O.J. Simpson: Endgame | Full Episode | Forensic Files

[Music] I think OJ got away with so much that he really actually thought he was a God
that he couldn't be touched like Nicole always told everybody including myself that whenever something happen he will
OJ his way out of it and he did this is the greatest running back to ever play professional football
football incredibly incredibly charismatic handsome million dooll smile Simpson is asking to be released
on parole after serving nearly 9 years for an armed robbery in Las Vegas I've always thought I was I've been pretty
good with people and uh I've basically have spent a conflict free life police what is he doing is he threatening
you going nuts my kids are upstairs sleeping and I don't want anything happen okay just a I think it's
important to represent my sister we need to look at these relationships not as abusive relationships but as potential
murder cases if she fell when she was outside it's cuz you made her fall right no cuz you were hitting her right no you
were pounding her no he got away with murder savagely murdering two people OJ could not have committed these
murders Mr Simpson is a fugitive of Justice right now have you been told you're under arrest how often do you get
to see you know an American icon like this on trial for murder we the jury and the Abed entitled action find the
defendant or orthal James Simpson not guilty of the crime of murder [Applause] violation
no people weren't chairman OJ Simpson per se they were cheering that once one time it
seemed that the criminal justice system balanced in favor of a black person when Rodney King happened in La
captured on video see this is what we've been talking about all of this time finally this is a turning point and then
it wasn't everybody was acquitted we've had more and more of those types of incidents where cops have been caught on
camera killing black men women and children and have walked two baton rou police
officers will not face federal civil rights charges in the death of Alton Sterling last July 5th black folks said
now you understand how we feel we have not made that much progress we're still wrestling with the same
issues Colin Kaepernick the ex-49er Quarterback began the protest to draw attention to racism and police
brutality OJ's case was about this racial narrative OJ Simpson is going to be walking out of prison too bad I think
it's only matter of time before he gets himself back in trouble so this is the OJ Simpson case
there's still an open murder case do you think the murder of Nicole and Ron Goldman will ever be solved when OJ
admits that he killed Nicole and Ron Goldman yeah it'll be solved [Music] then his move moves captivated us from
the football field to the courtroom I'm James Brown in 1968 he won the Heisman by 1973 he was the MVP of the NFL a
telegenic Superstar sadly none of that is what he will be remembered for orenthal James Simpson became a
lightning rod not for rushing but for race Simpson's trial for the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her
friend Ron Goldman was a grim unexpected marker it occupied its own peculiar yet
powerful place in this country's ongoing racial Journey his not guilty verdict in
Los Angeles sparked a simmering loaded conversation about the police the justice system and the minority
Community tonight as OJ readies to walk out of prison for the botched Las Vegas robbery he was convicted of the Raging
dialogue he ignited resonates louder than ever for 90 minutes nearly 100 million people
were transfixed by a white Ford Bronco cruising down a Los Angeles freeway 911 what are you reporting this is this is
AC I have OJ in the car I watched the whole thing helicopters cameras on Bridges right now we all we okay but you
got to tell the Poli just back off he's still alive that he got a gun to his head OJ Simpson the football hero
suspected of killing his ex-wife Nicole and her friend Ron Goldman was a fugitive with a death wish I call and he
picks up and I said ohj this is lying everybody loves you don't do this and so my only concern is to get him to put the
gun down I'm the only one that deserves no you don't deserve that you do not deserve to get
hurt Simpson would lead police back to his Rockingham State and give himself up and from that moment on I think America
was absolutely transfixed with this story prosecutors contend Simpson butchered both his ex-wife and her
friend Ronald Goldman it was a Savage attack Nicole Brown Simpson was nearly decapitated laying a few feet away was
25-year-old Ron Goldman a waiter who was returning a pair of sunglasses to Nicole how did you find out about the
murders my wife calling out Fred Fred the corner is is calling and she said your son was
murdered what do you think happened I think that Ron walked in on a murder in progress and paid the price for trying
to help there was a view of him handcuffed that was a view that shocked all of my
people Define the comment my people My People Are People of African-American community in Los Angeles and OJ Simpson
was an iconic figure he was Michael Jordan before Michael Jordan quickness agility he had this
wiggle about him you know when he carried the ball Joe Bell grew up with him in the
projects in one of the roughest neighborhoods in San Francisco and is writing a book about their friendship it
was like a cat you know how you see a cat and he just he jumps to the side or he jumps up in the air that's that kind
of quickness football was OJ's ticket out of the hood and into the Limelight during a decade of tumultuous change it
was the 1960s black activism was at a fever pitch and some star track athletes were threatening to boycott the 68
Olympics what they think is right I guess they must follow their beliefs well right now I don't want to be
involved in it because I I'm not in track I have no comment on the matter we knew that society as a whole would not
accept you if you were a member of the Black Panthers if you were uh this social uh conscious person always spting
out black issues and that meant that he was not socially conscious he wanted to stay in that
environment being embraced by whites OJ was straightforward about he said hey I'm not black I'm OJ I want to
be judged by the content of my character not by the color of my skin I just want
to be OJ he distanced himself from anything that would put him into a racial box which made a lot of white
people feel comfortable OJ would run from racial issues faster than white folks would take it from OJ
Simpson this if you go back and look at the Herz commercials that he did OJ was a safe Herz endorsement personality you
saw elderly white women go OJ go but never so much as a black shine boy saying run OJ run never self-made
White guys around his age absolutely pinched themselves that OJ Simpson wanted to be friends with with them he
was their hero Sheila Weller wrote the book raging heart about Nicole and OJ's relationship they started dating when
she was just 18 he was 29 years old and a married father of two he put her up in
an apartment in the nice little area of Beverly Hills eventually OJ divorced his
first wife margarite and married Nicole onetime friend and then LAPD officer Ron
ship was at their wedding at that time I thought they had an ideal marriage loving couple loving couple she was a
lot of fun my sister was a Hands-On mom T brown was Nicole's little sister Nicole and OJ
would have two children together a daughter Sydney and a son Justin she would get the kids ready for school
she'd pack their lunch I mean I thought my sister had everything she has a great
husband but behind closed doors there were Secrets there was violence through the thread of their marriage but it was
hidden she hid it he hid it but it would all come to light New Year's Day 1989 that night he had you know slapped
her around ship who has written a book about his conversations with OJ and Nicole knew about domestic violence he
had taught other officers how to recognize the signs of abuse I'm not believing what I'm hearing I mean I
believed cuz she's got these boots but I'm like this can't be OJ San ship what are you going through internally in my
brain I'm like he's a batterer Simpson pleaded no contest to misdemeanor battery but he served no jail time his
punishment two years probation a fine and community service you when I look at it really wasn't that big of a fight
it's just that 3 years later he sat for an interview with ESPN host Roy Firestone to talk about the incident
with his wife I mean uh you know the day after this was over you know we looked at he say we had you know we had a fight
we were both guilty no one was hurt was no big deal and we got on with our life several years after the incident Nicole
divorced Simpson but the abuse didn't stop I want emergency can you get someone over here now to 325 Greta green
he's back please okay what does he look like he's OJ Simpson I think think you know his record could you just s some
over here okay just stay on the line I don't want to stay on the line he's going to beat the wait a minute she felt
he was going to kill her and she told people that and she wrote it in Diaries and she said it more than once ship says
after Ron and Nicole were murdered detectives asked OJ to take a lie detector test he refused I said why
would you tell him no OJ and he goes well do be truthful ship and he chuckled and he says I've had dreams of killing
her were you convinced in your mind then that he did it I was totally convinced OJ's dream would become Ron
ship's Nightmare and soon the stage was set for a trial everyone would be watching what they've done to our client
is wrong you cannot believe these people you can't trust the message there has never been a defendant in the history of
this state that has had everybody bend over backwards for him the way this one has it's called the trial of the century
the jury judging OJ would be sequestered for almost 9 months television cameras rolling on every moment of the legal
drama and can you tell this jury where the defendant was between 9:35 and 11:00 p.m. sir no I cannot starring roles
played by two prosecutors and a team of defense attorneys some of the brightest and most expensive legal Minds in the
country known as the Dream Team there was no dream at all there was turmoil within the defense camp and thank God
Johnny Cochran was very capable of keeping a lid on it he was born to represent an OJ Simpson because it
brought in issues of police actions it brought in issues of race Johnny Cochran knew that most of
LA's black community was still reeling from the horrific images of Rodney King a black man beaten by white police
officers we had had the King beating uh we had had a [Music] riot the acquittal of the officers uh
after the King beating this notion of a black person in conflict with the police department was
so front and center that this clearly fit into that slot that this was another black man being pursued by the LAPD and
pursued with Vigor because the victims were white I don't believe that if this case had been about the murder of OJ
Simpson's first wife who was an African-American woman that it would have been covered on television I think
OJ would have been out on bail I think this would be long ago forgotten he was accused of killing a white woman in
addition to his celebrity that Dynamic also elevated this trial because here you have what was once the ultimate
Taboo in this country a black man with a white woman at the time I was a correspondent for Time magazine in Los
Angeles we put OJ Simpson on the cover and the picture that they chose to put was his mug shot and for artistic quote
and quote reasons somebody decided to darken OJ what does that say about the mindset the subconscious thinking on the
part of those who opted to go with a darker image than his natural color you know it's a pink elephant this an 800lb
gorilla if you will in the room always race is always there and it was in the cour room where Fred Goldman had hoped
to get Justice for his son do you think that there was any chance that what got lost in that setting was the fact that
there were two murders the victims were lost it was more about race Goldman wasn't the only one worried prosecutors
noticed it too I could play the same game they're playing Marsha Clark was a fighter I certainly admired her tenacity
but notably she wasn't Prosecuting OJ alone Chris Darden Chris was a fine lawyer no doubt but his first day in the
courtroom was once we had a predominantly African-American jury that was seated there both sides were keenly
aware of how the jury would view the defendant OJ Simpson at a certain point the defense team asked that the jury see
OJ's Rockingham home this has you all over it and and the defense team did some we'll say redecorating before the jury
got there OJ Simpson you see had a grand staircase going from the foyer up into the second floor and there was a wall of
pictures that previously were that previously were there of his Caucasian friends and colleagues if anyone was
coming to your house and you were on trial you want to make sure that there's nothing there that might offend anyone
in your case yeah but Carl it wouldn't involve changing pictures of my white friends to put up black friends if
that's contrary to who he was oh JB if you're on trial for murder o and your lawyers want to do everything that they
can to help you be found not guilty I dare say your perspective would change man Marsha Clark looked at me said Carl
you know damn well he didn't have all those black people on his wall and I said Maria how dare you accuse us of this and
I dare say it is something easy for people to look at in hindsight similar to playing the race card we played the
evidence card not the race card it didn't feel that way to one time o J friend Ron ship who agreed to testify
about their violent marriage after prosecutor showed him gruesome crime scene photos I would not have the blood
of Nicole on Ron ship ship was surprised when he looked at the jewry they look like they hated me many in the black
community considered you to be a traitor how did that hit you it hit me really bad I did hear a lot of different
things as to why I shouldn't have done it such as one of the things I heard is going back to the slavery days you know
all the things that we've gone through in this country that they felt that this OJ Simpson thing should be a gift to us
irresp meaning give him a pass because of all the things we've gone through OJ's blood is all over
Bundy all over Rockingham it's in the Bronco and the only other type of blood we discover are
the the two [Music] victims former LAPD Detective Tom Lang has written a book about all the
evidence he says points to OJ's guilt my belief at the time was this is going to
be a slam dunk there would be more than 100 Witnesses but one would send shock waves Across the Nation Mark Ferman
detective Ferman or Mr Ferman the LAPD detective who went to OJ's house after the murders and claimed to have found a
bloody glove matching one found at the crime scene I had one objective when I set out with Mark Ferman I had to get
him to lie I knew if I could get him to lie he was dead in the jury box and you say on your oath that you have not
addressed any black person as a or spoken about black people as in the past 10 years detective fman that's what I'm
saying sir the defense called Witnesses who said just the opposite he said the only good is a dead officer prman turned
around looked at me and told me I told you we get you all right detective firman you resume the witness D please
and with the lapd's unsavory history with the black community it wasn't too far of a leap for the defense to say
that Ferman the racist detective had planted the bloody glove when asked I assert my fifth amendment privilege in
that Bloody glove all right and OJ trying it on was the defining moment of the trial he was not trying to push his
hand into it he was doing this he never really made an effort to get the glove on so it was the whole thing was a
fiasco we show that to the jury Mr Simpson the botched demonstration would become the trials made for TV moment and
Johnny Cochran's closing argument would leave the jurors with seven memorable words if it doesn't fit you must acquit
Mr uh Simpson would you please stand and face the jury it took the jury less than
4 hours to reach a verdict we the jury and the aboved entitled action find the defendant or orthal James Simpson not
guilty of the crime of murder not gu not guilty what I saw was white people on one side No unbel Lack
people on the other side elation on one side anger and frustration and disappointment on the
other side is horrible he's guilty as sin every television station tuned in and the world watched it all happen live
Oprah and her audience were watching too Mur viation of 187 a aelon upon the reaction reflected the nation I happened
to be seated next to Fred Goldman and just the sound of crying still really rings in my ear
I looked at the deputy and I said can I leave I just wanted it to be over people
weren't cheering OJ Simpson per se but they were cheering that once one time it seemed that the criminal justice system
balanced in favor of a black person tomorrow will be the same yesterday will be like it was but one time it seemed
that the system balanced in favor of a black man and still we Americans can't get past that even OJ understood just
how important race was in his murder trial nine months after the verdict he spoke to CBS News correspondent Bill
Whitaker I've accepted a long time ago that that a lot of the feelings that that that we're getting right now has
nothing to do with r Nicole or me it has to do with things that are going with on in people's uh
own lives and their own animosities their own prejudices have all come to the surface you know uh doing this case
but the Goldman and brown families were determined to make it about Ron and [Applause]
[Music] [Applause] Nicole what's it like to be OJ Simpson today is it tough it's the way it's always been
you know my my I'm playing better golf than I've ever played I ain't got nothing else to do my go I know I'll
never do commercials and stuff like that all I'm trying to do is is be positive be good to my friends and be there for
my kids not guilty of the crime of murder 8 months after being acquitted of murder
the man once focused on Sports and endorsements spoke with 48 Hours correspondent Harold Dal about his new
life o Simpson and a new interest in a subject he previously avoided people of color have been in a sense victimized
for years with the legal system and we were always told that that's the way it is I do realize uh a lot of people look
at me as some type of symbol now here was the guy who wanted nothing to do with race after he was
acquitted he's walking around in daiki and all of a sudden OJ is black again but I think part of that was his
need to have the spotlight you just get with God you get ready for your comeback
the fact that he was Brothers I'm here I'm with you and and everybody fell for it I I couldn't believe it however
others in OJ's Social Circle were giving him the cold shoulder it felt like a guy
who built this beautiful life get all kind of withered away we should all boycott everything he
does 1 800 OJ tells the reality was OJ had to make a living and tried to repair his reputation this is the Rockingham
gate to my home his illc conceived solution offer up his thoughts on the trial for a price as I come up my stairs
white carpeting all the way banister they checked everything and no blood that's all I want to do provide for the
my family my kids and give me the opportunity in a fair shake to say what I need to say the Goldman and brown
families also wanted their say and filed a civil suit against Simpson charging that he was responsible for the murders
we had to find some way to get the justice that we felt round deserved the best part about this civil Cas is in in
many ways I think I'll get Vindicated the prospect of another trial didn't seem to phase OJ you're going to see
more truths come out in this case I look forward to it are you ready to take the
stand this time oh yeah I can't wait you can't keep me off that stand can we take
a break yeah sure Jesus Christ there were a number of days of depositions with OJ Simpson what was hoping to be
accomplished well whole reason for the depositions is getting him to State one thing and then find that
the evidence was contradicted him you never struck her with your hands correct I never punched her yes did you ever
strike her no did you ever hurt her yes while the Civil Trial was going on Simpson fought for and W custody of
Sydney and Justin then 11 and 8 years old they had been living with Nicole's family the kids were taken away from us
on Christmas Eve that was really awful any good news for OJ quickly faded when the Civil verdict was announced finding
Simpson liable for the deaths they had a predominantly white jury I have to believe that the
Energizer in that verdict was not only race but the fact that OJ Simpson had been found not guilty in the criminal
case our family is grateful [Music] for a verdict a responsibility when the verdict did come down what were you
thinking then finally Rod got some justice Ron and Nicole got some justice I remember taking a picture with the
family and somehow we were all kind of smiling okay great there's responsibility there's a consequence but
it's like okay but still we're a grieving family the verdict did come with an award for the brown and Goldman
families more than $33 million in Damages to be paid by Simpson did you think that OJ would ever pay never
thought twice about it it was all about getting a court to hold him responsible has anything been paid to the gold he
never paid one single penny anything that we received we got by taking it away from him every time we took
something away from him he was getting a piece of job Justice for Simpson it was
back to playing golf trying to lead a normal life you know you're illegal to be here man got I got him I got him no
no no I got him he moved to Florida but trouble still followed including an arrest relating to road rage a charge he
would beat were you of the belief that OJ would have laid low the OJ Simpson that I came to know would never lay low
he wasn't about to hide he wasn't afraid that fearlessness included making a much ridiculed rap music video people
ask me so many questions while OJ was drawing attention for the wrong reasons the supporting players from the murder
trial this program's the first for me as a television host were basking in the spotlight the trial was a reality show
the first and the best and I see the Bronco tastes like the pilot episode it's what got everybody hooked a
lot of them tried to actually parlay this into a reality TV show career K kin most notably KO that Infamous house
guest of OJ's that Larry King had once said that KO you are the first reality star little did I know that I'd be
discovered and famous in like the wrong way so when I went a new place to crash I go to guest hous rent.com so if the OJ
Simpson case was the daddy of reality TV it was also the baby daddy most obviously the Kardashians I
do not believe that there would be a Kardashian phenomenon if their dad had not been a member of OJ Simpson's dream
team of lawyers OJ's own entrepreneurial Ventures continue to raise eyebrows especially writing a book titled if I
did it why in the world if you are acquitted of a murder would you write a book the title of which if I had done it
here's the way I would have done it that makes absolutely no sense ultimately we
were awarded the rights to the book by the court by the court so our choice was to publish it ourselves it read more
like a confession than a pretend book he put himself at the scene he put himself
covered in blood I think got away with so much that he really actually thought he was a
God that he couldn't be touched he went one step too far he went to Las Vegas OJ what
happened what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas unless of course you're OJ Simpson in which case
the world hears about it police say that Simpson along with a group of armed men
stormed a room and stole sports collectibles This Time Around September 2007 OJ was dealt a different hand OJ
had heard a dealer was Hawking his memorabilia and family photos ironically there was value in an
OJ that didn't exist anymore and he went over there with the five or six guys that he went with oh J would later say
he quote just wanted his stuff back but soon things got hot Hotel cameras caught
these images and one of Simpsons Associates recorded a raging OJ that would come back to haunt
him so what did you think when you saw the footage of him walking through the casino it's kind of like there he goes
again I was like oh oh no no OJ no I was like are you stupid and then the Hammers
came down came down hard OJ Simpson is in serious trouble again in part because some in OJ's crew were packing
pistols for the botched robbery Simpson was charged with 12 Counts from assault with a deadly weapon o what happened to
kidnapping he is the person who put these crimes together he 13 years to the day orenthal
James Simpson not guilty of the crime of murder since Simpson was acquitted for the murders of Ron and Nicole a very
different courtroom heard a very different ver count five first degree kidnapping with use of a deadly weapon
guilty of first degree kidnapping with use of a deadly weapon judge Jackie glass sentenced
Simpson to the max I have to tell you now it was much more than stupidity 9 to 33 years in
prison 33 years in jail that echoed the $33.5 million verdict in the civil case was it symbolic it was payback payback
is a judge glass denies it was payback and says the sentence was appropriate for the seriousness of the
crimes top Las Vegas attorney Azie fumo would handle the appeal in Nevada so what
raised the case to the level that it did was it because of the the presence of a
firearm Mr Simpson told me he never saw a firearm but let's be real JB if you and I had gone in to collect my things
and you were just with me you and I would have gotten probation 33 years I've seen people kill people and not get
33 years in the isolated High Desert of Nevada number 32 got another number inmate 102
7820 by all accounts OJ was a model prisoner with no infractions yet where some see a stone cold killer finally
paying a price he's an abuser he's a murderer people like that belong in jail other see a symbol of inequality white
Justice white Justice meaning meaning that white people were going to get him if he ever put himself in a position for
them to get back at him they were going to do it while Simpson was kept off the streets for almost a decade when are we
going to save ourselves America witnessed tensions between police and the black community
become painfully raw spilling onto the streets again and again put your hand behind you I can't
bre from the sidewalks of New York City I can't bre I can't bre to the streets of Cleveland Tamir rice shot to death in
a city park by a Cleveland cop from St Paul Minnesota oh my God to Ferguson in St Louis
Missouri officer Wilson who killed Mike Brown did no time the police officers who were responsible for the death of
12-year-old TR rice no time no conviction for murder get on your knees get on your
knees it all seemed to validate a distrust of the system the same distrust that the Simpson jury showed decades ago
in Los Angeles has there been any substantive progress an africanamerican president of
the United States that is huge huge progress that no one can deny but there is still this great suspicion uh and
mistrust between the black community and police departments across this country any light at the end of the tunnel in
your mind I can barely see the tunnel let alone the light it's the feeling of frustration at
the heart of the NFL players protest once again a nation is divided by issues that seem rooted in
race after almost 9 years locked up a 70-year-old OJ Simpson was eligible for parole trust me I wish it would have
never happened but even as he plead for his freedom Simpson could not avoid controversy I've always thought I was
I've been pretty good with people and uh I've basically has spent a conflict free
life outrageous he had beaten a Cole up what about those conflicts I'm Arnell Simpson U my dad's oldest
child then came the most basic of human emotions a child pleading for the father
she still loves we just want him to come home my vote is to Grant your parole effective when eligible Mr Simpson I do
vote to Grant parole when eligible and that will conclude this hearing thank you thank you thank you
you think you'll stay out of trouble bus Association and one thing we as a community must focus on is where
are we OJ what happened OJ tell us something Johnny to save you this time OJ will a man so many still consider a
killer slip into the shadows and live out his days quietly we know that the national conversation about race and the
criminal justice system remains Center Stage IT is America's endless refrain a nation's unfinished business when will
race no longer measure and divide us so why is there still a Fascination associated with OJ because it reflects
where we still are today on matters of race OJ Simpson soon to be a free man hopes to return to Florida where he was
living before he was busted in Las Vegas the house in Florida is gone they lost that to foreclosure I'm sure Arnell
and the kids are going to want him to be with them but the parole officer is going to have to authorize that and
approve wherever he goes he's going to have a challenge and I hope he understands and accepts it he'll be
trying to cash in one way or another you know he's got his NFL retirement so he's
not a bulber he's got money legally money the Goldman and brown families can't touch million in I think it's only
a matter of time before he gets himself back in trouble do you hope you're done with all
things OJ Simpson I would love the thing I've done but if he thinks he's getting
out of jail and he's going to walk free without us chasing him around he's wrong
all things OJ seem to go on and on LAPD detective Barry Tellus is assigned to investigate the officially unsolved
murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman this case the OJ Simpson case is considered open if information comes in
that we need to investigate we'll do that oh I I had no idea I don't want it open again it's like I don't want to go
through all that crap again if something new comes up it's like Let It rest it's
not going to change anything nothing is going to bring my sister back under no circumstances do I think he committed
that murder the human tragedy continues Sydney and Justin were just children when their mother was murdered the Brown
family is still in touch with the kids you know they're a sister and a brother and they'll always have each
other and I'm very very proud of them I'm really proud of them cuz they it couldn't have been
easy she's left quite a legacy including Tanya Brown's book that put a spotlight
on violence against women but I'd much rather have my sister back than than educate on domestic
violence when Simpson walks free America will once again tune in feeding on what's
become our national diet race money celebrity it's about us as a society and as a people and as a
nation Mr Goldman how do you honor your son I hope I honor my I hope I honor my son every
day by trying to make sure people remember who he was and try to live our lives as he
would those two people are what it was all about I don't have my sister but she's very much alive in my
home in my mom's home and my heart and I think um don't bury your love don't take
them off the wall don't sell their clothes don't put pictures in the drawers keep them keep them
[Music] alive [Music] he

EDITOR'S NOTE: On April 10 2024, O.J. Simpson died of cancer at his home in Las Vegas, surrounded by his children and grandchildren. He was 76.

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Brief Summary

OJ Simpson's life, trial, and legacy reflect ongoing racial tensions in America.

Key points

OJ's Complex Identity. OJ distanced himself from racial issues, claiming, 'I'm not black, I'm OJ.'
The Racial Narrative of the Trial. OJ's trial was a pivotal moment in America's racial dialogue, reflecting deep societal divides.
OJ Simpson's Not Guilty Verdict. The jury found OJ Simpson not guilty of murder, igniting a national conversation about race and justice.
OJ's Comeback Attempt. With God, you get ready for your comeback.
Civil Verdict Announced. OJ Simpson found liable for the deaths of Ron and Nicole.
OJ's Prison Sentence. OJ Simpson sentenced to 33 years for robbery and kidnapping.

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