OJ battles for Hall Of Fame ring

As OJ Simpson sits in jail in Nevada, his Pro Football Hall of Fame ring has become the object of a custody battle in California, where a judge ordered yesterday that a memorabilia dealer hand it over.

The dealer, Alfred Beardsley, is one of two men Simpson was convicted this month of robbing in a Las Vegas hotel room last year.

Lawyers representing Fred Goldman in his effort to collect his share of a €24.8m wrongful death judgment say they have learned Simpson gave the ring to Beardsley sometime after the robbery.

Following a hearing that lasted no more than five minutes, Superior Court Judge Gerald Rosenberg ordered that Beardsley, 46, appear in his courtroom on November 19 and produce the ring.

He also ordered Simpson, who is in jail in Las Vegas awaiting sentencing, to not make any effort to dispose of the ring.