MIAMI, July 26 (UPI) -- A judge in Miami has ordered O.J. Simpson to pay DIRECTV $25,000 plus attorney fees for pirating the satellite TV provider's signal, the company says.
U.S. Judge Joan A. Lenard granted DIRECTV's motion for summary judgment in a civil suit filed against Simpson following the 2001 seizure of two illegal devices at Simpson's Miami home, DIRECTV said in a news release Tuesday.
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The devices were being used to intercept DIRECTV programming without the company's authorization.
Simpson admitted he did not have DIRECTV account, the company said.
A spokesman from DIRECTV's legal department said the ruling "serves as a reminder that there are consequences to signal theft, whether you're O.J. Simpson or John Q. Public."
