📂 Tuesday, July 5, 1994 — Day 3
◀ Preliminary Trial
📅 Tuesday, July 5, 1994 9 proceedings 2334 utterances
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Day 3 — Tuesday, July 5, 1994

Park's Timeline Holds; Kaelin Describes Thumps at Rockingham
Judge Kathleen Kennedy-Powell • Preliminary Trial • 9 proceedings • 2334 utterances
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Day 3 centers on two crucial witness accounts of the night of the murders. Limousine driver Allan Park testifies he arrived at Simpson's Rockingham estate at 10:25 PM and observed a large black figure enter approximately 10:57 PM after Simpson answered the intercom claiming he had overslept. The defense attacks Park's credibility through prior inconsistent statements, but the prosecution rehabilitates him by revealing Shapiro secretly recorded a June 14 phone interview where Park provided matching timeline details. Houseguest Kato Kaelin then testifies to hearing three loud thumps against the guest house wall around 10:40-10:45 PM—a detail that corroborates the timeline.

  • Limousine driver Allan Park arrives at Rockingham at 10:25 PM, sees large black figure enter around 10:57 PM after Simpson claims he overslept
  • Defense cross-examination attacks Park's credibility over prior inconsistent statement about gender of the figure seen
  • Prosecution reveals Shapiro secretly recorded Park on June 14 without consent, with Park providing identical timeline to his court testimony
  • Houseguest Kato Kaelin testifies to three loud thumps against guest house wall at 10:40-10:45 PM that shook a picture off the wall
  • Judge restricts preliminary hearing evidence to glove, Bronco door handle blood, and driveway blood drops—excludes items seized under search warrant
  • Shapiro defers cross-examination of Park to after the suppression motion hearing
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