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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.
All the proceeds went to the Goldman family, who said they have received only one percent of the money that Simpson owes from the wrongful death suit. [123] [124] Following Simpson's acquittal, no additional arrests or convictions related to the murders were made. He maintained his innocence in subsequent media interviews.
Fred Goldman, Ron's father, was awarded $33.5 million by a jury in 1997 for the wrongful death of his son; however, Simpson never paid this judgment due to a California law that prevents pensions from being used to satisfy judgments, and the fact that the bulk of his income comes from his NFL pension. Goldman described the book and television ...
O.J. Simpson was 76 years old when he died at his Las Vegas home in April 2024 ... A Look at His Final Years Before Death. His eight-month-long murder trial and controversial acquittal drew ...
1979: Simpson divorces his first wife. Simpson and Whitley, who wed in 1967, had separated a number of times throughout their marriage, according to the New York Times. In March 1979, they made ...
Nicole Brown Simpson became a household name after her ex-husband, O.J. Simpson, was accused of murdering her. After a lengthy trial, he was acquitted of all charges.Thirty years after her death ...
A week and a half before his death, Simpson cancelled a scheduled memorabilia signing because he was not feeling well. [213] In his last Twitter video on February 11, he said that while he was "dealing with some issues", he was in good health. [17] In the final days before his death, all of Simpson's children visited him. [214]
But Simpson’s accomplishments on the field were overshadowed and his image was forever ruined by charges that he killed his former wife and her male friend in 1994. Though he was acquitted of murder, Simpson was later found liable for the deaths in a separate civil case. Simpson’s tarnished legacy resulted in a muted reaction to news of his ...