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Former OJ Simpson Prosecutor Christopher Darden Steps Down As Lawyer For Nipsey Hussle’s Accused Killer

Darden withdrew from representing Eric Holder, citing death threats.
Former OJ Simpson Prosecutor Christopher Darden Steps Down As Lawyer For Nipsey Hussle’s Accused Killer
Francine Orr/ Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
By Paula Rogo · Updated December 6, 2020

Attorney Christopher Darden, the former prosecutor in the OJ Simpson trial, has pulled out from representing rapper Nipsey Hussle’s accused killer, Eric Holder.

In a Facebook post announcing his withdrawal from representing alleged shooter Eric Holder, Darden alluded to death threats he and his family have received.

You guys have been awfully good to me and my family. Thank you. I am on my way to appear for the last time in People v….

Posted by Chris Darden on Friday, May 10, 2019

“I cannot understand why in 2019 some people would deny a black man his 6th Amendment right to counsel of his choice,” Darden wrote. “Or why defending such a man should invite threats not only against me but against my children too.”

Darden, who runs his own law firm Darden & Associates, is most known for his role as co-prosecutor in the 1994-1995 trial of OJ Simpson. The infamous case was later turned into a series, American Crime Story: The People v.s. O.J. Simpson, with Sterling K. Brown portraying Darden.

Holder pleaded not guilty last month to the murder of Hussle, with Darden appearing alongside him.

Holder has been accused of gunning down late rapper and community activist in late March. LAPD Chief Michel Moore told reporters that Holder “walked up on multiple occasions and engaged in a conversation with Nipsey and the others that were there” on Sunday outside of a clothing store Hussle owned.

UPDATE: Deputies have captured a man they say is 29-year-old Eric Holder, wanted in the murder of Nipsey Hussle. LAPD are responding to confirm his identity. https://t.co/kuxcfehFLY

— CBS Los Angeles (@CBSLA) April 2, 2019

Holder then “left and subsequently came back armed with a handgun, and purposefully.”

An autopsy of the body of Hussle, born Ermias Asghedom, determined that he died of gunshot wounds to the head and torso. He was only 33.

Holder’s bail is set at $5 million.

TOPICS:  Eric Holder John Singleton met gala 2019 Nipsey Hussle
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