OJ Simpson, 74, was released from prison in Nevada in 2017.
Los Angeles:
OJ Simpson, the professional football player turned movie star who has a trial for two murders that divided America, is a free man after serving a prison sentence, police said on Tuesday. .
Simpson, now 74, was released from prison in Nevada in 2017, where he served nine years for armed robbery in a case that revolved around sports memorabilia. He will be released from prison in February.
Nevada Police spokesman Kim Yoko Smith said: “The Nevada Parole Board conducted an early discharge hearing for Mr. Simpson.
“A decision to grant early parole was approved on December 6, 2021. The board awarded credits equal to the remainder of the sentence to reduce the length of the sentence.”
The public life of Simpson’s soap opera began with a return to prominence in college football, winning the coveted Heisman Trophy for best player in the nation, before having a stellar career in the NFL.
It became a huge success in movies and commercials.
Then, in 1994, millions of Americans watched on television as Simpson rode in a white Bronco driven by a friend, leading a convoy of police cars along southern California highways as He runs away on suspicion of being murdered by his ex-wife. and her male friends.
Simpson was famously acquitted in 1995 by a Los Angeles jury in a case widely seen as a circus in the media, known as the “Trial of the Century”, with a set of laws. The monk is old and dramatic about whether or not a glove found at the scene will suit him.
The verdict was dismayed by many Americans, with opinions on the guilt of black athletes sharply divided along racial lines.
The case was turned into an Emmy-winning FX television series, “The People vs OJ Simpson: American Crime Story”, which aired in 2016.
Simpson was held liable for death in a 1997 civil lawsuit and $33.5 million in damages for the family of Ron Goldman, who was stabbed to death along with Simpson’s ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson.
Simpson maintains his innocence and has always denied that he tried to run away during the famous chase, even though he skipped a police deadline to turn himself in.
He told an LAPD detective over the phone during a slow-paced pursuit to “let them all know I wasn’t running,” but to visit Nicole’s grave.
A duffel bag containing Simpson’s passport and cash – as well as a gun – was found in the car by police, leading many to suspect this, but never presented as evidence by the prosecution.
He later authored a book titled “If I Did It,” which gives a hypothetical description of the murders.
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