned only in passing.
- Black D&K cashmere sweat suit — Black D&K cashmere sweat suit discussed to distinguish it from cotton sweat clothing. Leslie Gardner described it as the wrong size, returned to New York, and never worn in the video.
- Juice Plus pills at Simpson residence — Juice Plus pills observed at the Simpson residence and discussed during Josephine Guarin's testimony.
- Port-a-Gym Exercise-Device Prototype — Prototype exercise device called the “port-a-gym” or “the exerciser,” manufactured in February 1994 for a planned Playboy video venture with OJ Simpson.
- Videotape of Simpson's Movement — Videotape showing Simpson's movement, referenced to support findings that he stumbled and had difficulty rising from the ground.