O.J. Simpson originally rose to fame as a football standout.
Following profitable the 1968 Heisman Trophy at the University of Southern California, he was picked by the Buffalo Expenditures as the No. 1 over-all select in the 1969 draft.
Simpson retired from the NFL in 1979 following actively playing 11 seasons, pivoting his job to get on Hollywood. He built appearances in movie and Tv set sequence, which include The Naked Gun film trilogy.
Despite his football legacy, his name grew to become rooted in infamy when his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her pal Ronald Goldman were identified stabbed to death exterior of her Los Angeles residence in 1994.
O.J. (Orenthal James) was arrested and subsequently billed with the murders of which he was acquitted. He was later observed liable for the wrongful demise of and battery from Goldman in a civil suit submitted by Goldman’s spouse and children and requested to shell out $33.5 million to the victims’ households.
A long time in advance of his family turned renowned by using actuality Tv set, the late Robert Kardashian Sr. was a person of the attorneys who represented O.J. for the duration of the demo, which served as the inspiration for the 2016 restricted sequence The Individuals v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Tale.
O.J.’s lawful woes ongoing when he was uncovered guilty of kidnapping and armed theft in 2007 in Las Vegas. He served nine years in a Nevada jail just before staying granted an early release in July 2017.
After a struggle with most cancers, O.J.’s spouse and children shared in April 2024 that he died at the age of 76.
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