LAPD: O.J. Simpson Found Knife Story Could Be ‘Bogus’ from the ‘Get-go’

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REPORTER: "Can you give us your reaction — allegations — your reaction [ inaudible ] What many would describe the biggest murder in all of L.A. History, what’s your reaction —?
NEIMAN: "Well, I was really surprised. I would think that an LAPD officer, if this story is accurate, as we are being told, would know that anytime you are — you come into contact with evidence, that you should and shall submit that to investigators. So I don’t know what the circumstances are, why that didn’t happen, or if that’s entirely accurate, or if this whole story is possible bogus from the get-go, involving a variety of people. So we are looking into that. But I was quite shocked. 
REPORTER: [indecipherable]
NEIMAN: "So in terms of charges, the officer is retired. So in terms of administrative charges with the department, we’ll look into that, but at this point, I don’t believe there are any administrative charges that could be filed, because he’s no longer an employee of the department. In terms of criminal allegations, robbery/homicide and our investigators will look into if there are any potentiality of criminal charges related to this."
REPORTER: 'The condition it’s in, how long the knife is, if you’ve encountered anything on it?"
NEIMAN: "I don’t have that information and the investigators be ask that we not be very descriptive about the knife. So they haven’t actually told me so I don’t accidentally tell you. And for obvious reasons, we need to one, first of all, determine is this evidence and if it’s not evidence, how do we prove one way or another that it’s not? And the only way we can do that is by being able to challenge the people involved as to what the — where it was recovered, how long where it was alleged to have been, et cetera."