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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.
“OJ Simpson did receive MDMA ecstasy and other narcotics from Andrew. He was a user,” the FBI agents claimed. There was a raid planned in 2001, but when the authorities got to O.J.’s house ...
Simpson was acquitted of the criminal charges in 1995 following a high-profile, televised trial, though he was found liable for Brown Simpson and Goldman's deaths following a civil trial in 1997.
O.J. Simpson, center, listens to the not guilty verdict with his attorneys F. Lee Bailey, left, and Johnnie Cochran Jr. Simpson was found not guilty of killing ex-wife Nicole Brown-Simpson and her ...
Simpson's order to not allow anybody to leave the room was the reason for the kidnapping charges. [37] After posting bail on September 20, Simpson returned to his home in Miami. Later on, Simpson breached bail conditions by having contact with another defendant. Simpson was arrested in Miami, extradited to Nevada, and faced another hearing.
On November 8, 2007, Simpson had a preliminary hearing to decide whether he would be tried for the charges. He was held over for trial on all 12 counts. Simpson pleaded not guilty on November 29, with an initial setting for trial in April 2008, although it was soon set for September to give the defense more time for their case.
In 2016, Carrie Bess admitted that while she still believes that acquitting Simpson as payback for Rodney King was the correct decision in the atmosphere of the 1990s, she regrets the not guilty verdict following Simpson's arrest in Las Vegas, and labelled Simpson as "stupid" for getting himself into more trouble. [58]
Attorney Robert Blasier looks over evidence photographs in his Sacramento home office on Oct. 4, 1995, the day after the not guilty verdict in the O.J. Simpson trial. Dick Schmidt/Sacramento Bee ...