Simpson trial resumes after witness treated for chest pains

The O.J. Simpson trial resumed shortly before 5 p.m., today, after witness Bruce Fromong was treated for chest pains.

Fromong's attorney Louis Schneider said his client did not require hospitalization and may be able to resume his testimony Tuesday. Fromong is medically fragile and has had four heart attacks since Simpson allegedly robbed him in a Palace Station hotel room in 2007.

Another witness is expected to be called to the stand as the trial continues into the evening.

Earlier this afternoon, an emotional Fromong broke down on the stand as he described how he was robbed his long-time friend and business partner.

"I wasn't scared. I was hurt," he said during the first day of testimony in Simpson's trial on armed robbery and kidnapping charges.

Fromong, of North Las Vegas, is a sports memorabilia dealer who worked closely with Simpson for many years.

This morning, county prosecutor Christopher Owens said Former Heisman Trophy winner O.J. Simpson may be a genial celebrity in public, but he has another face.

During opening statements in Simpson's kidnapping and armed robbery trial, Owens told the jury, "We’re going to spend the next few days finding which may be the true face of James Orenthal Simpson."

Simpson, 61, and Clarence "C.J." Stewart, 54, are on trial on kidnapping, armed robbery and other charges.

Authorities said Simpson and several other men went to Palace Station last year to take back about $100,000 worth of memorabilia. Several men accused of being accomplices have pleaded to lesser charges and are set to testify against Simpson.

Simpson, wearing a beige suit, shook his head as Owens gave opening statements.

Simpson’s trial is connected to the multimillion-dollar wrongful death judgment against him, Owens said.

Simpson and Stewart went to Palace Station on Sept. 13, 2007, to take back memorabilia that Simpson had given to friends for safe holding, he said.

Simpson had given the memorabilia to friends to hide it from the family of Ronald Goldman. Simpson was acquitted of killing Goldman and Simpson’s ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, during a trial in Los Angeles in the 1990s.

But a later civil trial found Simpson liable for Goldman’s death and awarded the Goldman family millions of dollars.

Owens said Simpson wanted to try and take back the memorabilia in Nevada to get around the civil judgment in California.

During opening statements, Simpson's attorney Yale Galanter said Simpson was only trying to recover possessions that belonged to him. Simpson told another man after the alleged robbery, "All I wanted is my stuff back," the attorney said.

Simpson and Stewart have pleaded not guilty to the charges.