Robert Kardashian

Robert Kardashian (February 22, 1944 - September 30, 2003) was a defense lawyer in the trial of O. J. Simpson. When O.J. returned from Chicago following the murder of his wife, Robert Kardashian met him at the airport and handled his luggage, some of which was never seen again. In the days following the murder, O. J. Simpson stayed in Kardashian's house.

Some time after the trial, Kardashian expressed doubts about O.J. Simpsons innocence in a way which lead to a California bar investigation¹. Although this strained his relationship with O.J. Simpson at the time, by the time of his death they had "put it aside" and after his death, Simpson said "Bob was there when I needed him most."²

Kardashian died of esophageal cancer on September 30, 2003.

Notes

1. Court TV News, Robert Schmidt, October 21, 1996, http://www.courttv.com/casefiles/simpson/reports/kardashian.html
2. CNN Obituary of Kardishian, Wednesday, October 1, 2003 Former O.J. Simpson lawyer, Kardashian, dies http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/10/01/OJattorney.dead/