[citation needed], On June 17, detectives recommended that Simpson be charged with two counts of first-degree murder with special circumstance of multiple killings after the final DNA results came back. Simpson trial: Transcript of Bronco call", "O.J. [337], In closing arguments, Darden ridiculed the notion that police officers might have wanted to frame Simpson. [4] He questioned why, if the LAPD was against Simpson, they went to his house eight times on domestic violence calls against Brown between 1986 and 1988 but did not arrest him; they only arrested him on charges of abuse in January 1989, when photos of Brown's face were entered into the record. [86] Every television network showed the chase;[94] ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, and local news outlets interrupted regularly scheduled programming to cover the incident, watched by an estimated 95 million viewers nationwide;[103][104][95][105] only 90 million had watched that year's Super Bowl. [41] Afterwards, Brown said she felt her life was in danger because Simpson had threatened to kill her if he ever found her with another man. After he did not turn himself in at the agreed time, he became the object of a low-speed pursuit in a white 1993 Ford Bronco SUV owned and driven by his friend Al Cowlings. York. In contrast to Cochran's book, Shapiro wrote "I never believed that Simpson was being victimized by a racist police organization because he was blackor that he was seen as a black hero". Former NFL player Phillip Adams kills five, then himself Posted by Mike Florio on April 8, 2021, 10:20 AM EDT Via the Associated Press, Adams killed Dr. Robert Lesslie, his wife Barbara, two of their young grandchildren (Adah and Noah), and James Lewis. The defense alleged that the police had planted Brown's blood on the socks found in Simpson's bedroom. Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld were also hired; they headed the Innocence Project and specialized in DNA evidence. [86][89][90], At 5 pm, Kardashian and one of his defense lawyers read Simpson's public letter. [68], On the night of June 12, Simpson was scheduled to board a red-eye flight from Los Angeles International Airport to Chicago, where he was due to play golf the following day at a convention with representatives of Hertz rental car Corporation, for whom he was a spokesman. Whites are not", "California Campaign to Revive Affirmative Action Is Struggling", "The silly George ZimmermanO.J. The keys were later found on Simpson when he was arrested for the murders of Brown and Ron Goldman. Johnnie Cochran published Journey to Justice in 1996 about the trial and denied he played the "race card" and maintains the LAPD tried to frame Simpson. did it? Dr. Robert Lesslie is seen in Rock Hill in March 2009. [21] The Goldman family was awarded compensatory and punitive damages totaling $33.5 million ($56.5million in 2021 dollars), but have received only a small portion of that figure. [289] This demonstrated that he misread it and that the levels found in the evidence samples were consistent with those found in blood that was not preserved in a police reference vial. Jim Dunaway At 6'5" 280 pounds, Jim Dunaway was a force to be reckoned with on the field. Rapper Jay-Z's song "The Story of O.J." Simpson's Heisman Trophy was sold for $255,500 to an undisclosed buyer. [86][89][90] In the letter, Simpson sent greetings to 24 friends and wrote, "First everyone understand I had nothing to do with Nicole's murder". [111][112] She had stayed for several days at Brown's condo until entering rehab four days before the killings. He had received both blood reference vials from the victims earlier that day from the coroner and booked them immediately into evidence. In July 2019, his ex-wife, Sherra . [416], The jury found Simpson liable for the murders and awarded the victims' families $33.5 million in compensatory and punitive damages. Simpson Pop-Up Museum Hits L.A.'s Chinatown", "Selena Murder Trial: Interview With Maria Celeste Arrars", Famous American Trials: The O.J. [69], The prosecution planned to present 62 separate incidents of domestic violence, including three previously unknown incidents Brown had documented in several letters she had written and placed in a bank safety deposit box. Ito denied the request, stating that pleading the fifth does not imply guilt and there was no evidence of fraud. ', "Meet the O.J. Following questioning by police detectives, Simpson was formally charged with the murders on June 17 after investigators found a blood-stained glove on his property. [259][260], The contamination claim was made by microbiologist Dr. John Gerdes. [170] Cochran said that she would testify that Simpson does not fit the profile of an abuser that would murder his spouse. Instead they presented a witness who testified that Brown had purchased a pair of those gloves in the same size in 1990 at Bloomingdales for Simpson along with a receipt and a photo during the trial of Simpson earlier wearing the same type of gloves.[331]. Simpson was acquitted for the murders of his ex-wife and her friend following a high-profile 1995 criminal trial, dubbed the "Trial of the Century." In the days since, the Seattle Seahawks have dropped Wheeler from the . The prosecution stated that the probability of error was 1-in-6.8 billion. McClanahan pleaded guilty to killing his wife at the Park Regency hotel on Prospector Ave. on November 2nd, 2017 where the couple was staying. [290][293] The prosecution also had Dr. Rieders admit that EDTA is also found in food[294] and specifically the ingredients used in McDonald's Big Mac and French fries[289] that Simpson had eaten earlier that night with Kato Kaelin. [103][95] The chase was covered live by ABC anchors Peter Jennings and Barbara Walters on behalf of the network's five news magazines, which achieved some of their highest-ever ratings that week. [131][132] The image was darker than a typical magazine image, and the Time photo was darker than the original, as shown on a Newsweek cover released at the same time. He voluntarily gave some of his own blood for comparison with evidence collected at the crime scene and was released. [128][bettersourceneeded] The U.S. Supreme Court received a message on the verdict during oral arguments, with the justices quietly passing the note to each other while listening to the attorney's presentation. This evidence was determined to be probable cause to issue an arrest warrant for Simpson. [29][30][31] Brown signed a prenuptial agreement and was prohibited from working while married. At the end of a sensational trial, former football star O.J. Lange testified that 14 other officers were there when Fuhrman arrived and all said there was only one glove at the crime scene. [400][401][402] In April 1998, Simpson did an interview with Ruby Wax and pretended to stab her using a banana in an apparent joke referencing the stabbing death of his wife. Simpson's Dream Team Played the "Race Card" and Won", "Race and Justice: Rodney King and O.J. [302] The defense suggested the reason why Fung did not collect the blood is because it was not there that day; Scheck showed a blown-up photograph taken of the back gate on June 13 and he admitted he could not see it in the photograph. [355] African American Stanford University Law Professor Richard Thompson Ford wrote that this made the verdict a wedge issue that divided liberals along racial lines as white liberals felt the verdict was a racially motivated jury nullification and resented the images of African Americans celebrating the verdict. Simpson apologized for not turning himself in earlier that day and responded that he was "the only one who deserved to get hurt" and was "just gonna go with Nicole". [348] Simpson filed for bankruptcy afterwards and relocated to Florida to protect his pension from seizure. 'There Was A Lot of Blood. He is an actor and composer, known for Training Day (2001), Street Kings (2008) and Undisputed (2002). [317] Lt. Frank Spangler also testified that he was with Fuhrman for the duration of his time there and stated he would have seen Fuhrman purloin the glove if he had in fact done so. Around 4:45 p.m. Wednesday, sheriff's deputies responded to the reported shooting at the home in the 4400 block. [172] Walker was dropped from the witness list for "tactical reasons" after she submitted her report on the case. Simpson Murder Trial: Excerpts of Opening Statements by Simpson Prosecutors", "Simpson Team Taking Aim at DNA Laboratory", "How O.J. [257] The prosecution also noted the defense declined to challenge any of those results by testing the evidence themselves. Simpson", "Video 1996: Barbara Walters interviews Robert Kardashian, longtime friend of O.J. ", "The Times Poll: Most in County Disagree With Simpson Verdicts", "Most Black People Now Think O.J. At first, Simpson claimed he cut his finger accidentally while in Chicago after learning of Brown's death. In 1986, Rozier was charged with murder for doing . As a result, all Los Angeles police officers were put on 12-hour shifts. The jury was absent but the exchange was televised. Simpson's DNA found on a trail of blood drops leading away from the victims, towards and on the back gate at Bundy. [190] He then discarded the glove, came back and went through the front door. [34] Of the 62 incidents of abuse, the police were notified eight times and Simpson was arrested once. Ito then met with the jurors, who all denied Harris's allegations of racial tension among themselves. ", Jill Shively testified to the grand jury that soon after the time of the murders she saw a white Ford Bronco speeding away from Bundy Drive in such a hurry that it almost collided with a Nissan at the intersection of Bundy and San Vicente Boulevard,[4] and that she recognized Simpson's voice. The manager of the hotel recalled Simpson asking for a Band-Aid for his finger at the front desk, because he had "cut it on pieces of note paper". Simpson: American Crime Story", "What's Worth Watching: 'The Real Story' about O.J., 'Fuller House' and more for Friday, Feb. 26 and Saturday, Feb. 27", "Two Astonishing Views of O.J. They are among those killed as protests have roiled American cities in the week since the death of George Floyd . Her life matters, and he deliberately tried to take it, in rage; Wheeler, a white man, nearly killed his girlfriend, a Black woman Alexis Mansanarez (@almansanarez) January 27, 2021 FAYETTE COUNTY, Ga. A former Georgia high school football standout convicted of killing his pregnant wife and his mother has pleaded guilty but mentally ill to two counts of malice. Simpson wanted a speedy trial, and the defense and prosecuting attorneys worked around the clock for several months to prepare their cases. The Man Looked. The ex-NFL player had been instructed not to consume drugs and to avoid drinking establishments. The prosecution stated that the probability of error was 1-in-21 billion. A passenger on the plane and the pilot testified to not noticing any cuts or wounds on Simpson's hands. Anthony McClanahan will serve 15 years to life, a judge said Monday. I really don't know about taking that thing". A large bruise in the center of her upper back with a corresponding foot print on her clothing indicated to investigators that, after killing Goldman, the assailant returned to Brown's body, stood on her back, pulled her head back by the hair and slit her throat. In 2007, former WWE superstar, Chris Benoit, killed his wife and their son in a murder-suicidewhich took place at their home in Georgia. Simpson's Bizarre Saga in Ex-Wife's Murder Ends in Not Guilty Plea", "World watches as police chase O.J. From Jan. 1, 2012, to Sept. 17, 2014, 33 NFL players were arrested on charges involving domestic violence, battery, assault and murder. [410], In 1996, Fred Goldman and Sharon Rufo, the parents of Ron Goldman, and Lou Brown, father of Nicole Brown filed a civil suit against Simpson for wrongful death. The latest Arizona headlines, breaking news, in-depth investigations, politics, and local community stories that matter to you. Trice died due to injuries suffered during a college football game against the University of Minnesota on October 6, 1923. Police found Dawn Armstrong dead at the scene. 'Never' Spoke to Kids on Nicole Slay", "Watching O.J. Simpson Trial", "2nd State Scientist Backs DNA Results: Simpson case: Criminalist Renee Montgomery says a new, more sensitive type of test corroborates earlier evidence. [4][105], Jose Camacho of Ross Cutlery provided store receipts showing Simpson had purchased a 12-inch (305mm) stiletto knife six weeks before the murders. [387][388][389] Robert Kardashian admitted that prior to the jurors visiting Simpsons home that the defense team had switched out his photos of white women for photos of his children and switched out a picture of a nude Paula Barbieri (Simpson's girlfriend at the time, who was white) for a Norman Rockwell painting from Cochran's office. Former NBA player Lorenzen Wright was found in Mississippi dead of multiple gunshot wounds back in 2010 after being reported missing days before in Tennessee. The hip hop and pop culture legend, Snoop Dogg (Calvin Broadus) and bodyguard McKinley Lee were charged in the murder of Los Angeles crip Philip Woldemariam in 1995. NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Steve McNair was shot dead in his sleep last weekend by his 20-year-old girlfriend, who was distraught about mounting financial problems and her belief that the former NFL. [450][451], Electronic musician James Ferraro referenced the police chase in the song "White Bronco" on his 2015 album Skid Row. ", "The Times Poll: Most in County Disagree With Simpson Verdicts", "Looking Through the Gaps: A Critical Approach to the LAPD's Rampart Scandal", "Jury convicts 3 of 4 LA cops in Rampart case", "O.J. He later killed himself in a home nearby. The Newseum has multiple trial-related items in their collection, including press passes, newspapers and the mute button that Superior Court Judge Lance Ito used when he wanted to shut off the live microphone in court so lawyers could talk privately during the trial. Shapiro noted that an increasingly distraught Simpson had begun treatment for depression. [32] She wrote that she felt conflicted about notifying the police of the abuse because she was financially dependent on Simpson. [6][7][8] The trial is often characterized as the trial of the century because of its international publicity, and has been described as the "most publicized" criminal trial in human history.[9]. Two prosecutors who were DNA experts, Rockne Harmon and George "Woody" Clarke, were brought in to present the DNA evidence in the case and were assisted by Prosecutor Lisa Kahn.[150][151][152]. "[405], In the documentary O.J. A 25-minute tape of the pilot, which did not include the knife scene, was found by investigators and watched on Simpson's television as they searched his house. Vincent Bugliosi published Outrage: The five Reasons why O. J. Simpson got away with Murder in 1997. They noted that several officers had already combed over the crime scene for almost two hours before Fuhrman arrived and none had noticed a second glove at the scene. Martha Tyrer was 40 years . He testified that at one point he saw a figure the same size as Simpson enter the house through the front door from where the driveway starts, before the lights came on. Carruth, a former wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers, was sentenced to 18 to 24 years in 2001 after a jury found him guilty of conspiring to murder Cherica Adams. Cowlings's voice is overheard in the recording (after the Bronco had arrived at Simpson's home surrounded by police) pleading with Simpson to surrender and end the chase peacefully. He Evoked The Fifth Amendment In Court", "Lawyers Clash Over F. Lee Bailey's 'Marine to Marine' Comment", "Bailey's Questioning Of Fuhrman Ends Minus Fireworks", "Some who helped shape the O.J. Simpson trial", "Famous Court Cases: People Vs. OJ Simpson Case", "Dr. Robert Huizenga: Testimony in the O.J. Simpson criminal trial, The People v. O.J. [242][243], After the trial, Baden admitted his claim of Goldman's long struggle was inaccurate[244][245] and that testifying for Simpson was a mistake. Lynch found it remarkable that Simpson, who he believed committed the murders, could continue a casual lifestyle afterward. "[64], The issue of whether to allow any video cameras into the courtroom was among the first issues Judge Ito had to decide, ultimately ruling that live camera coverage was warranted. Fuhrman, facing a possible prosecution for perjury, was instructed by his attorney to invoke the Fifth Amendment to avoid self-incrimination to two consecutive questions he was asked. [299][300], The defense alleged that Simpson's blood on the back gate at the Bundy crime scene was planted by the police. [341][342], The strong public reaction to Brown's letters and statements describing her abuse[343] spurred passage of the Violence Against Women Act in 1994, which Clark and Douglas referred to as the "O.J. He and Brown married on February 2, 1985. : The True Untold Story (2000). Robert Rozier. Witness Says Blood Carried Lab Preservative; Expert Supports Defense That Cops Daubed Blood On Evidence", "Jack Walraven's Simpson Trial Transcripts July 24 1995", "O.J. Former NFL quarterback Steve McNair, whose most noted drive was the final one of the 2000 Super Bowl, was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head Saturday afternoon in a downtown condominium.. The pair were stabbed to death outside Brown's condominium in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles on the night of June 12, 1994. Simpson verdict ten years later (PBS Frontline streaming video), OJ Simpson Criminal Trial Uncut Start-to-Finish (1995), "O.J. A former professional football player sliced his wife's neck and then crawled on the ground outside their rented Utah condominium before flagging down a police officer, prosecutors said in. Around midnight, as they reached the area where the Akita had been found, the dog stopped outside Brown's home and the couple saw Brown's body lying outside the house. canceled press conferences, with one telling reporters, "Not only would you not be here, but I wouldn't be here, either". [351] Such theories have been rejected by the trial's participants,[419][420] with Hunt opining that these claims were attempts to tap into the public interest in the case and were never meant to be taken seriously. 's Trial", "Nicole Brown Simpson's letter to O.J. [173][174] In it, she opines that the statistic from Dershowitz that of the two million incidents of abuse per year, only 2,000 victims are actually murdered by their spouses as being misleading because Brown was already dead. The leather gloves appeared too tight for Simpson to put on easily, especially over the latex gloves he wore underneath. [63][304][305] Officer Robert Riske was the first officer to the crime scene and the one who pointed out the blood on the back gate to Fuhrman, who documented it in his notes that night. Simpson spent the night between June 16 and 17 at the San Fernando Valley home of friend Robert Kardashian; Shapiro asked several doctors to attend to Simpson's purported fragile mental state. In Cochran's summation to the jury, he was unable to refute any of the prosecution's claims,[original research?] A safety and special teams player from South Carolina State, he joined the 49ers in 2010 as a seventh-round draft pick. Just pull over and I'll come out and stand by you all the rest of my life". [354] Analysis of the "racial gap" in polling shows that it did not cross the political spectrum. The Todd County Sheriff . He had been stabbed multiple times in the body and neck, but there were relatively few defensive wounds on his hands, signifying a short struggle to investigators. [293], FBI special agent Roger Martz was called by the defense on July 25, 1995, to testify that EDTA was present in the evidence samples, yet instead said he did not identify EDTA in the blood, contradicting the testimony given by Dr. Rieders the day before. For the 200708 robbery case involving Simpson, see, Selected key locations of the Bronco chase, sfn error: no target: CITEREFBaileyRabe2008 (, O.J. The prosecution had earlier decided against asking Simpson to try them on because they had been soaked in blood from Simpson, Brown and Goldman,[63] and frozen and unfrozen several times. [271][272][262][273], Barry Scheck's eight-day cross-examination of Dennis Fung was lauded in the media. Simpson Case in Terrain Hostile to Prosecution: It Wasn't Garcetti's Fault", "Who Was on the O.J. [334] Uelmen came up with, and Cochran repeated, a quip he used in his closing arguments: "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit". Darden noted the police did not arrest Simpson for five days after the 1994 murders. [222] Bloomingdales employee Samuel Poser testified he remembered showing Simpson those shoes but there was no store record of him purchasing them. Measuring the distance between the prints indicated that the assailant walked rather than ran away from the scene. The socks were collected on June 13 and had blood from both Simpson and Brown, but her blood on the socks was not identified until August 4. Simpson in 1997 and defended themselves against allegations of corruption and incompetence. Latinos and African Americans both believed that fraud was taking place in the LAPD but disagreed on the cause. Limo driver Park said the media offered him $100,000 but refused, as he would be removed as a witness. [4] During the prosecution's closing argument, Cochran and Scheck very notably objected seventy-one times in order to lessen its effect on the jury,[citation needed] and though Ito overruled sixty-nine of them, he did not once admonish Cochran or Scheck or threaten them with contempt of court for their behavior. [59], The front door to Brown's condominium was open when the bodies were found, but there were no signs that anyone had entered the building, by breaking in or otherwise. Simpson in 1977[22] when she was 18 and working as a waitress at the Daisy (a Beverly Hills private club). [44][45] She was considering staying at the shelter because she was afraid of what Simpson might do to her, as she was refusing his pleas to reconcile their marriage. Simpson", "Where Are Latinos in Post-O.J. Ex-NFL player Rae Carruth was released from prison Monday morning after spending nearly two decades behind bars on charges stemming from the murder of his pregnant girlfriend. [55][56] Meanwhile, Simpson ate takeout food from McDonald's with Kato Kaelin, a bit-part actor and family friend who had been given the use of a guest house on Simpson's estate. Simpson Trial on Blood Drops Found at Crime Scene", "Months into Trial, State Begins Unveiling Crucial Blood Evidence", "Detective Tells of Trail of Blood at Simpson Home", "The Trial of O.J. [167] Shapiro, Dershowitz, and Uelmen later admitted they believe that race played a factor in the jurors' dismissal of Brown's abuse by Simpson. Simpson Trial's Supporting Players, from Faye Resnick to Mark Fuhrman", "Simpson Guest Testifies Of Strains Before Killings", "O.J. The museum's acquisition of the suit ended the legal battle between Gilbert and Fred Goldman, both of whom claimed the right to the clothing. The volume of DNA was so high that the defense conceded that it could not be explained by contamination in the lab, yet noted that it was unusual for that blood to have more DNA on it than the other samples collected at the crime scene, especially since it had been left exposed to the elements for several weeks and after the crime scene had supposedly been washed over. I promise" off the air. Simpson", "Simpson tormented, beat wife, papers say", "Worker at Women's Shelter Tells Simpson Trial of a 'Nicole' Call", "Women's shelter worker testifies against Simpson Dec. 4, 1996", "Inside the Short, Tragic Life of Nicole Brown Simpson and Her Hopeful Final Days", "100 Reasons Why The OJ Trial Is The Most Absurd Event in American History", "Victim Thrived on Life in Fast Lane, His Friends Recall", "Dreams of Better Days Died That Night: Ronald Goldman: A young man was finding his way through the maze of L.A.", "On Fatal Night, Nicole Simpson Was Seen With a Man in a Shop", "Dog Led Neighbors To Body The Akita Took The Couple to the Slain Nicole Simpson. When she reported that number was 80.3%, they dropped her from the witness list. [234], Dr. Robert Huizenga testified on July 14, 1995[235] that Simpson was not physically capable of carrying out the murders due to chronic arthritis and old football injuries. and Hertz: The rise and fall of a rent-a-star", "Mark Fuhrman Slams The People v. O.J. [453], The video game Duke Nukem 3D has several allusions to the Simpson trial, including a television playing the Bronco chase. [446][447], The heavy-metal band Body Count recorded the song "I Used to Love Her", sung from the perspective of OJ Simpson murdering his wife, on their 1997 album Violent Demise: The Last Days. Simpson's white Bronco, and the chase was on", "June 17, 1994: O.J. Adams died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, York County Coroner Sabrina Gast said. Yet another was a man known as "Mr Indianapolis", a former star football player. Former NFL player Phillip Adams died by apparent suicide in South Carolina after he shot and killed five people Wednesday, including a prominent doctor, his wife and their two. Ex-football player Antonio Armstrong and his wife, Dawn, were shot and killed in the bedroom of their Houston home on Friday, allegedly by their 16-year-old son, the Houston Chronicle reports. The LAPD then notified Shapiro that Simpson would be arrested at Kardashian's home. The prosecution stated they believed the gloves shrank from having been soaked in the blood of the victims. This dismissal of Simpson's abusive behavior from a female juror, who was also a victim of such abuse by her own husband, convinced the prosecution that the jury was not receptive to the domestic violence argument. Simpson Trial", "Why You Might Not Want to Believe Michael Baden on Jeffrey Epstein's Death", "Jack Walraven's Simpson Trial Transcripts August 4, 1995", "Column: Barry Scheck on the O.J. [33] She wrote about him beating her in public, during sex and even in front of family and friends. ', "Time Responds to Criticism Over Simpson Cover", "Time Made O.J. Ito then ordered them to court and the 13 protesters responded by wearing all black and refusing to come out to the jury box upon arrival. The police arranged for more than 100 police officers on horseback to surround the Los Angeles County courthouse on the day the verdict was announced, in case of rioting by the crowd. Simpson Murder Trial: Prosecutors Say Simpson Trick Thwarted Glove Test", "Los Angeles California; Friday, June 23, 1995 9:00 am", "Gloves May Have Shrunk, Expert Says at O.J. I am truly heartbroken. [347], After the verdict, polling showed that 75% of White Americans thought Simpson was guilty while 70% of African Americans thought he was innocent. [60] The walkway leading to the stairs was covered in blood, but the soles of Brown's feet were clean; based on this evidence, investigators concluded that she was the first person to be killed and the intended target. Marcia Clark conceded that such evidence did imply guilt yet defended her decision, citing the public reaction to the chase and suicide note as proof the trial had been compromised by Simpson's celebrity status. 1988). Fuhrman did not testify but Simpson did on his own behalf and lied several times. The media outlets served an enthusiastic audience; one company put the loss of national productivity from employees following the case instead of working at $40billion. [64], Knowing that Cowlings was listening to KNX-AM, sports announcer Pete Arbogast called Simpson's former USC football coach John McKay and connected him to Simpson. Dr. Robert Lesslie, 70, and his wife, Barbara, 69, were pronounced dead in their home in Rock Hill along with grandchildren Adah Lesslie, 9, and Noah Lesslie, 5, the York County coroner's office . Over the course of the trial, ten were dismissed for a wide variety of reasons. [351][352], Scholarly consensus is that the trial damaged race relations in America[353] and point to polling which shows that belief in Simpson's guilt depended on the race of the individual and not on the evidence against him. [315] Scheck also suggested that Fuhrman broke into Simpson's Bronco and used the glove like a paint brush to plant blood onto and inside the Bronco. Simpson: The Key Players in His Murder Trial", "O.J. [413] The physical evidence did not change but additional evidence of domestic violence was presented as well as 31 pre-1994 photos of Simpson wearing Bruno Magli shoes,[414] including one that was published 6 months before the murders, proving it could not be a forgery. [321] A few months later, the defense discovered audiotapes of Fuhrman repeatedly using the word 41 times in total, eight years before the murders. It is chronic in the sense that it doesn't go away". Simpson brandishes a banana at interviewer", "Last Night; OJ's sick stunt was no laughing matter", "Memorabilia Dealer Claims He Heard O.J. [350] In 2016, 20 years after the verdict, polling showed the gap had narrowed with a majority of both now believing he was guilty: 83% of white Americans and 57% of black Americans. [109], Former NFL player and pastor Rosey Grier visited Simpson on November 13 at the Los Angeles County Jail in the days following the murders. As both men wept, Simpson told McKay, "OK, Coach, I wont do anything stupid. They concluded that Simpson probably was guilty but the prosecution failed to prove it beyond a reasonable doubt. The song's lyrics were also added to the Houston Press' list of "The 15 Most Messed-Up O.J. Simpson Case? 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