An Asian Guy Gives His Thoughts About O. J.

I guess you can't really blame TMZ: they send their staffers all over town to photograph and interview and generally pester celebrities, and these guys can't exactly ask for ID. Apparently, though, they're not so good at recognizing people, and they just made a bad mistake.

The Advocate, a national gay magazine, had its fortieth anniversary party on Tuesday night at a West Hollywood club. Jeff Lee, one of their employees, was waiting in line for a gift bag when a TMZ crew wandered up and asked for his thoughts on O. J. Simpson's latest scuffle.

At first Mr. Lee thought they were just asking random people for their opinions, but when he heard the name "Judge Ito" it sank in.

Glasses, bearded, Asian -- evidently it was more than enough to convince TMZ that the young accounts-payable supervisor hanging around a gay magazine's party in the gay capital of the world was a married, 57-year-old judge. Mr. Lee gave his opinion and the video ended up on the TMZ website.

Someone at the L. A. County Superior Court pointed out the mistake, and the Ito identification was removed. The video is still there, though God knows why. They've got an exclusive interview with an Asian man as to whether O. J. is guilty or not.

Now all they need is a black guy who kind of looks like O. J. to tell us how the search for the real killers goes.





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