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I Can Prove OJ Innocent: Private Eye

Matt Cantor — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:20:05 CDT

OJ Simpson wasn't the killer: It was his son who murdered Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman, says a private investigator. Texas PI William Dear has spent 18 years probing the murders, and he explains his case in a new book—and an interview with the Village Voice . Jason Simpson wasn't...

Denise Brown's Son Busted for Domestic Violence

Kate Schwartz — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:49:38 CST

Today can't have been an easy day for Denise Brown. After the high-profile 1994 death of her sister—a murder OJ Simpson was famously acquitted of—Denise created the Nicole Brown Foundation to fight domestic abuse. So she probably wasn't too pleased to hear that her own son, Sean Brown,...

Kris Jenner: I Think OJ Killed Nicole

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:02:07 CDT

Kris Jenner’s ex-husband, Robert Kardashian, famously defended OJ Simpson when he was accused of murdering Nicole Brown Simpson—but Jenner "never believed OJ, not for a second," she writes in a new tell-all previewed by Radar . Nicole, Jenner’s best friend, feared OJ was going to kill her and "get away...

Oprah's Goal: Score OJ Confession

Matt Cantor — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 18:54:05 CDT

The Oprah Winfrey Show may be over, but there are still a few things its host wants to achieve. At the top of the list: a confession from OJ Simpson, she said in an interview on Thursday. “I have a dream of OJ Simpson confessing to me,” she said. “And...

F. Lee Bailey: OJ's Innocent, and Here's Why

Evann Gastaldo — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 07:32:29 CST

F. Lee Bailey says OJ Simpson is innocent—and if you don’t believe him, he has a 20,000-word document that backs up his claim. Bailey, a prominent member of the defense team that got Simpson acquitted, published the document—which he originally wrote as a book proposal, but the...

Smithsonian Gets OJ's 'Acquittal Suit'

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:43:00 CST

With OJ Simpson giving his agreement from prison, a judge approved a plan today to donate the suit the former NFL star was wearing when he was acquitted of murder to the Smithsonian. The deal ends a 13-year legal battle between Simpson's former sports agent, Mike Gilbert, and Fred Goldman,...

OJ a 'Sociopath,' Says Dream Team Lawyer

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:40:51 CST

It's more than a decade later, but attorney Robert Shapiro has shared his true feelings about former client OJ Simpson, Fox News reports: “He’s a sociopath,” says Shapiro, who led the legal “Dream Team” that won Simpson’s acquittal in the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. Has Shapiro...

OJ 'Confessed To Me,' Says Souvenir Dealer

Harry Kimball — Sat, 10 May 2008 15:18:34 CDT

A memorabilia merchant who has sold items for O.J. Simpson says the former football phenom got high on drugs and confessed to killing Nicole Brown Simpson, the AP reports. In his new book, How I Helped O.J. Get Away With Murder, Mike Gilbert also claims that he helped...

OJ Loses Black Support

Jonas Oransky — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:21:10 CDT

OJ Simpson has seen his steadfast defenders in the black community run for cover in the wake of his hypothetical confession and his new legal mix-up: a Washington Post survey concludes that whereas 71% of African Americans thought he was innocent of the 1994 double-murder rap at the time, only...