An attorney for O.J. Simpson today contacted the Louisville Metro Human Relations Commission seeking information on filing a complaint against steakhouse owner Jeff Ruby for turning him away last week.

Simpson’s lawyer, Yale Galanter, requested paperwork for the complaint and a copy of the city’s public accommodations ordinance, said Matt Kamer, a spokesman for the city.

That ordinance ensures that stores, restaurants, hotels or establishments that supply goods or services to the general public doesn’t deny a person because of their race, age, gender and sexual orientation.

On Tuesday, Galanter threatened to take legal action against Ruby for discriminating against Simpson based on his race. Simpson was acquitted of murder but found liable for the wrongful death of his ex-wife and her friend in 1994.

In either a lawsuit or agency complaint, Simpson would have to show that he was discriminated against based on his membership in a protected category, such as race. The burden would then shift to Ruby to show that he had a non-racial reason for excluding Simpson.

Ruby has said he asked Simpson to leave because "he continues to torment the family whose lives he’s already ruined 15 years ago."
Ruby cited Simpson’s failed attempt to publish "If I Did It," which purports to be a first-person, fictional account of the murders.