OJ Simpson news stories on Newser

New Bid to Free OJ Launched

Rob Quinn — Wed, 16 May 2012 00:51:39 CDT

OJ Simpson's new attorney says his client's former lawyers did such a bad job that the former football star deserves a new trial. An appeal document filed yesterday faults the trial strategy of Yale Galanter and Gabriel Grasso, and claims that Galanter helped plan Simpson's effort to retrieve family photos...

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...

Waterboarding, Paris Hilton Liked More Than Congress

Matt Cantor — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:50:05 CST

A Gallup poll released Wednesday finds that Americans' approval of Congress has hit yet another record low: 10%. There aren't many institutions Americans have liked less over the last 50-or-so years, according to Gallup: Only Fidel Castro, Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden, and OJ Simpson detective Mark Fuhrman have ever...

Bank Grabs OJ Simpson's Miami Home

Kate Schwartz — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:56:11 CST

It may be a good thing OJ Simpson currently has a (court-ordered) place to lay his head each night in Nevada: JPMorgan Chase is foreclosing on the incarcerated former football star's Miami home, reports TMZ . The AP notes that the bank filed for foreclosure in September on the four bedroom,...

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,...

Anti-Romney Ad Stars ... OJ Simpson

Kevin Spak — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:53:05 CST

What is OJ Simpson doing in an ad about Mitt Romney? Pointing out just how long Romney’s been in the political game. A new ad from the American Bridge PAC takes aim at Romney’s recent assertion that he’s an outsider who has no political career by showing clips of him...

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...

Casey Anthony Free to Sign Movie, Book Deals

Tim Karan — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:15:14 CDT

Maybe we'll find out what happened when the movie comes out. When Casey Anthony walks out of jail— as soon as tomorrow if Judge Belvin Perry releases her based on time served—she's free to take her story to the bank with interviews, book deals, and film offers, reports CNN...

Marcia Clark: Casey Anthony Verdict Crazier Than OJ's

Kevin Spak — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 11:36:01 CDT

When she heard the Casey Anthony verdict, Marcia Clark flashed back to how she felt when OJ Simpson was acquitted. “But this case was different. The verdict was far more shocking,” the ex-prosecutor in the Simpson case writes in the Daily Beast . Casey wasn’t a beloved celebrity, nor was there...