5 reasons why we know OJ did it

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UPDATED: 8:00 a.m., June 12, 2024 —

IThirty years have passed since Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were killed outside Brown’s Los Angeles home, but many questions still remain unanswered. Did OJ really kill his wife?

The recent death of OJ Simpson has reignited conversations about the tragic death of Brown Simpson and brought her the attention she deserves, which many feel she did not receive during OJ’s famous murder trial.

Earlier this month, Lifetime released a docuseries called “The Life & Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson,” which explores the aftermath of Brown Simpson’s death. The four-part docuseries was created to “bring Nicole to the forefront and tell her “History,” director Melissa G. Moore told Forbes.

“I realized that if I closed my eyes I could hear OJ’s voice, but I didn’t even know what Nicole’s voice sounded like,” Moore said.

In the docuseries, viewers will hear Nicole’s voice and hear stories about Brown Simpson’s sisters, according to Forbes. The documentary also includes previously unseen footage from Brown Simpson’s home movie.

You can stream The life and murder of Nicole Brown Simpson oin the Lifetime app.

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Former NFL star OJ Simpson died on April 10 at the age of 76, his family said. a short explanation on social media.

Simpson has been battling prostate cancer for the past few years and his health has deteriorated in recent months.

Simpson’s death has reignited talk of his famous 1995 trial for the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman.

After eleven months of controversy, OJ was ultimately acquitted in what has been described as the “most significant” criminal trial in human history.

However, many considered Simpson guilty, a label the former star runner carried for the rest of his life.

Did he really do it? NewsOne gets to the bottom of the details.

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The downfall of OJ Simpson began almost 30 years ago, although the public did not notice it at the time. The ex-wife of the former football star, who became an actor and later advertising spokesman, Nicole Brown Simpsonand her boyfriend, Ron Goldman, were found dead in their Southern California home on June 12, 1994. Five days later, Simpson captured the country’s attention by leading police on a slow, drawn-out chase that many found distressing before he was arrested and taken into custody as the prime suspect in the murders.

A quarter of a century later, Simpson said he preferred to “focus on the positive” rather than reflect on that fateful day that changed the course of his life forever.

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In an interview with the Washington Post, Simpson spoke openly about everything except that 1995 day in Brentwood, California. He still lives in Nevada, where he served nine years in prison for kidnapping and armed robbery as part of an undercover operation in 2007.

“The city has been good to me,” Simpson told the Post. “Everyone I meet seems to apologize for what happened to me here.”

It is likely that he has not received many apologies for the murders 30 years ago.

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Some people have cited the Nevada robbery as evidence that Simpson was capable of committing murder, but no one – not even a jury of his peers – has been able to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Yet Simpson still has a handful of notable clues that suggest the former football star, actor and broadcaster may have actually gotten away with murder.

1. The DNA — Prosecutors in Simpson’s case presented compelling DNA evidence, including matching bloody footprints, hair follicles and a glove found near Simpson’s home that contained blood that tested positive for Goldman’s blood. Blood was also found inside Simpson’s Ford Bronco near the outside driver’s door handle. Additional blood samples were smeared inside on the console, door, steering wheel and carpeting. DNA testing showed that some of the blood was a mixture of Simpson’s genetic markers and those of the victims.

2. The infamous chase — On the day of his arrest, Los Angeles police chased Simpson for hours in his white Bronco. And to top it all off, the whole spectacle was captured on video.

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3. CHANGE OF ALIBI — OJ’s initial alibi was that he was asleep at the time of the murder. His defense later changed that alibi with a series of stories, one of which claimed he was hitting golf balls in front of his house. Simpson’s defense also claimed that a neighbor’s housekeeper, Rosa Lopez, saw his car parked in front of the house. However, Lopez later admitted on cross-examination that she couldn’t be exactly sure whether or not his Bronco was there.

4. MOTIF — According to the prosecution, Simpson had many motives for killing his ex-wife. Simpson was reportedly prone to fits of jealousy (as evidenced by recorded 911 calls from Nicole herself) and is said to have beaten, stalked, and humiliated her – all signs that he was quite capable of murder.

5. THE “IF I DID IT” BOOK — There is no better way to say “I am guilty” than to publish a book detailing how one would hypothetically do it, all in the name of profit. An excerpt from the book reads:

“If I had actually done it… I would have taken my good gloves with me that day. I would have hated that they shrunk when I left them on the patio, but I would have taken them anyway. They were my lucky gloves and I would have needed them because I was going to stab my bitch of a wife… hypothetically.”

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