LAS VEGAS -- A lawyer for one of O.J. Simpson's co-defendants in an armed robbery case said Friday that his client will plead guilty Monday to a reduced charge and testify against Simpson and four others.
Charles Cashmore is accused of being one of five men who joined Simpson in a hotel-room confrontation with two sports memorabilia dealers. He will testify that two of the other men who entered the room with the former football star were armed, Cashmore's lawyer Edward Miley said.
Miley said Cashmore will plead guilty Monday to being an accessory to robbery, a felony that could get him up to five years in prison. A court hearing is set for Monday, a court clerk confirmed.
Simpson and his co-defendants are accused of holding memorabilia dealers Bruce Fromong and Alfred Beardsley at gunpoint Sept. 13 in a Las Vegas hotel room and taking boxes of autographed footballs and other collectibles. Simpson has claimed some of the items belonged to him and he was retrieving them.
Each man faces 10 charges including kidnapping, armed robbery, assault with a weapon, burglary and conspiracy. The kidnapping charge carries the possibility of life in prison if convicted. Simpson, 60, faces an 11th felony charge, coercion.
Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press
Source: ESPN.com
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