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Hal lipset, private investigator, discusses his services

CNBC News Transcripts

May 29, 1996, Wednesday 11:15 AM

SHOW: RIVERA LIVE (9:00 PM ET) 

hal lipset, private investigator, discusses offer-ing his services for free in finding who killed nicole simpson and ronald goldman

ANCHORS: JOHN GIBSON

LENGTH: 481 words

JOHN GIBSON, host:

We are back.  And we have the San Francisco detective on the phone who is go-ing to help O.J.  Simpson track down this intriguing lead that Simpson mentioned while he was in Eng–in England, that he believes was in San Francisco.  He threw it off sort of off-handedly, but on the phone with us is Hal Lipset, a legendary figure in the private eye business.

Hal Lipset, do you have any idea what O.J.  Simpson was talking about–what lead could there possibly be in the San Francisco area?

Mr.  HAL LIPSET (Private Investigator): The only thing I can see out there is all the dimensions of Faye Resnick and the drug culture in San Francisco.

GIBSON: Do you have a…

Mr.  LIPSET: I assume it’s got some connection with that.

GIBSON: Yeah, but you don’t know of any connection.  You don’t know of any connection with Faye in San Francisco or any particular people or any Colombian necktie assassinations up there?

Mr.  LIPSET: No.  Obviously–he says he has major investigative leads.

GIBSON: Well, Hal, why are you doing this?

Mr.  LIPSET: Well, San Francisco is my base.  It’s been a–a–a wonderful place to me.  And, you know, as far as I’m concerned, if somebody was involved in this heinous crime is in here in San Francisco, I think you–the leads should be checked out.  I don’t feel that I’m doing it for Simpson.  I feel I’m doing it to–to bring this major case to some end.
GIBSON: Well…

Mr.  LIPSET: I don’t think you can just go–if–if you just throw it out the–the leads were in New Orleans or Chicago or Philadelphia, you wouldn’t have had my offer.

GIBSON: That’s right.  Now–now my understanding is that you’ve made an offer to Simpson to follow up on his leads, and if he doesn’t–if you don’t get a re-sponse, you’re going to withdraw the offer in–What?–three weeks?

Mr.  LIPSET: Three weeks.

GIBSON: So have you heard anything yet?

Mr.  LIPSET: Not a word.  The only contact we had was the–William Pavelic asked that we fax him our offer, and I did that.

GIBSON: And you–and you sent an offer to Bill Pavelic, and you have not heard…

Mr.  LIPSET: On Friday–last Friday.

GIBSON: …any–anything further.  Well, Hal Lipset, I hope that we can keep in touch with you, because if you dig something up, we’re going to want to hear about it, and we appreciate you coming on the phone tonight.

Mr.  LIPSET: I’ve had about six other calls from people who say they’re the leads, but all I’m doing is logging them in.

GIBSON: All right.  Log them in.  Thanks a lot, Hal.  We appreciate it.

Jay Monahan, what do you think of the chances that supersleuth Hal Lipset can find anything in San Francisco?

Mr.  JAY MONAHAN (Criminal Defense Attorney): Well, he’s only taking messages on his answering machine.  I don’t see what kind of good he’s really doing.  I do have to say that I met with Pat McKenna–this is about a month ago–and Pat says that he is still investigating the case. I don’t know if he’s being paid, but when you look Pat in the eye, you–you take him as a very sincere person.

GIBSON: All right.  We have been talking about the Simpson case in Chicago, calling it Chicago Bull question mark and now we’re going to change gears and go over to Whitewater Woes.

LOAD-DATE: May 29, 1996

LANGUAGE: English

TYPE: Interview