No steak for O.J.

[Bob Slydell]

O.J. Simpson thrown out of local steakhouse on eve of Kentucky Derby
Eds: UPDATES with comment from Simpson's attorney.
AP Photo NY137
By BETH CAMPBELL
ashociated Press Writer
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The owner of an upscale steakhouse in Louisville said he asked O.J. Simpson to leave his restaurant the night before the Kentucky Derby because he is sickened by the attention Simpson still attracts.
“I didn't want to serve him because of my convictions of what he's done to those families,” Jeff Ruby said in a telephone interview Tuesday. “The way he continues to torture the lives of those families ... with his behavior, attitude and conduct.”
Simpson, an NFL Hall of Famer and Heisman Trophy winner, was found innocent in 1995 of killing his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ron Goldman but was found liable in a civil trial that followed.
Ruby — who owns restaurants in Cincinnati, Louisville and Belterra, Ind. — said Simpson, who was in town for the Derby on Saturday, came in with a group of about 12 Friday night and was seated at a table in the back. A customer came up to Ruby and was “giddy” about seeing Simpson, Ruby said.
“I didn't want that experience in my restaurant,” Ruby said, later adding that seeing Simpson get so much attention “makes me sick to my stomach.”
He said he went to Simpson's table and said, “I'm not serving you.” Ruby said when Simpson didn't respond, he repeated himself and left the room.
Ruby said Simpson soon came up to him and said he understood and would gather the rest of his party to leave.
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.
“He screwed with the wrong guy, he really did,” Galanter said by telephone Tuesday night.
Ruby said the incident had to do with Simpson's past.
“It was the first time since 1994 he has ever shown any clash,” Ruby said. “He showed it that night in the restaurant” by leaving quietly.
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.

Not sure is this is a D-B, but this guy in Louisville wouldn't let O.J. eat at his restaurant Derby Eve.

This surely will not end well for the guy, we know what happens to restaurant people that get in the Juice's way.

 

[dooley_womack1]

But did he still get the BJ?

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Welcome to Depositionland, Mr. Restaurant Guy.

 

[ballscribe]

Geez, the lawyer played the race card.
That's original.
Like that was the only possibly reason someone would object to OJ's presence. Groan.

 

[Bob Slydell]

“He screwed with the wrong guy, he really did." Ridiculous quote of the year nominee. I laughed out loud when I read that.

This guy should represent Paris Hilton.

 

[dooley_womack1]

If the T-bone fits, you mustn't acquit.

 

[Moondoggy]

If memory serves (which Ruby didn't), I think Ruby is very tight with Pete Rose. I guess that proves that Ruby's threshold for stomach-sickness is high.

 

[ScottyDan]

Dooley:
That's one of the best freakin' lines I've seen on this board in a long time!

 

[jgmacg]

Maitre 'ds everywhere agree: We're happy to seat OJ - if only he'd stop trying to bring in his own steak knife.

 

[Bob Slydell]

If memory serves (which Ruby didn't), I think Ruby is very tight with Pete Rose. I guess that proves that Ruby's threshold for stomach-sickness is high.

Pete Rose may be a sleaze, but he didn't kill anyone. Jeez. Maybe Ruby won big on the Reds with Rose's "advice."

 

[The Big Ragu]

If the T-bone fits, you mustn't acquit.

You made me laugh, Dooley.

 

[Trouser_Buddah]

Simpson, an NFL Hall of Famer and Heisman Trophy winner, was found innocent in 1995 of killing his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ron Goldman but was found liable in a civil trial that followed.

Hmmmmm.....I don't remember him being found innocent.