Police respond to a call about a fight at Simpson's home. No one was arrested or charged.
By Associated Press
Published July 7, 2005
MIAMI - O.J. Simpson's private life has once again involved the police.
Simpson was at his suburban Miami home with girlfriend, Christie Prody, on the Fourth of July when he asked his neighbor, Steve Dockendorf, to come over and jump-start Prody's car.
Stories vary on what happened next, but Dockendorf called police and reported a fight. Police responded but said no one was arrested or will be charged.
Dockendorf said he called because Prody was beating him and Simpson.
"I figured if I called the police at least he has a record. He said he should have done that with Nicole," Dockendorf said Wednesday.
Simpson was acquitted of murder after the 1994 slayings of Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ronald Goldman, but a civil jury later held him liable and ordered him to pay their survivors $33.5-million.
Simpson could not be reached for comment Wednesday. His attorney, Yale Galanter, would not comment.
Dockendorf said Prody and Simpson, who have had bumps in their relationship, were arguing when he came over. He said Prody took items and a bottle of vodka from Simpson and started to leave, and when Simpson went to take it back she lunged at him, ripping a gold chain from his neck. He said he shoved her off Simpson and she then attacked him.
Simpson did not touch Prody during the entire incident, Dockendorf said.
Prody denied Dockendorf's version of events. "I never touched him," she said of Dockendorf. "He lied to police."
Prody said the argument was between Dockendorf and herself, and not Simpson. She said Dockendorf would not give her back the car keys and she told him to leave.
Dockendorf and Prody, who accused each other of being on drugs, agreed that the incident is history.
Prody said Wednesday she and Simpson were "laughing about it," while Dockendorf speculated that, "In two weeks this will blow over. ... They will be back together. This is nothing new."
