After overwhelming the competition at the City College of San Francisco, he was admitted to the University of Southern California as a halfback. Simpson joined the professional Buffalo Bills in but did not excel until the offense was tailored to showcase his running. Nicknamed "The Juice," Simpson topped 1, yards rushing over five consecutive years —76 and led the National Football League in that category four times.
In , he became the first NFL player to rush for more than 2, yards in a single season. The running back also established league records since broken with his 23 touchdowns in , and rushing yards against the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving Day After retiring from professional football in , Simpson moved on to a profitable career as a sportscaster and an actor.
He had dabbled in acting while still an active athlete, notably playing a man framed for murder by the police in the film The Klansman. Simpson later appeared in The Naked Gun and its sequels, playing a dim-witted assistant detective, and regularly appeared in TV commercials for the Hertz rental-car company, where he was seen leaping over luggage and other obstacles in an effort to catch a flight. Simpson was married twice and had five kids, four of whom are living.
Simpson married Marguerite L. Whitley on June 24, They had three children together, Arnelle, Jason and Aaren. Daughter Aaren Lashone Simpson, who was born in , died a month before her second birthday when she drowned in the family's swimming pool. Simpson and Marguerite divorced in While still married to his first wife, Simpson met waitress Nicole Brown, then just a teenager.
Simpson and Brown married in , the same year he was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and they had two children together, Justin and Sydney. Brown Simpson complained about her marriage to friends and family members, telling them that Simpson was physically abusive. Following a fight between the two at a New Year's Eve party, in which he allegedly threatened to kill her, the former football star pleaded no contest to spousal battery.
We were both guilty. No one was hurt. It was no big deal, and we got on with our life. On June 12, , the bodies of Brown Simpson and friend Goldman, were found stabbed to death outside of her condominium in Los Angeles' Brentwood area. Evidence led police to suspect Simpson of the murders. Simpson was ordered to surrender by 11 a. Simpson finally surrendered voluntarily the evening of June 17 at his Brentwood mansion.
Lee Bailey. Despite strong evidence against Simpson, the lawyers successfully raised doubts about the handling of the evidence. Lead prosecutor Marcia Clark appeared to have a strong case against Simpson, as a glove matching the one found near the dead bodies surfaced on Simpson's property, while DNA testing connected him to the bloodstains left behind.
However, Cochran famously dismissed the matching gloves in his closing statements, noting, "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit. Simpson trying on gloves during his murder trial. On October 3, , the jury found Simpson not guilty of either murder. It was one of the most-watched events in television history, with million people tuning in to hear the verdict.
Simpson was hauled back to court for a civil trial, and in February he was found liable for the wrongful deaths of Brown Simpson and Goldman. Simpson moved to Florida in , in large part due to a state law that prevented his home from being seized to help cover the civil damages.
He auctioned off memorabilia to raise money and harbored hopes of returning to show business, although he found himself back in the headlines after allegedly attacking another driver in a road-rage incident in December The former American football star and actor OJ Simpson has been released on parole after nine years in a Nevada jail. He had been serving time for armed robbery, assault with a deadly weapon and 10 other charges over a confrontation at a Las Vegas hotel.
Simpson was approved for early parole release at a board hearing in July. In he was acquitted of the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman.
In a Facebook post , Nevada Department of Corrections released an image and video of Simpson signing documents and leaving Lovelock Correctional Centre early on Sunday. They confirmed the year-old had been released from the facility at GMT. He will face restrictions - including up to five years of parole supervision. Simpson has expressed his desire to move to Florida after leaving jail. His lawyer, Malcolm LaVergne, told Reuters news agency that his client's whereabouts would be kept confidential for now.
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