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O.J. suit is fit for museum

The suit O.J. Simpson wore the day he beat a double-murder rap is headed behind museum glass, after lawyers yesterday settled a bitter battle for the garment.

In a phone call from behind bars in Nevada, Simpson told a judge in Santa Monica that he consented to donate his brownish-green 46 long to the Smithsonian.

It’s been in the hands of Simpson’s former agent, Mike Gilbert, who was pressured by O.J. and Fred Goldman — both of whom wanted the suit.

Simpson believed the suit was stolen from him, while Goldman, the father of victim Ron Goldman, wanted the threads as part of the $33 million civil judgment against O.J.

Yesterday, all sides agreed to the odd compromise.

A Smithsonian spokeswoman said she doesn’t know if curators will accept the threads.

“The suit represents the moment justice went sideways,” said Goldman’s collection lawyer, David Cook.