In what can only be termed "expected," O.J. Simpson has filed an appeal with the Nevada Supreme Court in the convictions he received last year involving armed robbery and kidnapping.

Many people believe that O.J. Simpson should have been in prison long ago. And on Friday, he was sentenced by Clark County District Court Judge Jackie Glass with a maximum sentence among his guilty verdicts of 15 years.

OJ Simpson says he will plead not guilty to kidnapping and armed robbery charges when he appears in court later this month. A Las Vegas judge has ordered Simpson to stand trial, 12 years after he was acquitted of murder charges.

O.J. Simpson faces armed robbery charges and lingering questions that have not gone away in more than a decade.

OJ Simpson's legal woes deepened overnight after two co-defendants in the disgraced American football legend's armed robbery case said they would testify against him.

OJ Simpson has been ordered to give up a Rolex watch valued at up to $US22,000 ($24,920) and sports memorabilia as partial settlement of a multi-million-dollar judgment for the wrongful deaths of his former wife, Nicole Brown, and her friend, Ron Goldman.

Former US football star OJ Simpson has left jail after a first court appearance on robbery and kidnapping charges amid circus-like scenes that echoed his 1995 murder trial.

Former American football legend OJ Simpson is to appear in a Las Vegas court to face a barrage of charges that could see him jailed for life if convicted.

BlackVibes.com and TMZ.com report OJ Simpson has been arrested on charges of breaking and entering into a sports memorabilia collector's room and holding him at gunpoint. Alfred Beardsley, a close friend of OJ accused Simpson and several other men of storming his hotel room on Thursday and taking sports memorabilia formerly owned by Simpson and other sports stars.