Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Heart Attack Stopped Simpson's Trial

A heart attack scare halted the kickoff of O.J. Simpson's trial Monday when a star witness clutched his chest while testifying how the Juice kidnapped and robbed him.Prosecution witness Bruce Fromong portrayed Simpson as an angry thug who barged into his hotel room with a gun-packing posse. According to NYPost Fromong, a Vegas-based sports memorabilia dealer with a history of heart attacks, called for medical help while under a barrage of questions from Simpson's attorney.

His testimony was suddenly halted as emergency medical technicians rushed to the courtroom to bring Fromong's blood pressure under control. "He has 50% heart capacity," said Fromong's lawyer Louis Schneider. "While he was on the stand, he started to feel heated." Earlier in the day, it was Simpson who was feeling the heat as a prosecutor laid out the evidence that could send the NFL Hall of Famer to prison for life.