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O.J. Simpson died on Wednesday at age 76 following a battle with cancer. The former NFL star and controversial public figure left behind four adult children, who were by his side at the time of ...
OJ Simpson Kypros/Getty Images Five days after the murders, detectives recommended that O.J. be charged with two counts of first-degree murder and an arrest warrant was subsequently issued.
O.J. Simpson was arrested and charged with their murders, leading to the highly publicized "Trial of the Century." O.J. was acquitted of the murders in 1995. Related: Why Kurt Russell Was at O.J ...
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.
The Menendez brothers pleaded not guilty, but Lyle encouraged Simpson to take a plea deal. In Robert Rand’s book The Menendez Murders, Lyle told the author that he offered Simpson some legal advice.
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.
Simpson, who at the outset of the case declared himself "absolutely 100 percent not guilty," waved at the jurors and mouthed the words "thank you" after the predominately Black panel of 10 women ...
Simpson was acquitted of all murder charges but was later arrested in 2007 and found guilty of kidnapping and armed robbery. He was released from prison in 2007 and received an early parole in 2021.