from various conspiracy threads:
I'm not sure of the facts as presented above. There was Michael Nigg, a
waiter at the Mezzaluna who was driving a Mercedes was gunned down in
one of those LA robberies (like Ennis Cosby) where the person is gunned
down without anything being taken. That was in September 1995, so it
wasn't Simpson on that one. The question arises how Nigg could afford to
own a Mercedes. It's been a long time since I worked as a busboy, maybe
they tip a lot better these days, but owning a Mercedes is a little
curious.
Remember that Keith Zlomsowitch took off for Florida. He has been
described as the maitre 'd at the Mezzaluna, and also "Director of
Operations". He also held a similar position at the Aspen Mezzaluna.
https://blog.simplejustice.us/2011/01/13/the-flee-opens-old-wounds/
Recall, Aspen was where Nicole met Kato Kaelin and her lover Grant
Cramer.
There was John Debello, the manager who did the books and came in on
Sunday nights for a free meal, who supposedly had gotten into a fight
with Goldman over Nicole (KILLING TIME and an interview during the trial
with someone identified as "Jack," a PI with the Simpson case I'm
guessing was McKenna). Debello testified at the prelim and then
disappeared.
"A restaurant colleague's car was torched in 1994 in Corona Del Mar,
California." - KILLING TIME
"A second friend's life was threatened at his Aspen Colorado night club.
Both potential victims have disappeared..." -KILLING TIME
Brett Cantor, who has been described as Goldman's former employer,
former friend, and also as owning the club regularly attended by Ron,
Nicole, and Faye Resnick (The Dragonfly, in Hollywood) had his throat
slashed like the two Bundy victims on July 20, 1993, a year before the
murders.
Then there was OJ's organized crime friend, Casimir "Butch" Sucharski,
who was machinegunned along with two lady friends at his Miramar,
Florida, estate a week or so after OJ was behind bars. Sucharski had
visited OJ two weeks before the murders. -A PROBLEM OF EVIDENCE
www.murderpedia.org/male.I/i/ibar-pablo.htm
The Mezzaluna was known for being a cocaine distributing location in LA.
Joey "the Ip" Ippolito had been the biggest Hollywood cocaine
distributor before he went to jail prior to the murders (although he was
on the lam after escaping from a roadside workteam before the murders).
Al Cowlings had been a "driver" for Ippolito and had been at the Ip's
place when the cops raided it. AC testified on the Ip's behalf at a
grand jury in 1993.
Then there's the story about Samantha Hill who's suitcase contained the
addresses and phone numbers of AC and OJ, as well as ten to fifty pounds
of cocaine (depending on which press account you read).
We all saw the National Enquirer story on Denise Brown's acquaintance
with Tony "the Animal" Fiato, former mob "enforcer" and now in the
federal witness protection program.
Denise Brown Shuns `Tony The Animal' Questions
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/...012_1_fiato-denise-brown-nicole-brown-simpson
http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1995/M...ise-Brown/id-6e78e5ef0b554396975edd6722cebb39
http://www.cnn.com/US/OJ/daily/9-19/pm/index.html
Mob figures called to discredit detective
September 20, 1995
LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- O.J. Simpson's defense team called two mob figures to the stand Tuesday in an attempt to undermine the credibility of a lead detective in the case.
Defense attorneys summoned Craig Fiato, a.k.a. "Tony the Animal," and his brother Larry in an effort to show Los Angeles Police Detective Philip Vannatter lied when he told the jury Simpson was not an immediate suspect in the slaying of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
Judge Lance Ito banned audio and video taping of the testimony because the Fiato brothers had expressed concern for their safety.
On the witness stand, Larry Fiato indicated that Vannatter contradicted his trial testimony.
According to a transcript of his testimony, Fiato said the detective told him in January Simpson was a suspect. "Word for word, I don't know," Fiato said, "but it was something to the effect that he went over there as Mr. Simpson (was) a suspect."
When questioned by prosecutor Brian Kelberg, Fiato said, it was not a serious chat, and that they were laughing and joking.
Craig Fiato's testimony was more vague. He said Vannatter mentioned that the husband is always a suspect but did not make it clear he was speaking of Simpson.
Defense attorney Robert Shapiro questioned Vannatter about the conversation with Fiato.
"(D)id you tell Larry Fiato that ... that you went to Rockingham because O.J. was a suspect, the husband is always a suspect, on the 18th floor of the balcony while smoking a cigarette in February of this year?" Shapiro asked.
"I don't have a specific recollection of making that statement; I don't believe I did make that statement," Vannatter replied.
"Are you saying you didn't make that statement?"
"May I finish my answer, please? ... Again, any person that has personal contact with a murder victim is a potential suspect until they are eliminated, until the investigation is completed. He may have taken something out of context. I have no recollection of making that statement."
Prosecutor Brian Kelberg tried to show that Vannatter's conversation with Fiato was brief and casual.
Earlier Tuesday, Shapiro made a point of saying that Denise Brown, sister of victim Nicole Brown Simpson, had an affair with Craig Fiato. Brown's mother, who was seated in the courtroom, angrily denied the affair, and the Brown family's attorney demanded an apology.
The defense also introduced an FBI agent, a so-called handler of the Fiato brothers, who said he caught of snippet of Vannatter's chat with Fiato. Then it was prosecutor Kelberg's turn again.
"Was he being sarcastic?" Kelberg asked. "In my view it was total sarcasm," the agent said.