O.J. Simpson’s niece is shopping a book proposal in which she says the ex-athlete’s mother exclaimed, “He did it!” after learning of Nicole Brown Simpson’s slaying.
Terry Baker also says she was present when Simpson “invented his alibi and rehearsed it with” house guest Brian “Kato” Kaelin, according to the five-page proposal obtained by the Daily News.
Baker, the daughter of Simpson’s oldest sister, Shirley, lived with her mother in the gridiron great’s mansion during his criminal and civil trials.
While she publicly supported her uncle, she says she harbored doubts about his innocence in the June 12, 1994, slayings of Nicole and her friend, Ronald Goldman.
The book, titled “I’m Not Dancing Anymore,” is being shopped by the Los Angeles-based Renaissance literary agency.
Among the revelations Baker–the first family member to publicly turn against O.J.–cites in the proposal:
– Many family members doubted his innocence. “In an unguarded moment soon after the murder of Nicole, my grandmother, Eunice Simpson, exclaimed in my presence, `He did it!’ “
– At a jailhouse visit, Baker watched as Simpson’s then-girlfriend exposed herself to him.
– Simpson resented his family and “pushed us into the remote corners of his life. . . . We were too black, too ordinary for him.”
It is unclear whether any publishers intend to buy the book proposal.
Agent Lucinanne Goldberg, who handled ex-cop Mark Fuhrman’s best seller, said she had lined up a deal with Walt Disney’s Hyperion Press. But a Disney spokesman denied there is a deal.
Meanwhile, The News has learned that Shirley Baker is using a charity for the poor she founded in 1995 to raise money for her mansion-dwelling brother.
In the name of her charity, Baker, 54, has sent out invitations for a $1,000-a-couple dinner at Simpson’s estate on April 26.
The invitation reads: “Proceeds from this benefit will be donated to assist Mr. Simpson with the care of his two minor children.”
The invitation also asks that checks be made payable to Baker’s charity, Crime Victim Advocacy Support Group Inc.
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When Baker formed the charity in 1995, she said it would aid the families of people accused of crimes, especially the poor–not her or her brother.
Neither Simpson nor Baker returned calls for comment.
Simpson was acquitted in a criminal trial, but a civil jury slapped him with a $33.5 million wrongful death judgment in February.
Thus far, sheriff’s deputies have searched Simpson’s Brentwood, Calif., home and confiscated golf clubs, footballs, helmets, trophies, jerseys and other memorabilia to be auctioned off to help satisfy the judgment.
The nearly $500,000 of inventory of Simpson’s possessions was culled from insurance records by the plaintiffs who won the verdict.