Mike Gilbert, a former memorabilia dealer and money-laundering partner of O.J. Simpson, is releasing a tell-all book about how he helped O.J. Simpson beat the murder rap. He also discusses how O.J. drunkenly confessed that he killed his wife.

The AP reports:

“He said Simpson had smoked pot, took a sleeping pill and was drinking beer when he confided at his Brentwood home weeks after his trial what happened the night of June 12, 1994. Simpson said he went to his ex-wife’s condominium, but did not bring a knife with him. Simpson told him Nicole Brown Simpson had one in her hand when she opened the door.”

In a soft mumble, Simpson told him: “If she hadn’t opened that door with a knife in her hand … she’d still be alive.”

“Nothing more needed to be said,” Gilbert writes. “O.J. had confessed to me. There’s no doubt in my mind.”

“If she hadn’t opened that door with a knife in her hand … she’d still be alive.” Really because I’m thinking if OJ hadn’t scared Nicole, who thought her life was in danger so she grabbed the knife as protection, she would still be alive. And I don’t know, if he hadn’t murdered her, she would also still be alive. Neither of those being Nicole’s fault.