LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AP) -- A witness who fell ill during the first day of testimony in the O.J. Simpson armed robbery trial returned to the stand Tuesday morning and was cross-examined about four words important to the case: "put the gun down."
Memorabilia dealer Bruce Fromong testified that he heard someone say those words during a hotel-room confrontation over items Simpson says were stolen from him.
Simpson says he didn't know that any of the men who entered the room with him were armed.
Fromong became lightheaded Monday during a pointed cross-examination in which he acknowledged that he never mentioned hearing the words "put the gun down" to police last September or at a preliminary hearing in November.
Paramedics examined Fromong, one of two memorabilia dealers Simpson is accused of robbing, but left without taking him to a hospital. The 54-year-old has had four heart attacks in the past year and is "medically fragile," his attorney says.
"It was a long day; I might not have had enough water," Fromong said as he returned to court Tuesday.
He apologized in court. "No problem. No problem," Clark County District Court Judge Jackie Glass responded.
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Simpson, 61, and co-defendant Clarence "C.J." Stewart, 54, have pleaded not guilty to 12 charges, including kidnapping, armed robbery, coercion and assault with a deadly weapon. Simpson says he went to the hotel room to retrieve items from Fromong and another dealer, Alfred Beardsley, that actually belonged to him.
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Memorabilia dealer Bruce Fromong testified that he heard someone say those words during a hotel-room confrontation over items Simpson says were stolen from him.
Simpson says he didn't know that any of the men who entered the room with him were armed.
Fromong became lightheaded Monday during a pointed cross-examination in which he acknowledged that he never mentioned hearing the words "put the gun down" to police last September or at a preliminary hearing in November.
Paramedics examined Fromong, one of two memorabilia dealers Simpson is accused of robbing, but left without taking him to a hospital. The 54-year-old has had four heart attacks in the past year and is "medically fragile," his attorney says.
"It was a long day; I might not have had enough water," Fromong said as he returned to court Tuesday.
He apologized in court. "No problem. No problem," Clark County District Court Judge Jackie Glass responded.
Simpson, 61, and co-defendant Clarence "C.J." Stewart, 54, have pleaded not guilty to 12 charges, including kidnapping, armed robbery, coercion and assault with a deadly weapon. Simpson says he went to the hotel room to retrieve items from Fromong and another dealer, Alfred Beardsley, that actually belonged to him.
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