Kato Kaelin

Kato Kaelin
Kato Kaelin, Beverly Hills, California on December 15, 2011
Born	Brian Gerard Kaelin (1959-03-09) 9 March 1959 (age 58) Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Occupation	Actor
Spouse(s)	Cynthia Coulter (1983–1989)

Brian Gerard "Kato" Kaelin (/ˈkeɪtoʊ ˈkeɪlɪn/; born March 9, 1959) is an American radio and television personality who gained fame as a witness during the 1994–95 murder trial of O. J. Simpson.

Kaelin was nicknamed "Kato" as a child after the character played by Bruce Lee in the television series The Green Hornet. He graduated from Nicolet High School in Glendale, Wisconsin, in 1977. He attended, but never graduated from, the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire. He pledged SAE Fraternity in the fall of 1980 and was accepted at the end of the term at California State University Fullerton. During his time at Eau Claire he created his own talk show, Kato and Friends, and hosted The Gameshow on the campus television station, TV10. Kaelin eventually moved to Hollywood.

Kaelin was "best friends" with actor/comedian Norm Macdonald from mid-2000 to mid-2001, according to Macdonald's The Norm Show co-star Artie Lange. Kaelin was even given a guest role on the show. Kaelin and Macdonald had a falling out which ended their friendship.

Kaelin was married to Cynthia Coulter from 1983 to 1989; they have one child, Tiffany Kaelin Knight.

Kaelin gained notoriety for his role as a minor witness for the prosecution in the 1995 O. J. Simpson murder trial. In 1994, Kaelin was staying in a guest house on Simpson's Rockingham estate and was present at the compound on the night of the two murders on June 12. He witnessed some of Simpson's movements before and after the time of the murders. Kaelin's story seemed to contradict Simpson's version of the events on some key points, as Kaelin testified that he could not account for Simpson's whereabouts between 9:36 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. on the evening the murders took place, which the prosecution alleged occurred between 10:00 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. In spite of "valuable evidence" provided by Kaelin in his testimony, prosecutor Marcia Clark took the unusual step of having him declared a hostile witness, "allowing her to attack her own prosecution witness without repeated objections from Simpson's defense team". Kaelin received considerable media attention following his testimony.