O. J. Simpson

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Orenthal James "O. J." Simpson (born July 9, 1947) is a former professional American football player for the NFL. He is also a sports commentator and actor. He was tried and acquitted for the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman, but in a later civil lawsuit was found liable for their wrongful deaths. In 2007, he was arrested for an attempted robbery in Las Vegas.

In 2007, Simpson published a book titled If I Did It which describes Simpson's relationship with his ex-wife and then describes the murder in a purportedly fictional manner. Many have taken this to be a fictionalized confession by Simpson - after civil proceedings, the rights to the book were transferred to the Goldman family and it has been republished with the subtitle "Confessions of the Killer".

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  • Why (1973)
  • The Klansman (1974)
  • The Towering Inferno (1974)
  • Capricorn One (1978)
  • Hambone and Hillie (1984)
  • The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
  • The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
  • Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994)

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