O.J. Simpson Detailed 1994 Murders to Ghostwriter, Claiming 1 Accomplice
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Updated · The New York Times · Oct 18
O.J. Simpson Detailed 1994 Murders to Ghostwriter, Claiming 1 Accomplice
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Oct 18
Summary
In a 2006 Miami meeting, O.J. Simpson told his ghostwriter he "couldn't have done this alone," describing the 1994 killings as involving a friend who helped afterward.
That account, later folded into the book "If I Did It," said the friend disposed of the murder weapon and Simpson's bloody clothes as part of a "hypothetical" confession.
Prosecutors and police have given little credence to the accomplice claim, and many people viewed the story as fantasy rather than a reliable account of Nicole Brown Simpson's and Ronald Goldman's murders.
The episode adds a new layer to a decades-old case that ended with Simpson's acquittal in the criminal trial but continued to fuel scrutiny of his later attempts to profit from the case.