Former NFL star, OJ Simpson is threatening to sue the Cosmopolitan
Hotel in Las Vegas for $100 million over an incident in November that
got him kicked out and banned from anywhere close to the establishment.
In November 2017, he was reportedly thrown out by securities of the
Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas, for allegedly getting hostile after he
got drunk at one of the bars.
Simpson who was released on parole from a Nevada prison on Oct. 1,
after serving nine years for a botched 2007 hotel-room heist in Las
Vegas, was subsequently banned from the Cosmopolitan Hotel.
In a letter to the Cosmopolitan, Simpson’s lawyer, Malcolm P.
LaVergne claims the Cosmopolitan staff “acted with malice and racial
prejudice” toward his client, who was reportedly kicked out of the
hotel’s Clique Bar Nov. 8 after allegedly getting drunk and disruptive,
FOX 5 Vegas reported.
According to the station, LaVergne argues that Simpson “peacefully
visited the Cosmopolitan property,” but contends the hotel created a
“false narrative” that Simpson “was drunk, became disruptive at the
Clique bar, was angry at hotel staff and glasses were broken at the
bar,” in a bid to negatively impact terms of his parole.
The letter states that hotel staff failed to revoke the ban against
Simpson despite police confirming via surveillance video that the
accusations against the former pro running back and NBC sportscaster
were false, the station reported.
LaVergne claims the hotel staff violated state and federal law, and
has requested the preservation of evidence relating to the case.
