LOS ANGELES, JAN. 1 -- A new set of photographs showing O.J. Simpson wearing Bruno Magli shoes, the same brand of shoes experts say a killer wore, may be admitted as evidence in Simpson's wrongful death trial.
Sources for the plaintiffs and the defense in the civil trial said Tuesday there likely would be no legal way to stop the pictures from being introduced.
The newly revealed photos, which clearly show Simpson's shoes, were taken on the same day as the one being called a fake by Simpson's attorneys in the lawsuit brought by relatives of Simpson's ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ronald L. Goldman, but they were taken by a different photographer.
An FBI shoe expert identified Simpson's shoes in the trial photograph as Bruno Maglis -- the same model that left bloody prints near the bodies of Nicole Simpson and Goldman in June 1994. Simpson was acquitted of murder charges.
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Like the photo at issue in the civil trial, the new pictures of Simpson were taken on Sept. 26, 1993, at Rich Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., before a Buffalo Bills game against the Miami Dolphins, said Mark Cramer, the attorney for freelance photographer E.J. Flammer.
Cramer said that in Flammer's photos Simpson appears to be wearing the same clothing and shoes as he is in the trial-exhibit picture taken by another Buffalo photographer, Harry Scull.
"I would say that it corroborates Mr. Scull's picture. You can see the tops and the sides of Simpson's shoes," Cramer said.
Scull's attorney, Mike O'Connor of Buffalo, who also has seen Flammer's pictures, said the photos "completely shoot down any defense theory or claim that Harry's photograph was doctored."
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