Author: Simpson Admitted To Killing Ex-Wife While High On Drugs

Los Angeles, CA (AHN) -- A former O.J. Simpson confidant and memorabilia dealer has written a tell-all book that claims Simpson confessed to him about killing his ex-wife while high on marijuana. Mike Gilbert has penned "How I Helped O.J. Get Away With Murder: The Shocking Inside Story of Violence, Loyalty, Regret and Remorse." The 232-page book is due in stores on Monday. Gilbert claims in his book that in the weeks after Simpson was acquitted the two were together in Simpson's Brentwood home when the former NFL star was high after smoking pot, taking a sleeping pill and drinking beer. Gilbert said Simpson told him he went to his ex-wife's condominium on June 12, 1994. He said Simpson told him he didn't have a knife, but that Nicole Brown Simpson had a knife when she opened the door. He said Simpson told him, "If she hadn't opened that door with a knife in her hand...she'd still be alive." Gilbert wrote, "Nothing more needed to be said. O.J. had confessed to me. There's no doubt in my mind." Simpson was acquitted in the stabbing deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ronald Goldman. The murder weapon was never found. Gilbert also claims in his book that he told Simpson to quit taking his arthritis medicine while in jail so his hands would swell up and not fit the bloody glove in court. He offered no proof in the book, but the courtroom drama when the glove didn't fit was a key to Simpson's acquittal. Gilbert said he also continued to work for Simpson for almost 10 years after his confession, selling his memorabilia and hiding the profits and possessions so the Goldman family could not seize his assets. Simpson's lawyer, Yale Galanter, denied the claims and said Gilbert is a delusional drug addict who needs money and also is in trouble with the IRS. Galanter said he would not let Simpson comment directly because of his upcoming robbery trial in Las Vegas. Gilbert acknowledged IRS problems and a former drug problem. Said Gilbert, "I could take a drug test and pass it. I highly doubt that O.J. could." Gilbert, who refers to himself as "Judas" in the book, said he decided to write the book to clear his conscience and after dreams of seeing the ghosts of his death grandmother and Nicole Brown Simpson.