Simpson Consents To Interview He’s Also Negotiating Video, Infomercial To Show Innocence

O.J. Simpson has agreed to an unrestricted interview with CNN at an undetermined date - and is reportedly negotiating to proclaim his innocence in a multi-million dollar video and infomercial.

Greta Van Susteren, a lawyer who helped analyze Simpson’s murder case for CNN, said he promised the network an interview with no ground rules during a four-hour conversation with her last weekend.

Simpson backed out of a scheduled NBC-TV interview in October after his lawyers warned that anything he said could be used against him in pending civil suits.

The former football star was acquitted Oct. 3 in the slayings of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. Their families filed wrongful-death lawsuits, and trial is tentatively set for April.

Simpson never took the stand at his yearlong murder trial but may have to in the civil cases.

Van Susteren, who appears on the CNN legal program “Burden of Proof” said the network is “still working out the details” of the Simpson interview.

Simpson friend Leo Terrell, a civil rights attorney, said: “I talked to O.J. last night and he said he would do the interview at a later date. He wants to do an interview with her (Van Susteren). He likes her as a reporter.”

Robert C. Baker, Simpson’s lawyer for the civil cases, his personal lawyer LeRoy Taft and his defense attorneys Johnnie Cochran Jr. and Carl Douglas weren’t available for comment, their offices said Wednesday.

Simpson is also negotiating a deal for a two-hour, $29.95 video proclaiming his innocence, the Daily News in New York reported.

He would receive $3 million upon completion of the video and an infomercial to hawk it, and up to $10 million if the tape sells well, sources told the newspaper.