Attorney Robert Kardashian and O.J. Simpson were reported to have had a shouting match following the recent report in WorldNetDaily charging that Kardashian paid a hit man to kill Nicole Brown Simpson, according to a source close to both.
Apparently Kardashian blamed Simpson for the information being made public, and Kardashian is now reported to be “very spooked,” according to the source in a recent interview.
The information leaked to WorldNetDaily also alleged that the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office had covered up the evidence that a conspiracy had taken place, and, in spite of the recent publicity, that office is still not moving forward with the investigation. The Los Angeles Police Department robbery homicide division has opened a file and assigned two detectives to conduct an interview with the man behind the latest allegations, William Wasz. Wasz is serving time in Calapatria State Prison for robbery. No interview has yet been conducted.
Evidence that a conspiracy took place, and that William Wasz was hired by Kardashian to kill Nicole Brown Simpson has apparently been held without action in the Dstrict Atorney’s Office, according to information provided to WorldNetDaily April 22 by an individual upset that the investigation has taken so long.
An attorney proffer from Lawrence M. Longo to deputy district attorney Curtis A. Hazell gave details of the alleged conspiracy, and offered evidence to Hazell, who had agreed to interview Wasz two months ago.
“I don’t trust the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office to properly investigate this information,” said the source who provided the letter. “They’ve known about this for too long without doing anything. It’s time for the truth, whatever it is, to come out,” said the source who provided a copy of the letter.”
Longo said in the attorney proffer to Hazell: “It is my understanding based upon my
conversation with you that you might be interested in information my client could provide in regards to a solicitation to commit murder of Nicole Brown Simpson by Robert Kardashian.”
Longo says he has solid evidence to support the claims made in his proffer to Hazell,
although he could not provide details because of attorney-client privilege. The story of Wasz came out very early after the murder of Simpson, but he was discredited by both the defense and the prosecution, according to Joseph Bosco, crime journalist and author. After the trial was over, Bosco says he learned that there were facts to support Wasz and he brought this to the attention of Longo.
The attorney proffer gave Hazell some of the details of the alleged attempt to pay Wasz
to kill Simpson: “In the fall of 1993, Bill Wasz came into contact with Paula Barbieri, Robert Kardashian and O.J. Simpson. The contact with these individuals was made at the Roxbury in West Hollywood.
“Just before the New Year, Robert Kardashian met with Wasz in his home in Encino and
offered him an assignment. The purpose was to follow Nicole and take pictures of her with any man whom she might meet with romantically. The surveillance of Nicole took place on January 6th and 7th, 1994. This information was documented in a Notebook- the notebook is currently in the custody of the LAPD. The three phone numbers in the book belong to O.J., Kardashian and Barbieri.
“On about January 14 Bill Wasz met Robert Kardashian again in his Encino home. At this meeting Kardashian offered Wasz $ 15,000 if he would kill Nicole with a 25 caliber bullet to the head.
Wasz says Kardashian also told him to steal Paula Barbieri’s car and use it during the murder. The murder was to take place at the Rockingham and not at Nicole Simpson’s
home on Gretna Green.
On Jan. 24, at approximately 10am, Wasz says Kardashian called him at his room at the Saharan Motel on Sunset Blvd. In Hollywood, Wasz says Kardashian told him to steal Barbieri’s car from a parking garage in Beverly Hills between 3 and 4 p.m. while she was having her hair done.
“After Wasz stole Barbieri’s car he drove to a mall in West Valley where he met
Kardashian,” Longo’s letter charges. “While at the mall Wasz took an envelope containing $7,500, which was to be partial payment for the killing.”
Longo has since stated that he is fearful an attempt may be made to kill Wasz in prison, a
fear Bosco has also expressed. Wasz was convicted of robbery. Bosco was instrumental in bringing the Wasz story to the attention of Longo and the two have been working for a year to bring about an investigation. Both were extremely upset when the cover-up was made public.
“Normally, a leak like that would destroy everything,” explained Bosco in a recent
interview. Now he believes the publicity may help to protect Wasz and motivate Hazell to action. Now that he has learned that the LAPD has two detectives assigned to interview Wasz, Bosco believes there is some hope that something will happen soon.
The story of Wasz being hired to kill Simpson is not just one man’s word against another, says Bosco.
“There’s a great deal of corroborative evidence,” he says. “That’s the one thing people do not realize. There are witnesses and there is documented evidence.” He declined to elaborate.
In spite of his optimism that Wasz is closer to an interview now than he was three weeks
ago, Bosco says the district attorney and the investigators “are completely dragging their feet.”
There have been numerous reports of discontent within the district attorney’s
office, and many complaints ranging from inept work to intentional cover-ups. Longo himself once worked there and continues to be one of DA Gil Garcetti’s biggest critics.
Sources claim that Garcetti would only look at evidence that would help prove domestic
violence and murder in the O.J. Simpson case. All other evidence and witnesses were ignored.
“My biggest fear is keeping Wasz alive,” explained Bosco. “He’s a little bit protected,
because he’s always been under special status because everyone’s always known who he was. He is in a special unit that is only high-profile criminals.”
Longo agrees. Asked if Wasz is in danger, Longo said, “You bet your a– he is.” He says he
will now push hard to have Wasz interviewed by Hazell as quickly as possible. “That’s my
main objective. I’m going to push that to happen before my client gets killed,” said Longo.
Asked about any deals made with Wasz for his information, Longo said, “He’s not getting
anything out of this. That’s one of the main reasons I was willing to take this case,” said
Longo.
“If he was in the main yard he would be dead within two hours,” said the attorney. “If all of a sudden this story dried up, or if there were an administrative error, he’d be dead. There’s been a contract on him for not just this, but something he did prior. Five times in his career he helped law enforcement put away bad people.
People who hurt people,” said Bosco of Wasz. Bosco has visited him twice a month for a
year. He says Wasz never asked for special favors or a single payment for the information he has provided to law enforcement. “He has a fascinating moral compass,” explained Bosco.
Apparently there has been a contract on the life of Wasz prior to his involvement with
the Simpson case as a result of turning in people in the white supremacist movement, according to Bosco. Asked if Wasz planned to fulfill the contract to kill Simpson, Bosco claims he was only intending to steal the money he was paid by Kardashian and that he was not planning to actually carry out the assignment.
“He’s never hurt anyone, and he takes pride in that. He’s a crook, not a
murderer,” said Bosco.
Kardashian and Hazell have not returned calls.
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