The murder victim also wrote in her journal how OJ once beat her up at a friends' anniversary party. DNA evidence was a relatively new science in meaning the jury found it difficult to understand the importance of forensic testimony given by experts. Indeed, the DNA evidence against Simpson was overwhelming and would have almost certainly convicted him in a modern trial. Firstly the chances that blood found near the two bodies came from anyone other than OJ was 1 in million.
The trial's most famous moment came when Simpson attempted to try on the gloves which were found by cops and were matched to Simpson's DNA. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.
Today Logo. Share this —. Search Search. Follow today. By Ree Hines. In the s, Simpson became a college football star as a running back for the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. In , he won college football's top award, the Heisman Trophy. Simpson left football behind for Hollywood, starring in popular Hertz commercials in the s as well as movies, including "Capricorn One" in the s and "The Naked Gun" films in the '80s and '90s.
Simpson, who had children with ex-wife Marguerite Whitley, married Nicole Brown in They had two children, Sydney and Justin. In , Simpson and Nicole Brown Simpson divorced. Ron Goldman, a waiter at that restaurant, went to Brown Simpson's home that night to return glasses her mother had left behind. Simpson was in Los Angeles the evening of June 12 but took a late flight that night to Chicago. When he returned to Los Angeles the next day, he was interviewed by police, but not immediately arrested.
On June 17, , prosecutors ordered Simpson to surrender, but instead he fled in a white Ford Bronco with his friend Al Cowlings, leading police on a slow-speed chase that brought Southern California freeways to a standstill and drew in a network television audience of 95 million Americans.
News helicopters hovered overhead, documenting the chase, and Angelinos gathered on the roadways, and in front of their televisions, to watch in real time. In , Simpson's trial transfixed the country. Defense attorneys claimed Simpson was wrongly accused but prosecutors argued that Simpson was a controlling husband who abused Brown Simpson.
In , Simpson, a Heisman Trophy winner and former Buffalo Bills star, led a group of men into a Las Vegas hotel and casino to steal what he claims were his own sports memorabilia items, at gunpoint. Simpson was charged with felonies including kidnapping and armed robbery. He was found guilty in the botched robbery in and sentenced to up to 33 years in prison.
After nine years behind bars, the former NFL player was granted parole in Now 73, Simpson is living in Las Vegas. He's active on Twitter, posting videos with his thoughts on politics and football. Ron Goldman's father, Fred Goldman, and sister, Kim Goldman, were a constant presence at the criminal trial. Kim Goldman went on to become a victims' advocate. She's also the executive director of a non-profit which provides youth services in the Santa Clarita Valley area of Southern California.
Last year Kim Goldman hosted a podcast called "Confronting: O. Simpson," in which she interviewed key players from the case, including prosecutor Marcia Clark and Simpson house guest Kato Kaelin.
Kim Goldman even talked to two jurors and said she was told the three-and-a-half hour deliberation was allegedly a cover-up. Fred Goldman says it's important to remember the victims of violence who don't get the publicity that his son and Brown Simpson do. I don't want to get my mouth dirty with his name," Fred Goldman said.
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