O.J. Simpson murder trial judge is now supporting judicial campaign of prosecutor he once cited for contempt after tempers flared in court

Christopher Darden, Judge Lance Ito contempt throwback

Then-deputy DA Christopher Darden (left), O.J. Simpson (center), Judge Lance Ito (right) on Feb. 23, 1995 at Simpson’s murder trial (YouTube/OJ Trial Uncut screengrabs)

An O.J. Simpson murder trial prosecutor memorably cited for contempt by the judge in the case after tempers flared during a sidebar over defense attorney Johnnie Cochran’s cross-examination of a police detective is now receiving that since-retired judge’s support for his own judicial campaign in Los Angeles County.

Christopher Darden, who once represented rapper Nipsey Hussle’s killer and Ed Buck, among others, is running for a Los Angeles Superior Court judgeship. His campaign website now shows that he has been endorsed by former LA County Superior Court Judge Lance Ito, who retired in 2015 — 20 years after he and Darden faced off in court and apologized to one another, during the “trial of the century” that ended with O.J. Simpson’s acquittal in the 1994 murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman.

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