👤 Rosa Lopez
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witness 36 appearances
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Rosa Lopez

🗣️ witness
Housekeeper for O.J. Simpson's neighbor
36 proceeding appearances across 1 trial • First appearance: February 24, 1995
Courtroom still of Rosa Lopez.
💬 From the record:
Rosa Lopez, a housekeeper for O.J. Simpson's neighbor and a defense alibi witness, testified that she saw Simpson's white Bronco at the Rockingham property from approximately 8:15 PM through at least 10:00 PM on June 12, 1994, and that she heard Simpson around 9:45 PM and 11:00 PM. The court considered conditionally preserving her testimony after she said media harassment was prompting her to leave for El Salvador, and it later addressed a motion concerning a material-witness bond. On cross-examination, Christopher Darden challenged her credibility through prior statements, memory lapses, timing and identification discrepancies, questions about her English proficiency and defense contacts, and allegations of coaching and financial motives; on redirect, Johnnie Cochran attributed inconsistencies to cultural misunderstandings. The proceedings also included a discovery dispute over the defense's untimely disclosure of an investigator's recorded interview with Lopez, after which the court granted a continuance and ordered the defense to pay her hotel costs.
Criminal Trial 36 appearances
Rosa Lopez • 36 appearances
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