Every celebrity imaginable was in Louisville for the Kentucky Derby, including tabloid fodder O.J. Simpson.
Simpson and a group of around 12 people entered an upscale steakhouse and the owner of the restaurant, Jeff Ruby, came over to tell him “I’m not serving you.” Ruby repeated himself and left the room.
Ruby said, “I didn’t want to serve him because of my convictions of what he’s done to those families.”
The restaurateur is referring to the 1995 slayings of the Hall of Famers ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. Simpson was acquitted on those charges, but was found liable in a following civil trial.
“I didn’t want that experience in my restaurant,” Ruby said, adding later that seeing Simpson get so much attention “makes sick to my stomach.”
Simpson's attorney, Yale Galanter, said the incident was about race, and he intended to pursue the matter and possibly go after the restaurant's liquor license.
Ruby said after Simpson left, people in the restaurant started applauding him. He said he has received about 100 positive e-mails since the incident.
The walls of Ruby's restaurants are decorated with celebrity photos. A photo of Simpson and Ruby used to be on display, but Ruby said he took it down after the killings.
Posted By: Jimmy Jones
Friday, May 11th 2007 at 7:10PM
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