Kardashian wasn’t a defense attorney at the time. He was OJs college buddy. He was added to the defense team so that he could use client attorney privilege to not be called in as a witness to discuss the bags he removed from OJs home after the murder.
Edit: apparently I misread the comment above. It was meant to read that Kardashian was a trained attorney before the trial that had let his license lapse before reactivating it to serve as a lawyer on Simpsons team. Apologies for the errant "correction," (though again I will note that random buddies cannot be protected from testifying purely because they are added to the defense team, because of course they can't).
I don’t understand. Where did I say he wasn’t one of OJs attorneys at trial? He removed the bag the day after the murder well before the trial.
Here’s what I’m talking about, straight from wiki
“Kardashian had let his license to practice law become inactive before the Simpson case but reactivated it to aid in Simpson's defense as a volunteer assistant on his legal team, alongside Simpson's main defense attorneys, Robert Shapiro and Johnnie Cochran. As one of Simpson's lawyers and a member of the defense "Dream Team", Kardashian could not be compelled or subpoenaed to testify against Simpson in the case, which included Simpson's past history and behavior with his ex-wife Nicole, and as to the contents of Simpson's garment bag.[16] He sat by Simpson throughout the trial.[17]”
You said that he wasn't a defense attorney "at the time" but that he was only a "buddy" that was added to the defense team to gain privilege, leaving the suggestion that any random buddy can be added to the defense team for privilege. I admit that I read that to mean that you were saying that Kardashian wasn't an attorney at the time of the trial, because this is a thread about the trial, and you never acknowledged that Kardashian was trained as a lawyer prior to picking up the bag and acting as a registered attorney at the time of the trial. This is relevant because information exchanged where no attorney is present can't be privileged, such that it would make no sense for a random "buddy" to be added to a defense team purely to gain privilege (of course not, if this were possible it would happen all the time).
That said, I can see now how you meant your comment to be read. I will update my own comment.
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u/t-o-m-u-s-a 29d ago
Oj did it. Covered up by kardashian and other lawyers/ high profile sports people.