O. J. Simpson: Football Star Or Killer

Football Star or Killer “If it fits you must acquit” was all Americans were hearing every time they read the paper or watched television (OJ: The Untold Story). One of Americas most loved people was found dead along with one of her best friends. Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman had been murdered, but who killed them. The evidence clearly shows that O.J. Simpson committed the double murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, even though he was found not guilty (Linder). Orenthal James “O.J.” Simpson was a famous football player that was married to model Nicole Brown (OJ: The Untold Story). O.J. was always very jealous of Nicole and if he couldn’t have her then no one could. He also showed aggressive actions toward Nicole. Police reports were always filed stating O.J. beat and abused his wife (Mayer). Nicole would tell the authorities that everything was Simpson’s fault and Simpson would say it was the another way around but was it that simple (Maxwell). There are several reasons why this case is significance in American history. This case changed the way the media reported on domestic violence (Maxwell). This trial …show more content…
Simpson wrote a book called If I Did It: Confessions of a Killer. In the book, O.J. is open about everything Nicole and him went through. He claims that everything was always Nicole fault and saying that she had two personalities. America only saw her best and wonderful side. O.J. saw the mean, verbally abusive side that no one ever knew about because he kept it a secret and took the blame for everything (Simpson). Shortly after the police took O.J. in for questioning, he wrote a letter to Robert Kardashian telling him how much he loved Nicole and would never do anything to hurt her. In the letter, he clearly states that he did not kill her (Victor) In the book, O.J. clearly says the way he would have done it if he did kill her; however, this makes one think that the book is telling the way O.J. wishes he would have killed her