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that strange trial a to d en e bl rka o sports It was a rema of robbing tw ed us e cc a on oint. They wer aw Simps
on oom in ‘Sin City’, Simps Standing in the courtr s as ibly as Judge Jackie Gl winced briefly but vis the ordered him sent to denied him bail and sed es Dr . ntencing date cells to await his se to ue suit, he seemed in a sharp, dark bl not lm. The same could nod but remained ca oke rmelita Durio. She br said of his sister, Ca of r oo llapsed to the fl down in tears and co pson s treated her as Sim the court. Paramedic was led away.
in 1995 the day f o y r a g his annivers of killin ty t c d a e x r e a e e l On th d guil was c was foun Simpson e h h ic , h n a w m e Las in er a bizarr nd anoth in a g e in if p p -w ex idna ry and k of robbe . ime Vegas cr
It was a scen e that many Americans ha waiting exact d been ly 13 years to see. OJ Simps former Amer on , the ican football star widely be to have got aw lieved ay with murde r, was found in a court of guilty law, meaning he could spen rest of his li d the fe behind bars .
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gun salesmen at nd he memorabilia ’s own life a on ps m Si om s fr f back. That hawking item tting his stuf ge st ju s a w 13 hours claimed he jury, who took e th r fo gh ered in was not enou ch was deliv hi w , ct di er v r was to reach thei ‘The verdict . es en sc ht -nig ere was dramatic late it going in. Th ew n k e W . k yer Yale not a shoc defence law id sa ,’ ge a ppeal. a lot of bagg planning an a ow n is ho w r, Galante hadow rs it. The s e v o c ly d r of aggage’ ha ed Simpson r a e l c h The word ‘b ic wh er friend 5 verdict, own and h r B of the 199 e l o ic N ed it o death trial. Inde e h t r e slashing t v o more an, loomed erica for m A r e v Ron Goldm o called it dark pall ogrammes r has cast a p s w e N irth to cade. d it gave b n a y than a de r u t n elped of the Ce y crime, h it r b e l the Trial e c say, culture of and, some e l c y c a m o d er n s w It also 24-hour ne business. w o spawn the h s o t ounds. stice in racial gr n o turned ju a ic r mid ided Ame Simpson a d e r a e l deeply div c y t the time black jur ism. Yet a c a A mostly r e ic l o lieved s of p whites, be ly l ia accusation c e p s ricans, e ma n y A m e uilty. s clearly g Simpson wa
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The events th at led to Simps on’s final dow began in the nfall distinctly or di nary surroun of Room 1203 dings of the Palace Station Hotel Casino in Las and Vegas on 13 Se ptember 2007 men, Bruce . Fromong and Two Al Beardsley set up shop , had in the room, spreading ou memorabilia t their from Simps on’s distingu sports career ished .
Not sur prising ly a sens e of ju , that left m a stice d For tho enied. B ny Americans se who u wit tp b walkin g free elieve Simpso erhaps not n h ow nh despite killing , t being g as spent yea . uilty o a Neva he sight of rs f a do da jail Simpso u n b prize. J l will h trudgin e av us g off not den tice may hav e been a lo t o n e been ied. delaye g-awaited d, but it was
oin am e t o j c s n a ic r a book ack Ame on wrote ailed ma n y b l s p , e im S im t r In afte h he det pecially It, in whic the events id D them, es I If n of r called al’ versio book, Simpson ic last yea t e r o e h me ‘t . In the a grueso arrying e m u r d er h t f o t h o us e , c h ig ’s n n e w h o t r being B of oing to nd then g a s r e e ib h r h acks desc uing wit pears. He then bl g r a , e o p a knif d the tw o l d ma n a in G f n o e t h y w l gain on s h o c ke d mes to a o c d n a out bodies. bloodied
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It t er . a l s gas day few n in Las Ve en a d h reste t case. Eve nt and t y i s ar e u o a h p t w s n as h n gu nd , o a s s t g p a n n e m i ok e p h Si d an o rob peopl way. Yet t impson, to y e m e r a S se t robbe walk anno round you c to simply ve done a g of the ounded ct It s o ha rdin expe eem t t. A reco ebsites. ter movie s s y alwa nge twis ebrity w nt gangs buse. It a a el le a str up on c e vio screamed ouraged h t m d o enc on t u r n e sc e n e f r had Simps who had s a 1203, ho a s , m g o o o i like o D w c voir t Ric n to R iccio Reser out tha rdsley i s also R en sold a d h ea turne g and B room. It w men. He t son can n e p o From ugged the about th which Sim lars to n l b n o also old Simps o tapes, o nds of do i a t d s u u n tho the ing a esult heard, for r e h t early s it e . b e c l b r it y w e b e a cel
men had been told by a frie nd, Thomas Ric that he would cio, bring a buyer to meet them instead Ricci . But o brought Sim pson and a ga other men. At ng of least one them was armed w gun. They burs ith a t into the room , angrily shou a stream of ting obscenities. The two sale were pushed smen against a wa ll and Simps his gang gath on and ered up their goods in pillow and then ma cases rched out of the casino. Th shaken men ca e two lled the police and gave them extraordinary the news that th ey had just robbed by OJ been Simpson.
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All testifie d against h im and two linked him to of them making thre a ts and, cruc us e o f a g u ially, the n in the crim e. Simpson h knowing any ad denied one had bro ught a wea room. But pr p o n to the osecutors s aid that wa and Simpso s nonsense n’s co-def e n da n t s b prosecution ecame the ’s star witn esses. ‘For M to claim to r. Simpson people that he did not s is flat-out n e e any gun onsense. Th ese defenda about guns nts talked . Mr Simpso n asked the guns, and t m to bring hey saw gu ns in the r prosecutor oom,’ said David Roger.
n’s Simpso t s u j - not g that p e o p le spectin . But y u n s a m s o r t er et - u p ct had of supp me sort of s ce they That fa d n a b so on ing io dwindl ht have been authorities, go. Ricc ig a t m d e a l e v r t e e o th e. N id n n e by e polic heir sights, d Then, o oom . e im not th t r any c pson in d to R had Sim charged with pson had le four of im t ll was no men whom S ainst him. A ‘flipped’ g e a re o n e , t h a n to t u r n nts we a d n e f g e co-de 1203, b former ’s n o s Simp e. by polic
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k a h e y to o T . d e e r id jury ag dict but they d e h t , d r n e ve b e e n their ve In the might ha rime. o reach e t im e r im c t long h it. The ill a c lly reac , but it was st his a u t n e v e s spent rre a a h iz b o h d w n a, shady a impson, in Florid S g d in l y -o t r r pa ea ld see The 61-y rs golfing and That wou nds, . e a c e n y e t t frie recen life sen Simpson’s w get a f o o t er n e d n l O u o c ence af ar s . r b e f d n in o h c e g a thron him die b , held a press d l o t e h o tt ngry, im of Tom Sco learly a on was the vict C . t ic d r s been t h e ve hat Simp justice. He had t s r e t r not f o f r e po rriage o ? This is a is c h is t m is e l ustice a terrib kind of j t a h ‘W . p d. set u o claime t t o c S !’ justice It is m u c do u b t f h u inju sympa l that thy. stic ma n e whe T y n Si that w hat wa Amer ent that mps s sim icans o o Gold he had n walk ut from ilar to will h a two man. Th brutal ed free many p the cr ve e y l e o v y f p i c ti m crim rom le i n o f slau and s e 1995 g a S h w c i te ts cu er infa impso n w e foun elf wa red Br sations mou ow a d s s ca r c h s ar r e o u t s i d s h o c k n a n d s in e ase acr ted af Brown g. The t er oss ’ Los a lo s home Ang eles ng and .
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His m a deep rriage t o Bro racia w was the l divide n - acro ss Am g r ea - see stun t bl ning med er i c
uch it held s y h w e e r d to s largely is not ha Though it . y a l ic in r a e t was m C er n for A , Simpson an d io l t r a o in w c s a fa utside rcome to t h e o had ove e e H . a unknown to b e c o m meric A d o o in h d d il a le g e n ickly ch rowess ed and s ting heroes. His p an a h is r e v o imp s po r he beg merica’s ary. Then d ing n e g one of A e l as ften play w o , d d l o o ie f w on the in Holly l career u f s s e c c su uy. le g o o d g a loveab
In his caval white For ca d Bro c it y ’ s d e o f po nc l i ce an o Simpson m otorw the r d rep ays. ou o r t e r had l e d suppo te had be Covered a s alo r l c n live n ters. It ha ome lined ive on te g the le v i s e d wi t h io g comm ws event, been the perfe awkers a n the p entat u n o c blic a case d rs be t nex th n l u new c at follow ieve that d the medi s of a a c e le b r e ity-dr d it gave ar chase . Many an enche d d age ubious bir d the t h to of me dia. a
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When fect. lent r e p vio rom far f ged as a alous s a m er s je ge w arria Simpson e per. He wa new m r i ve a o p s em The a t h red, u s o t u s c ro igh s thing th a dange Brown m t led the was i o t n n w a d th pso ma n hint he ha onco, Sim ively in y f i n a r n B e st v of nd. E ase in his red exhau ted into e i r f ch boy era o ve degen ct. C le ga l merry on a y a suspe l rapidly Simpson’s nnie ia d . Joh alrea dia, the tr showcase yant o b m card. e a d the m lly tinge by the fl the race e ia d of th d a rac team’, le dly playe when one rded e o d m ‘drea n, unasham atly helpe n, was rec end, e a a r r h m g t e r Coch e was , Mark Fuh iggers’. In nd the s a c ‘n s, a Their the case about American son was y n i l d s e e p p t t co repea many whi ricans, Sim g n i k f o tal Ame shock lack to t h e o f ma n y b t deligh ot guilty. n found
g blo l d c been nde ack athl a fairy a’s still r bomb tale etic Tinse eal life . H er she h er , l e had a town mo it would ll wife. o with vie s t I h f h vicio a e ve b it h us tw cript. Exce een the ad not ist. p pt t h at th erfect is st ory
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He seeme d to live in a diffe p e o p le s rent wor till aske l d , w h er e d him fo swarmed r autograp around him hs and at night c because of the m lubs. But u it was r d er s , n o football t becaus career or e of his acting. Pe the fact, rha p e r ha p s n ot, Simpso ps oblivious to the most n became reviled m en in Ame one of rica.
13 ast p e y. Th light t i r e l n a t wi r l d n e bee wo cape t es life have into the t his o n r id he d impson’s ed back ld resta as But S g u He w d r o f e . c o t m o e s e re d n year nce. He ieving h coul father, F uit e e l H t e s . b s i y ’s ex e b r it G o l d ma n t a c iv i l ntly l e e r c a by app ough s a er a p u r s u e d t s . H e b r . e r a c s y cour eath lessl ruth an, in the for the d n m Gold t Simpso s n is less i a ag of proof n e d r u b the ses the liable for d l e h s In civil ca a w upted him nd Simpson That bankr stringent a . m 3 3 $ r o ce, he hit f tar existen -s a g deaths and e m a f asy, stead o distinctly e a d e l for life. In e h e ed rida wher nce, sustain e t is x e n fled to Flo a b lass subur come back but middle-c s. Every attempt to guided. sion orribly mis h d by his pen e m e e s hat blic eye TV show t y it l a e into the pu r a He wrote o create rder trial. u He tried t m e h t f o en saw ments al book, th n io s m o c ke d e l e s e f n o pseudo-c his bizarre cel it. utrage can a wave of o
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in jail n is now o s p im S . r ident ny longe trange inc s e h t But not a s n a will see ny Americ vant. They and for ma e l e r ir s a m u r d er . 03 w g time for in v in Room 12 r e s t, s long la Simpson, at
So now the Sim pson story co uld finally be Though he pl over. ans an appea l, it seems a certain that lm ost Simpson will finally be he for a lengthy ading stint in jail. M aybe it will be the rest of hi for s life. But he leaves an Am that he cha er ica nged complet ely. The orig Simpson trial inal created a publ ic obsession w criminal just ith ice, especiall y as it relate celebrities. It d to led to a publ ic clamour aro all the other und celebrity tria ls - such as th of Michael Ja ose ckson and Ph il Spector and post-mortem of the Anna Nicole Sm ith - and seem to create a ge ed neration of la wyers and ju who understo dges od that a high -profile case lead to a ne could w career in entertainmen also broke do t. It wn the barrie rs between ne and the publ ws ic. They watch ed the car ch live on TV and ase followed the court case a was broadca s it st direct fr om the cour Then they co tr oo m. uld go and meet the su himself if th spect ey hung out in the sports of suburban M bars iami.
l in ’s not n, the tria his son. ‘He f o s s For Goldma o l e h n’s murder elief for t ent for Ro some tiny r m h is n u p e ld be in t th st he shou a e l going to ge t a t u b re,’ he er ve d , put him the n a c that he des y e h t long as jail for as eek. said last w
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