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The People of the State of California v. Orenthal James Simpson was a criminal trial in Los Angeles County Superior Court, in which former NFL player and actor O. J. Simpson was tried and acquitted for the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman, who were stabbed to death outside Brown's condominium in Los Angeles on June 12, 1994.
Simpson also made his first and only playoff appearance during the 1974 season. In a divisional game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Simpson rushed for 49 yards on 15 attempts and caught a touchdown pass, but the Bills lost the game 32–14. [46] Simpson won the rushing title again in 1975, rushing for 1,817 yards and 16 touchdowns. He also ...
In O.J.: Made in America, African-American journalist Sylvester Monroe addressed the racial issues involved in the trial and claimed that his mother had said that had Simpson been accused of beating and murdering his first wife, Marguerite L. Whitley, who was African-American, "this would not have been the trial of the century, and his black ...
In 1994, O.J. Simpson wound up at the L.A. County Men’s Central Jail for allegedly murdering his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. In an interview with Larry King ...
In 1996, the parents of Brown and Goldman filed a civil suit against Simpson, which ultimately found Simpson liable for the two deaths. The victims’ families were awarded $33.5 million in ...
Her father was seen carrying the bag just after Simpson was accused of murdering Brown, as prosecutors speculated it had contained evidence. In 1996, Robert told CNN he tried to give the bag to ...
Outrage: The Five Reasons Why O. J. Simpson Got Away with Murder is a true crime book by Vincent Bugliosi published in 1996. [1] Bugliosi sets forth five main reasons why the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office failed to successfully convict O. J. Simpson for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
Though Brown Simpson’s ex-husband was accused of killing both her and Goldman, he was acquitted of all charges in 1995. He was, however, later found liable for their deaths in a 1997 civil trial.