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Photos Put ‘Ugly’ Shoes On O.J.’S Feet Same Type Of Bruno Maglis That Simpson Denies Owning

New York Daily News

Jurors stared in amazement Monday at 30 newly discovered photos showing O.J. Simpson clad in distinctive shoes like those worn by the killer of his ex-wife and her pal.

A somber Simpson furiously took notes as stunned panelists intently examined the photos, snapped at a 1993 football game, showing the ex-athlete in the rare Bruno Maglis.

“It’s a total sandbag!” griped defense attorney Dan Leonard, after lawyers for the victims’ families sprung the latest evidence in Simpson’s wrongful-death civil trial.

The photos, taken at a Sept. 26, 1993, Buffalo Bills game that Simpson covered for NBC, could prove a big blow to the ex-gridiron great, who may return to the stand Thursday.

The pictures appear to back the authenticity of a previously revealed photo - taken the same day by photographer Harry Scull at Buffalo’s Rich Stadium - that was branded a fake by Simpson’s lawyers.

The new photos, in which Simpson is seen posing with members of a Bills fan club, also appear to refute his testimony that he never owned such “ugly-ass” shoes.

An FBI shoe print expert has testified that size 12 Bruno Maglis, with a rare sole, left bloody crime scene prints found after the June 12, 1994, slayings of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.

Confronted with the new pictures, Simpson photo expert Robert Groden initially stuck to his guns, saying there was a “90 percent probability” that the earlier photo of Simpson at the game was doctored.

But hammered by plaintiffs attorney Peter Gelblum, Groden conceded that if the new photos turned out to be legit, “it probably would affect my opinion” about the allegedly altered picture.

The new photos - tracked down by plaintiffs attorney John Quinlan Kelly - were taken by Buffalo photographer E.J. Flammer, 24, who found them in his files last month.