OJ Simpson made all visitors, including family, sign NDAs in final days before his death
OJ Simpson was infamously acquitted of the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and waiter Ron Goldman in the so-called ‘trial of the century’ — and spent the rest of his life leaning into his notoriety
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Your support makes all the difference.OJ Simpson is said to have made all visitors, including his family, sign non-disclosure agreements to visit him in the days before his death.
In the 1990s, he became arguably the most infamous man in America after he was charged with the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, a waiter, who were stabbed to death. The trial in 1995 dominated the news for months, sparking contentious debate about fame, domestic abuse and racist treatment of Black Americans by the police. He was ultimately acquitted.
In 1997 Simpson was found liable for the pair’s deaths in a civil proceeding. Simpson was ordered to pay $33.5 million in a judgment, but managed to avoid paying significant damages.
Sources with direct knowledge have told TMZ that somewhere between 30 to 50 people – made up of friends and other family – saw OJ in person at his home in Las Vegas before he died on Wednesday. They are all said to signed the NDAs, and no phones were allowed in the room with Simpson.
Simpson was battling prostate cancer, according to his family.
Now, Malcolm LaVergn, the executor of Simpson’s estate, has vowed to prevent the payout of a $33.5m judgement to the families of Goldman and Brown Simpson, saying that he hopes to ensure that Goldman’s family, in particular, “get nothing”.
Speaking to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Mr LaVergn, who represented Simpson for the last 15 years of his life, said: “It’s my hope that the Goldmans get zero, nothing.
“Them specifically. And I will do everything in my capacity as the executor or personal representative to try and ensure that they get nothing.”
OJ Simpson shuts down reports he’s in ‘hospice’ following cancer treatment
This Independent story from February details how OJ Simpson shut down rumours that he was being treated for cancer.
Simpson responded to the rumours by insisting that he was not in “hospice,” though it’s unclear if any report actually claimed that he was.
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‘I simply don’t care’
One of the lead detectives in the OJ Simpson murder trial, Tom Lange, was reportedly asked by TMZ how he felt after he learned that the former NFL star and muder suspect had died.
He did not have strong feelings about the development.
“I have nothing to say, I simply don’t care,” he told TMZ.
Simpson was ultimately acquitted.
OJ Simpson was cast as The Terminator before Arnold Schwarzenegger
OJ Simpson nearly became the deadly cyborg assassin of James Cameron’s legendary Terminator franchise, before Arnold Schwarzenegger was cast to lead the series.
The former American football star and infamous murder suspect, who died aged 76 on Wednesday (11 April) from cancer, was revealed to have originally been cast as The Terminator.
“It was actually OJ Simpson that was the first cast Terminator,” Schwarzenegger told The Independent in 2019. “Then somehow [James Cameron] felt that he was not as believable for a killing machine. So then they hired me. That’s really what happened.”
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OJ Simpson has died aged 76 after a reported long battle with prostate cancer.
The American football star, who was infamously acquitted of the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman, saw his health deteriorate in the past few months with him landing in hospice care, according to TMZ.
His death was announced when the NFL Hall of Famer’s X account posted a simple message from his family.
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Watch OJ Simpson’s infamous ‘if glove don’t fit, you must acquit’ court moment
It is a phrase that has become an enduring motto in American history. OJ Simpson was standing trial for the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman in 1994. Police said they found a bloody glove at the scene and many hours later a police detective scaled a wall outside OJ Simpson’s house and said he found a match. The prosecution's request to have OJ Simpson try on a pair of gloves spawned a phrase that become an enduring motto and marked a key moment in the case - “If the glove don’t fit, you must acquit”. The American football star was acquitted of murder, He was found responsible for her death in a civil lawsuit and later imprisoned for armed robbery and kidnapping. The actor’s death from cancer was announced on Thursday (April 11).
OJ Simpson assured fans he was in good health in final tweets before prostate cancer death
In some of his final tweets before his death from prostrate cancer OJ Simpson announced that he was “just about over” some of the health “issues” he’d been having.
“My health is good”, the former NFL player, actor and acquitted murder suspect said on X. “I mean, obviously, I’m dealing with some issues, but hey, I think I’m just about over it and I’ll be back home on that golf course hopefully in a couple of weeks.
“But it was very nice hearing from you and hearing those good, positive thoughts”, Simpson said, speaking to his supporters on X in February during Super Bowl weekend.
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Families of murder victims to chase OJ Simpson estate for payout
The families of OJ Simpson’s alleged victims have vowed to go after his estate for unpaid compensation. Simpson was acquitted of the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman at a trial in 1995.
In 1997 Simpson was found liable for the pair’s deaths in a civil proceeding. Simpson was ordered to pay $33.5 million in a judgment, but managed to avoid paying significant damages. David Cook, a San Francisco attorney for Goldman’s father, Fred, who has been seeking to collect the civil judgment, said he would continue to fight for justice for the families.
“He died without penance. We don’t know what he has, where it is or who is in control. We will pick up where we are and keep going with it,” he said.
What was OJ Simpson accused of doing? The charges against NFL star acquitted of murdering wife Nicole Brown
OJ Simpson, an NFL player who later acquitted in an infamous murder trial, died at his home in Las Vegas on Wednesday, his family has said.
In what the media called the “trial of the century” at the time, Simpson avoided prison when he was found not guilty in the 1994 stabbing deaths of former wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman in Los Angeles.
Simpson later served nine years in a Nevada prison after being convicted in 2008 on 12 counts of armed robbery and kidnapping two sports memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in a Las Vegas hotel.
Here is everything Simpson was accused of:
OJ Simpson allegations: Charges against NFL star acquitted of murdering Nicole Brown
The former NFL player died aged 76
OJ Simpson leaves behind a staggering net worth - here’s who stands to inherit his fortune
OJ Simpson has died aged 76 after a reported long battle with prostate cancer.
The American football star, who was infamously acquitted of the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman, saw his health deteriorate in the past few months with him landing in hospice care, according to TMZ.
His death was announced when the NFL Hall of Famer’s X account posted a simple message from his family.
How much was OJ Simpson worth and who stands to inherit his fortune?
O.J. Simpson’s net worth peaked in 1981 when he was worth $38million
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