The cut on OJ’s finger didn’t happen during the murders. Several people who interacted with him at the airport and on the airplane ride to Chicago like the airport couriers and airplane pilot testified under oath during the trial that they didn’t see a cut or bandage on his finger. Tom Lange, one of the detectives who was part of the case, also said there was a broken glass with blood on it found in OJ’s hotel room at Chicago. Type in “OJ fact or fiction cut finger” on YouTube search for proof. Or here are some transcripts from the trial:
*THE COURT: Overruled. Ask him what happened next.
MR. COCHRAN: All right. Okay, your Honor, I will do that.
MR. COCHRAN: What happened next?
MR. VALERIE: He proceeded to read that, sipped on his water, and it was pretty uneventful really. I mean, we were just flying on a redeye flight. He again, because of my position--
MR. DARDEN: Object as nonresponsive, your Honor.
THE COURT: All right. Next question.
MR. COCHRAN: All right, certainly. Mr. Valerie, as you watched Mr. Simpson from this vantage point, did you have occasion to look at his face?
MR. VALERIE: I sure did.
MR. COCHRAN: Did you see any bruises or cuts or abrasions on his face at that point?
MR. VALERIE: None whatsoever.
MR. COCHRAN: Did you have occasion from this vantage point you have described for us to look at Mr. Simpson's hands?
MR. VALERIE: I did.
MR. COCHRAN: And what, if anything, did you see with regard to his hands?
MR. VALERIE: Umm, I viewed Mr. Simpson's hands at that time looking for championship ring. Given he is a famous professional player, that was the motivation for my looking at his hands. I didn't see anything unusual, no Band-Aids, no large abrasions or anything to that effect.
MR. COCHRAN: Did you see any cuts at all?
MR. VALERIE: I didn't see any.
MR. COCHRAN: Did you see any blood on his hands?
MR. VALERIE: No blood.
MR. COCHRAN: By the way, you said you were looking for a championship ring. Is that like a Superbowl ring?
MR. VALERIE: Yes.
MR. COCHRAN: Something of that nature? Did you see one at that time?
MR. VALERIE: No, I did not.
MR. COCHRAN: All right. And so you had a pretty clear unobstructed view of Mr. Simpson as you were looking and making these observations; is that correct?
MR. VALERIE: That's correct. His left hand would have been the hand I saw closest and best view of.
MR. COCHRAN: NOW, THAT NIGHT, YOU WERE -- YOU SAW MR. SIMPSON FOR AT LEAST THE PERIOD 10:55 OR THEREABOUTS UNTIL YOU DROPPED HIM OFF AT THE OR LEFT HIM AT THE AIRPORT THERE AT ABOUT 11:35; ISN'T THAT CORRECT?
MR. PARK: YES.
MR. COCHRAN: ALL RIGHT. AND THEN AS I UNDERSTAND IT, YOU LEFT HIM WITH THE SKYCAP OR LEFT HIM CHECKING HIS LUGGAGE AND THEN YOU WENT ON AND WENT BACK HOME; ISN'T THAT CORRECT?
MR. PARK: YES.
MR. COCHRAN:ALL RIGHT. NOW, DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME, YOU HAD OCCASION, DID YOU NOT, TO SEE MR. SIMPSON'S HANDS, DIDN'T YOU?
MR. PARK: YES.
MR. COCHRAN: IN FACT, YOU DESCRIBED FOR US THAT AT ONE POINT, YOU SHOOK HIS HAND, HIS RIGHT HAND; IS THAT CORRECT?
MR. PARK: YES.
MR. COCHRAN: ALL RIGHT. AND YOU SAW HIM, I THINK YOU'VE DESCRIBED FOR US, COMING DOWN THE STAIRS CARRYING SOME BAGS WITH HIS HANDS; ISN'T THAT CORRECT?
MR. PARK: YES.
MR. COCHRAN: AND DID YOU EVER SEE ANY BAND AIDS ON HIS LEFT HAND, ON HIS LEFT KNUCKLE, MIDDLE FINGER HERE (INDICATING)?
MR. PARK: NO.
MR. COCHRAN: ALL RIGHT. YOU DIDN'T SEE ANY CUTS ON HIS HANDS THAT EVENING, DID YOU?
MR. PARK: NO.
MR. COCHRAN: AND YOU DIDN'T SEE MR. SIMPSON BLEEDING THAT EVENING, DID YOU?
MR. MERRILL: After that, I wrote down my cellular number and my home phone number on my business card, handed it to Mr. Simpson. We both talked about how we were hoping that the weather would become nicer and walked him to the elevator, shook hands and discussed about getting back together later that morning.
MR. DOUGLAS: Did you see Mr. Simpson anymore that day after he got into the elevator?
MR. MERRILL: No, I did not.
MR. DOUGLAS: Now, you had a chance to see Mr. Simpson when he first came off of the airplane?
MR. MERRILL: Yes.
MR. DOUGLAS: You had a chance to see him for the time while you waited for the bags to come?
MR. MERRILL: Yes.
MR. DOUGLAS: About how much time did it take for the bags to come did you say?
MR. MERRILL: Approximately 10 minutes.
MR. DOUGLAS: You had a chance to see Mr. Simpson while you and he were inside your car traveling to his hotel?
MR. MERRILL: Yes.
MR. DOUGLAS: You had a chance to see Mr. Simpson while he interacted with--
MS. CLARK: Objection. This is all leading, your Honor.
THE COURT: Sustained.
MR. DOUGLAS: Did you have a chance to see Mr. Simpson as he interacted with the guests at the hotel?
MR. MERRILL: Yes, I did.
MR. DOUGLAS: During the entire time that you interacted with Mr. Simpson that morning, did you notice anything unusual about his hands?
MR. MERRILL: No, I did not.
MR. DOUGLAS: Did you notice any cuts on the middle finger of his left hand?
MR. MERRILL: No.
MR. DOUGLAS: I'm going to show you a photograph that is People's exhibit 123, and you can look on the monitor to your right.
MS. CLARK: Objection.
THE COURT: I'm sorry. I didn't hear you.
MS. CLARK: Objection, your Honor. Sorry. Objection.
THE COURT: What's the objection?
MS. CLARK: This photograph is irrelevant for the time frame posed.
THE COURT: Which exhibit is this?
MR. DOUGLAS: 123, your Honor.
MS. CLARK: Photograph taken June 13th in the afternoon.
THE COURT: Overruled.
MR. MERRILL: There's no picture.
THE COURT: Mr. Douglas. Mr. Merrill.
MR. DOUGLAS: Looking at the picture that is exhibit 123 shown on the monitor there, do you see what appears to be some sort of mark on Mr. Simpson's finger?
MR. MERRILL: Yes.
MR. DOUGLAS: During the time that you saw Mr. Simpson when he came off of the airplane and baggage claim and in the car and in the hotel, did you have occasion to see such a mark on his finger?
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*THE COURT: Overruled. Ask him what happened next.
MR. COCHRAN: All right. Okay, your Honor, I will do that.
MR. COCHRAN: What happened next?
MR. VALERIE: He proceeded to read that, sipped on his water, and it was pretty uneventful really. I mean, we were just flying on a redeye flight. He again, because of my position--
MR. DARDEN: Object as nonresponsive, your Honor.
THE COURT: All right. Next question.
MR. COCHRAN: All right, certainly. Mr. Valerie, as you watched Mr. Simpson from this vantage point, did you have occasion to look at his face?
MR. VALERIE: I sure did.
MR. COCHRAN: Did you see any bruises or cuts or abrasions on his face at that point?
MR. VALERIE: None whatsoever.
MR. COCHRAN: Did you have occasion from this vantage point you have described for us to look at Mr. Simpson's hands?
MR. VALERIE: I did.
MR. COCHRAN: And what, if anything, did you see with regard to his hands?
MR. VALERIE: Umm, I viewed Mr. Simpson's hands at that time looking for championship ring. Given he is a famous professional player, that was the motivation for my looking at his hands. I didn't see anything unusual, no Band-Aids, no large abrasions or anything to that effect.
MR. COCHRAN: Did you see any cuts at all?
MR. VALERIE: I didn't see any.
MR. COCHRAN: Did you see any blood on his hands?
MR. VALERIE: No blood.
MR. COCHRAN: By the way, you said you were looking for a championship ring. Is that like a Superbowl ring?
MR. VALERIE: Yes.
MR. COCHRAN: Something of that nature? Did you see one at that time?
MR. VALERIE: No, I did not.
MR. COCHRAN: All right. And so you had a pretty clear unobstructed view of Mr. Simpson as you were looking and making these observations; is that correct?
MR. VALERIE: That's correct. His left hand would have been the hand I saw closest and best view of.
MR. PARK: YES.
MR. COCHRAN: ALL RIGHT. AND THEN AS I UNDERSTAND IT, YOU LEFT HIM WITH THE SKYCAP OR LEFT HIM CHECKING HIS LUGGAGE AND THEN YOU WENT ON AND WENT BACK HOME; ISN'T THAT CORRECT?
MR. PARK: YES.
MR. COCHRAN:ALL RIGHT. NOW, DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME, YOU HAD OCCASION, DID YOU NOT, TO SEE MR. SIMPSON'S HANDS, DIDN'T YOU?
MR. PARK: YES.
MR. COCHRAN: IN FACT, YOU DESCRIBED FOR US THAT AT ONE POINT, YOU SHOOK HIS HAND, HIS RIGHT HAND; IS THAT CORRECT?
MR. PARK: YES.
MR. COCHRAN: ALL RIGHT. AND YOU SAW HIM, I THINK YOU'VE DESCRIBED FOR US, COMING DOWN THE STAIRS CARRYING SOME BAGS WITH HIS HANDS; ISN'T THAT CORRECT?
MR. PARK: YES.
MR. COCHRAN: AND DID YOU EVER SEE ANY BAND AIDS ON HIS LEFT HAND, ON HIS LEFT KNUCKLE, MIDDLE FINGER HERE (INDICATING)?
MR. PARK: NO.
MR. COCHRAN: ALL RIGHT. YOU DIDN'T SEE ANY CUTS ON HIS HANDS THAT EVENING, DID YOU?
MR. PARK: NO.
MR. COCHRAN: AND YOU DIDN'T SEE MR. SIMPSON BLEEDING THAT EVENING, DID YOU?
MR. PARK: NO.
MR. MERRILL: After that, I wrote down my cellular number and my home phone number on my business card, handed it to Mr. Simpson. We both talked about how we were hoping that the weather would become nicer and walked him to the elevator, shook hands and discussed about getting back together later that morning.
MR. DOUGLAS: Did you see Mr. Simpson anymore that day after he got into the elevator?
MR. MERRILL: No, I did not.
MR. DOUGLAS: Now, you had a chance to see Mr. Simpson when he first came off of the airplane?
MR. MERRILL: Yes.
MR. DOUGLAS: You had a chance to see him for the time while you waited for the bags to come?
MR. MERRILL: Yes.
MR. DOUGLAS: About how much time did it take for the bags to come did you say?
MR. MERRILL: Approximately 10 minutes.
MR. DOUGLAS: You had a chance to see Mr. Simpson while you and he were inside your car traveling to his hotel?
MR. MERRILL: Yes.
MR. DOUGLAS: You had a chance to see Mr. Simpson while he interacted with--
MS. CLARK: Objection. This is all leading, your Honor.
THE COURT: Sustained.
MR. DOUGLAS: Did you have a chance to see Mr. Simpson as he interacted with the guests at the hotel?
MR. MERRILL: Yes, I did.
MR. DOUGLAS: During the entire time that you interacted with Mr. Simpson that morning, did you notice anything unusual about his hands?
MR. MERRILL: No, I did not.
MR. DOUGLAS: Did you notice any cuts on the middle finger of his left hand?
MR. MERRILL: No.
MR. DOUGLAS: I'm going to show you a photograph that is People's exhibit 123, and you can look on the monitor to your right.
MS. CLARK: Objection.
THE COURT: I'm sorry. I didn't hear you.
MS. CLARK: Objection, your Honor. Sorry. Objection.
THE COURT: What's the objection?
MS. CLARK: This photograph is irrelevant for the time frame posed.
THE COURT: Which exhibit is this?
MR. DOUGLAS: 123, your Honor.
MS. CLARK: Photograph taken June 13th in the afternoon.
THE COURT: Overruled.
MR. MERRILL: There's no picture.
THE COURT: Mr. Douglas. Mr. Merrill.
MR. DOUGLAS: Looking at the picture that is exhibit 123 shown on the monitor there, do you see what appears to be some sort of mark on Mr. Simpson's finger?
MR. MERRILL: Yes.
MR. DOUGLAS: During the time that you saw Mr. Simpson when he came off of the airplane and baggage claim and in the car and in the hotel, did you have occasion to see such a mark on his finger?
MR. MERRILL: No.