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CaseNo: OSVS110874, CourtCode: SU, CourtName: SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Plaintiff: OJ SIMPSON, State: CA California, UniqueCaseRef: LCD>OSVS110874, Simpson, Schiller, Confidentiality, Kardashian, Preliminary Injunction, Agreement, Defense Team, Miniseries, Tro, Client, Support, Privilege, Gross, Memorandum, Parte, Disclosure, Manuscript, Duties, California, Fiduciary Duties, Esq, Representations, Interviews, Complaint, Review, Television, Prohibiting, Client Information, Production, Principle, Publication, First Amendment, Robert Kardashian, Presently Unknown, Co-authoring, Review Prior, Publishing, Obligations, Dissemination , ContentID: 120243702

Case Documents
1   COMPLAINT
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 110186
39 pages
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2 2000-08-15 SIMPSON-BRIEF
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 110188
21 pages
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3 2000-08-15 PLAINTIFF-MEMORANDUM
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 110187
18 pages
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Total Documents: 3 documents , 78 pages
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1 . COMPLAINT

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
SCHILLER
KARDASHIAN
CONFIDENTIALITY
DEFENDANTS
DEFENSE TEAM
MEMBERS
AGREEMENT
MINISERIES
ATTORNEYS
PRIVILEGE
MANUSCRIPT
ESQ
COMPLAINT
REVIEW
TELEVISION
REPRESENTATIONS
CLIENT INFORMATION
CALIFORNIA
ROBERT KARDASHIAN
FIDUCIARY DUTIES
PRESENTLY UNKNOWN
PRODUCTION
INTERVIEWS
PUBLICATION
CO-AUTHORING
REVIEW PRIOR
PUBLISHING
OBLIGATIONS
DISSEMINATION
Terry Gross (103878)
Adam C. Belsky (147800)
GROSS & BELSKY LLP
One Maritime Plaza, Suite 1040
San Francisco, California 94111
Telephone: (415) 544-0200
 Attorneys for Plaintiff
ORENTHAL JAMES SIMPSON
         SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
                        IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
                               UNLIMITED JURISDICTION







                                           1

                                       COMPLAINT



ORENTHAL JAMES SIMPSON,                                                                          
                                                                            )
                                  Plaintiff,                                                     
                                                                            )                    
                                                                                                 
                       v.                                                   )                      
                                                                                                   
                                                                            )                    
LAWRENCE SCHILLER, ROBERT                                                                        
KARDASHIAN, PROJECT 95                                                      )                      
PRODUCTIONS, INC., and DOES 1-40,                                                                
                                                                            )                      
                                  Defendants.                                                    
                                                                            )                    
                                                                                                   
                                                                            )                      
                                                                                                   
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                                                                            )                    
                                                                             )  )  )  )  )  )



           Plaintiff ORENTHAL JAMES SIMPSON ("Simpson") hereby files this Complaint
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  • 544-0200 Attorneys for Plaintiff
  • ORENTHAL JAMES SIMPSON SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
  • Plaintiff ORENTHAL JAMES SIMPSON hereby files this Complaint against defendants LAWRENCE
  • relationship, and of promises of confidentiality, by an attorney and a writer who value the
  • imminently published to millions via a television miniseries.
  • members of his criminal defense team that they were co-authoring an "as-told-to" book about
  • and that they would submit any manuscript to Simpson for review.
  • Kardashian requested that Simpson ask members of his criminal defense team to be interviewed
  • client information, and removed Kardashian's name as author.
  • confidentiality, by beginning production of a television miniseries based on this same
  • Various others, presently unknown to plaintiff, participated as coconspirators with defendant
  • trial, Schiller assisted Simpson's defense team on a number of matters, such as obtaining
  • Schiller worked together on Kardashian's book, so long as Kardashian adhered to his
  • privilege as to any communications between Simpson and Kardashian.
  • I am sure you appreciate that your professional and fiduciary duties to me survive the end of
  • I do expect you to communicate my concerns and your professional and legal obligations to me
  • complied with his obligations under this agreement.
  • to dissemination for his review and removal of confidential and privileged information.
  • Kardashian also made representations to members of Simpson's defense
  • manuscript would be submitted to Simpson for review prior to dissemination,
  • House, Schiller's and Kardashian's publisher, and to Schiller's attorney, informing them that
  • entered into an oral agreement with Alan Dershowitz, Esq.

  • 2 . SIMPSON-BRIEF

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    CONFIDENTIALITY
    PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
    ATTORNEYS
    COURT
    TRO
    DEFENDANTS
    CLIENT
    SUPPORT
    AGREEMENT
    MEMORANDUM
    PARTE
    DISCLOSURE
    GROSS
    SCHILLER
    DUTIES
    KARDASHIAN
    PRIVILEGE
    MINISERIES
    DEFENSE TEAM
    PLAINTIFF
    CALIFORNIA
    PRINCIPLE
    FIDUCIARY DUTIES
    PROHIBITING
    MANUSCRIPT
    FIRST AMENDMENT
    SUPERIOR COURT
    INTERVIEWS
    PUBLICATION
    
    Terry Gross (103878)
    Adam C. Belsky (147800)
    GROSS & BELSKY LLP
    One Maritime Plaza, Suite 1040
    San Francisco, California 94111
    Telephone: (415) 544-0200
     Attorneys for Plaintiff
    ORENTHAL JAMES SIMPSON
    
                             SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
                                IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
                                           UNLIMITED JURISDICTION
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
             PLAINTIFF'S MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR TRO AND RE PRELIMINARY
    
    
    
    ORENTHAL JAMES SIMPSON,                                                     )          Case No.
                                                                                )
                             Plaintiff,                                         )          MEMORANDUM
                                                                                )          AND
                                                                                )          SUPPORT OF
                  v.                                                            )          EX PARTE
                                                                                )          FOR TEMPORARY
                                                                                )          RESTRAINING
    LAWRENCE SCHILLER, ROBERT                                                   )          ORDER TO
    KARDASHIAN, PROJECT 95                                                      )          RE
    PRODUCTIONS, INC., and DOES 1-40,                                           )          INJUNCTION
                                                                                )
                             Defendants.                                        )
                                                                                )          Date:  
                                                                                )          Time:  8:30
                                                                                           Dept.:  85/86
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
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  • GROSS & BELSKY LLP
  • 544-0200 Attorneys for Plaintiff
  • ORENTHAL JAMES SIMPSON
  • SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
  • PLAINTIFF'S MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR TRO AND RE PRELIMINARY
  • It is a bedrock principle of American jurisprudence that clients may speak to their attorneys
  • duties of loyalty and confidentiality to his client.
  • It is also a basic principle of American law to enforce agreements prohibiting the disclosure
  • an author, Lawrence Schiller, who saw the opportunity of a bestseller beckoning.
  • to insinuate Schiller into Simpson's confidence and for Kardashian to make surreptitious tape
  • recordings and notes about confidential client information,
  • any manuscript to Simpson to ensure that it contained no privileged or confidential
  • Both breached their fiduciary duties and confidentiality agreements, first by writing a book,
  • A TRO and preliminary injunction enjoining defendants from any further actions to participate
  • There is no First Amendment prohibition against an injunction to prevent
  • that he utilized Kardashian to gain access to defense team members.
  • confidential all interviews arranged by Simpson, and giving Simpson the right to change or
  • granted an explicit waiver by Simpson of his privilege as to any communications between
  • for review, and never, until the impending publication of the book, stated anything otherwise.
  • Schiller entered into an oral agreement with Simpson, by promising to submit any manuscript

  • 3 . PLAINTIFF-MEMORANDUM

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    CONFIDENTIALITY
    PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
    ATTORNEYS
    DEFENDANTS
    TRO
    CLIENT
    AGREEMENT
    GROSS
    SUPPORT
    MEMORANDUM
    PARTE
    DISCLOSURE
    DUTIES
    SCHILLER
    KARDASHIAN
    PRIVILEGE
    PLAINTIFF
    DEFENSE TEAM
    MINISERIES
    PROHIBITING
    MANUSCRIPT
    FIDUCIARY DUTIES
    FIRST AMENDMENT
    PRODUCTION
    PRINCIPLE
    INTERVIEWS
    REPRESENTATIONS
    SAN FRANCISCO
    CALIFORNIA
    
     1 Terry Gross (103878)
           Adam C. Belsky (147800)
     2 GROSS & BELSKY LLP
           One Maritime Plaza, Suite 1040
     3 San Francisco, California 94111
           Telephone: (415) 544-0200
     4 Attorneys for Plaintiff
     5 ORENTHAL JAMES SIMPSON
    
     6
    
     7
    
     8                                SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
    
     9                                     IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
    
    10                                                    UNLIMITED JURISDICTION
    
    11 ORENTHAL JAMES SIMPSON,                                             ) Case No. __________
                                                                           )
    12                                     Plaintiff,                      ) MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND
                                                                           ) AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT OF
    13                                                                     ) PLAINTIFF'S EX PARTE
                                v.                                         ) FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING
    14                                                                     ) ORDER AND ORDER TO SHOW
                                                                           ) RE PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
    15 LAWRENCE SCHILLER, ROBERT                                           )
           KARDASHIAN, PROJECT 95                                          )
    16 PRODUCTIONS, INC., and DOES 1-40,   ) Date:  August 15, 2000
                                                                           ) Time: 8:30 a.m.
    17                                     Defendants.                     ) Dept.: 85/86
                                                                           )
    18                                                                      )
    
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  • Attorneys for Plaintiff
  • ORENTHAL JAMES SIMPSON
  • PLAINTIFF'S MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR TRO AND RE PRELIMINARY
  • and that the work of their attorneys shall similarly be protected from disclosure.
  • This principle obviously applies equally for all criminal defendants, popular or unpopular,
  • confidentiality to his client.
  • They conspired to insinuate Schiller into Simpson's
  • 10 confidence and for Kardashian to make surreptitious tape recordings and notes about
  • Both made fraudulent representations that they were co12 authoring a book and that they would
  • Both breached their fiduciary duties and confidentiality
  • 15 just in production, based almost entirely on improperly obtained information purported to
  • 18 in or transfer rights associated with the miniseries is essential to preserve Simpson's
  • 21 information obtained in violation of confidentiality agreements or in breach of fiduciary
  • 18 of interviews with key witness Mark Fuhrman; assisting Simpson during the trial in writing
  • City & County of San Francisco v. Superior Court, 37 Cal.
  • 14 privilege, "o maintain inviolate the confidence, and at every peril to himself or herself
  • 19 The State Bar of California recently determined that Kardashian violated Bus.
  • Schiller breached this agreement, by refusing to submit the manuscript
  • an injunction prohibiting a more widespread dissemination.
  • 11 rejected a First Amendment challenge to an injunction requiring a CIA agent to submit
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