OJ SIMPSON is famously known for being acquitted on murder charges related to the 1994 double murder of his ex-wife Nicole and her friend, Ronald Goldman.
Despite an acquittal, in 2008, he was found guilty of 12 charges related to the incident and was sentenced to 33 years in prison but is now a free man.
Who is OJ Simpson?
Orenthal James Simpson, 74, is known as a former football running back, broadcaster, actor, and advertising spokesman.
Prior to his retirement, he became the NFL's fastest player to gain 1,000 rushing yards in a season and the fastest player to gain 2,000 rushing yards in a season.
The running back gained the nickname "the Juice" as a play on OJ due to his power on the field.
Simpson was then inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1985.
Five years after retiring from football, he married Nicole Brown and welcomed two children together, Sydney Brooke, 36, and Justin Ryan, 33.
Simpson is also the father of three additional children from his previous marriage to Marguerite Whitley.
Where is OJ Simpson now?
OJ Simpson left prison on October 1, 2017, and was on parole until December 14, 2021.
In December 2021, Simpson become a "free man" after he was granted the credits and discharged from parole.
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“Mr. Simpson is a completely free man now,” said Malcolm LaVergne, Simpson’s lawyer in Las Vegas.
The decision comes after he was convicted by a jury in October 2008
for leading five men, including two with guns, in a September 2007 confrontation with two sports collectibles dealers at a Las Vegas casino-hotel.
At the time, Simpson claimed that he only wanted to retrieve personal mementos and items stolen from him following his acquittal in Los Angeles in the 1994 slayings of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Goldman.
He was scheduled to be released in February 2022 but was discharged for good behavior.
What happened to OJ's wife?
On June 13, 1994, Brown and Goldman, were found dead outside Brown's home in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles.
Brown had been stabbed multiple times in the head and neck and had defensive wounds on her hands.
Both had been dead for about two hours before they were found at 12.10am.
A single bloody glove was discovered at the scene.
Detectives went to Simpson's home to tell him of his ex-wife's death and found a white Ford Bronco with blood on the interior and exterior.
He was not there, having taken a flight to Chicago on the night of the murders.
A second bloody glove was then found on the premises which was later linked to the first found at the murder scene, with blood from both victims.
Police eventually ordered Simpson to surrender by 11am on July 17.
But instead of giving himself up the celebrated NFL running back fled in another White Bronco, driven by his friend Al Cowlings.
The resulting police car chase was nationally televised and watched by around 95 million Americans making it the highest-rated basic cable event of the year.
Following the low-speed chase, Simpson had a brief stand-off with police in which he held a gun to his head before giving himself up.
Along with the firearm, the star also had his passport, $9,000 in cash, and a fake goatee and mustache in his possession.
Dubbed the “Trial of the Century”, Simpson’s murder trial began on January 24, 1995, and dominated the American news agenda until the verdict on October 1995.
When asked how he would plead to the two murder charges, OJ broke courtroom practice and said: "Absolutely, one hundred percent, not guilty."
Simpson was acquitted of the murders by a jury at 10am on October 3, 1995.
Throughout the trial, he was supported by his friend and lawyer Robert Kardashian, the father of Kim, Khloe, and Kourtney Kardashian.
In post-trial interviews with the jurors, a few said they believed he did commit the murders but the prosecution had failed to prove their case.
In 1997 the parents of Goldman brought a civil lawsuit against Simpson for wrongful death.
The jury awarded Brown and Simpson's children $12.6million from their father as recipients of their mother's estate.
The victims' families were awarded $33.5million in compensatory and punitive damages – therefore finding Simpson responsible for the murders
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