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Kato KaelinActor
Born: 9 March 1959 Birthplace: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Best known as: The houseguest who testified at the O.J. Simpson murder trial Name at birth: Brian Kaelin
Kato Kaelin was a footnote in the notorious 1995 murder trial of retired football star O.J. Simpson. Simpson was accused of killing his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and an acquaintance of hers, Ron Goldman. Kaelin, an aspiring actor, was living as a houseguest at Simpson's home the night that the murders occurred in 2004, and as such he was called to testify in the televised trial. Kaelin's sun-bleached hair and know-nothing testimony made him one of the trial's minor celebrities -- a piquant mix of California slacker dude and Hollywood hanger-on. Simpson was found not guilty, and Kaelin parlayed his fame into appearances on TV shows like The Norm Show (2001), Celebrity Boot Camp (2002) and Eye For an Eye (2005-07), and in movies including BASEketball (1998) and Dorm Daze 2 (2006). Extra credit: Kaelin got his nickname of Kato from the character played by Bruce Lee in the TV series The Green Hornet (1966-67). Copyright © 1998-2006 by Who2?, LLC. All rights reserved. More on Kato Kaelin from Infoplease:
- Kato Kaelin - Biography of Kato Kaelin, The houseguest who testified at the O.J. Simpson murder trial
- O.J. Simpson - Biography of O.J. Simpson, The NFL Hall of Famer charged with murder in 1994
- Selected Biographies: K - Selected biographies of well-known people and fictional characters
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