OJ Simpson is seeking “at least” $100 million from the Cosmopolitan Casino, claiming he was racially singled out among his friends.
Banned from the Las Vegas hotel on November 8th, OJ claims the casino’s staff “acted with malice and racial prejudice”
Simpson’s lawyer, Malcolm P. LaVergne, penned a letter to the Cosmopolitan listing their complaints. Their grievances include a disagreement of the hotel’s claims the night OJ was banned. The Cosmopolitan originally claimed OJ was drunk, rude toward hotel staff, and behaving disruptively.
Here are more details courtesy of ABC15.
LaVergne said a letter filed Dec. 29 that the Cosmopolitan casino and its staff, including STK Las Vegas and Clique Bar & Lounge, “acted with malice and racial prejudice.”
According to the letter, the Cosmopolitan fraudulently proclaimed that the casino banned Simpson for being drunk and disruptive at the Clique bar, including that he was angry at hotel staff and glasses were broken. In addition, LaVergne said the Cosmopolitan neglected to reverse its decision after casino surveillance footage showed staff made up the story and that staff portrayed Simpson in a false light to damage his parole. As part of his parole, he is limited in how much he can drink.
LaVergne wrote the Cosmopolitan “discriminately singled out Mr. Simpson amongst his non-African American friends and subsequently expelled him for what turned out to be a fake reason.”
Simpson’s attorney also said if the Cosmopolitan meets terms detailed in the letter, Simpson will likely not sue.
Flip the page for the legal documents sent by OJ’s attorney to the Cosmopolitan.