Orenthal James Simpson died this Thursday at the age of 76. It was his own family, through social networks, that spread the news of his death. On April 10, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer. He was surrounded by children and grandchildren. During this time of transition, his family asks that their wishes for privacy and grace be respected. Sincerely, the Simpson family, this is what the post published on Xformerly known as Twitter. This was how the goodbye of one of the most illustrious figures in the history of American football was announced to the world. A star who, however, transcended beyond what was happening at 120 yards for reasons very unrelated to sport.
It all started in 1985. Five years after announcing his retirement, OJ Simpson married Nicole Brown. It was a stormy marriage that lasted seven years.in which the couple had two children and in which, the former player for the Buffalo Bills and the San Francisco 49ers, He was investigated on several occasions for episodes of domestic violence. In 1992, Brown filed for divorce. Two years later, on June 12, 1994, the bodies of Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman were found dead., a young waiter from Chicago. Both were found at the home of Simpson’s ex-wife. She had multiple stab wounds. The former athlete then decided to flee and trigger a police chase that would be broadcast by multiple television networks and seen, live, by more than 95 million viewers. Once captured, Simpson faced the Trial of the Century.
The lawsuit, named so because of the enormous media expectation it generated, lasted about nine months. He was found not guilty and released again because no conclusive evidence against him emerged. However, in 1997, he was blamed for the double murder in a civil trial and was ordered to pay compensation of $335 million to the relatives of Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman. In this way, he received a heavy punishment in the financial section, but it did not lead to prison sentences.
To prison ten years later
OJ Simpson was not sentenced to prison for the deaths of his ex-wife and Goldman, but he did go to prison a decade later for a completely different crime. In 2007, the former player was arrested when, accompanied by five other people, he raided a Las Vegas hotel room in search of collector’s items. These assets were elements and memories of Simpson himself, which is why he claimed that he only wanted to recover family memories. An insufficient justification in the eyes of a Nevada jury, sentencing him to 33 years in prison.
In 2017, after just over nine years behind bars, Simpson was granted parole and, in 2021, his sentence was terminated early. It would be the last stay in prison for a sports star overshadowed by his problems with the law.
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