OJ - And missing girlfriend's dead cat

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SIMPSON: ‘DEAD CAT' CASE SMELLS FISHY TO ME By RICHARD JOHNSON

January 24, 2002 -- O.J. Simpson yesterday insisted his ex-girlfriend hasn't "disappeared" and said he has no idea what happened to the dead cat cops found decomposing in her apartment. "It just bothers me," the former football hero told The Post. "I'm accustomed to so much crap, but I don't know why I'm getting dragged into this."

Simpson, who was acquitted in a criminal trial of murdering his ex-wife Nicole, said Christie Prody, 27, isn't missing and hasn't disappeared.

"She's staying where she's been for most of the last six months, at a friend's house," O.J. said.

"I don't date her anymore. But we are still friends, as I am with all my ex-girlfriends. We know the same people and go to the same places. We do see each other quite often. I saw her last week, this week. I talked to her two days ago."

Police questioned O.J. after neighbors reported a "foul odor" coming from her Miami apartment, and cops found her dead cat. One cop said clothes were scattered on the floor with half-packed suitcases, making the place look "ransacked."

"I could walk into my son's bedroom right now and it looks ‘ransacked,' " Simpson said. "It's just she hasn't been staying at her apartment."

Simpson's phone was ringing off the hook yesterday as friends called to find out what was going on. "Lawrence Taylor was one of the first calls I got. He asks, ‘What about you and this cat?' " O.J. said.

As for the cat's death, "I've never seen the cat. But I've had animals all my life. Animals die."

Putting the situation into perspective, he said, "This is a story about a dead cat . . . Another friend of mine in L.A., her dog got hit by a car. So?"

-- Anonymous, January 24, 2002

Answers

Now he's killing cats?

-- Anonymous, January 24, 2002

Just staying in practice...

-- Anonymous, January 24, 2002

I saw this story several days ago and this girl hasn't shown up yet??? In the original story, the cops refused to take a missing person's report on the girl in spite of the dead cat and the messed up apartment.

-- Anonymous, January 24, 2002

Posted at 12:47 p.m. EST Wednesday, January 23, 2002

Herald Link

Simpson's ex-girlfriend isn't missing, police say

MIAMI -- (AP) -- O.J. Simpson's ex-girlfriend is not missing, and has been notified by her apartment manager that police found her cat dead in her home, police said Wednesday.

The apartment manager at The Towers, where Prody lives, told police he saw Prody after the cat was found by police and told her what happened.

She told the manager that she had been out of town for about a month, Miami-Dade Police spokesman Lupo Jimenez said. Police said the cat probably starved to death.

``There's no missing person,'' Jimenez said. ``Ms. Prody has been seen prior to and after the incident. O.J. is not involved. This is strictly an animal-abuse case.''

Prody was cited for one count of animal cruelty, a first-degree misdemeanor carrying a $500 fine, Miami-Dade Police spokeswoman Nelda Fonticiella said Tuesday. She said police believe the cat ``died of starvation,'' but was too decomposed for a necropsy.

Police found the cat inside Prody's apartment Saturday after a neighbor reported a foul odor and said she hadn't seen Prody in about a month.

Simpson, who lives in west Miami-Dade County, was questioned Sunday after officers at the scene referred the matter to a missing persons unit.

Yale Galanter, Simpson's attorney, said Simpson called Prody while he met with police and told them, ``She's OK. She's out and about.''

Officers posted the citation on Prody's door on Tuesday, she said.

Simpson was acquitted in 1995 in Los Angeles of murdering his ex-wife and her friend but was later found liable for their deaths in a lawsuit filed by their families.

In October, a Miami-Dade jury acquitted Simpson of burglary and battery charges stemming from a December, 2000, altercation with another motorist.

-- Anonymous, January 24, 2002


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