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SIMPSON ACCOMPLICE PLEADS GUILTY TURNS STATES EVIDENCE AGAINST "THE JUICE"

(October 15th, 2007 1:15PM PST)

BY ERIC LONGABARDI

SIMPSON ACCOMPLICE PLEADS GUILTY TURNS STATES EVIDENCE AGAINST "THE JUICE"

The case against OJ Simpson in the Las Vegas armed robbery just got a lot more interesting. One of the five men, Charles H. Cashmore, charged with accompanying Simpson into a Palace Station hotel room and participating in the alleged robbery, pleaded guilty this morning (Monday 10/15) to a lesser charge in exchange for testimony against Simpson and the others involved in the case. Cashmore is expected to sentenced later this month.

Simpson and the five other men are charged with various offenses related to what local law enforcement is saying was armed robbery of memorabilia collectors Alfred Beardsley and Bruce Fromong last month.

Simpson and the other defendants, all of whom have been released on bail, are scheduled to return to Las Vegas later to face the charges themselves. Simpson's preliminary hearing is scheduled for Nov. 8th according to the court hearing schedule reviewed by ERS News.

Cashmore plead guilty to a lesser charged related to the robbery in exchange for his testimony that the only two men with weapons in the room were Simpson's friends. Cashmore claims he was not armed and had no idea the other men were, until he saw the weapons pulled inside the room in the course of the incident.

Cashmore, who has lived in the Las Vegas off and on for a nearly 15 years, is originally from Montana, where his father is an attorney. Cashmore has lived in Billings and Bozeman Montana, Louisiana, and overseas in Costa Rica according to published reports.