O.J. Simpson Says Media Convicted Him

[BillyBarooooooo]

MIAMI (AP) - O.J. Simpson complained Friday that the media have convinced the public he is guilty, and he said he hopes the real killer is found so that he can have the pleasure of proving people wrong.

"My prayer is that it will be solved so that I can go to so many people that I felt I had to be nice to," he said in an interview with The Associated Press marking the 10th anniversary of ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson's slaying. "I've always been a gracious winner and loser. Only this time, I don't think I'd be gracious."

On June 12, 1994, Simpson's former wife was slashed to death along with a friend, Ronald Goldman, outside her Brentwood condominium. The slayings and the subsequent trial riveted the nation's attention. Simpson was ultimately acquitted. Many believe he got away with murder.

In a wide-ranging interview, Simpson said he blames the media "for convincing the American public I was guilty." He said he sees the same thing happening with some of today's high-profile criminal cases.


"You can't watch the media now and not think that Michael Jackson, Scott Peterson and Kobe Bryant are guilty," the former football star said.

Simpson said coverage is particularly slanted against black defendants: "It's much easier to prosecute a black man."

He said he has given up his much-publicized pledge to search for the "real killer" because of the demands of raising two teenage children and paying for their education.

"I no longer have the money to pay to follow up these leads," he said.

Simpson said he has never discussed the bloody slayings with his two children, Sydney, 18, and Justin, 15, because they never asked about it.


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"It never comes up with us," he said. "In the beginning, I wanted to sit down and talk to them about it. But the child psychologist said to me, 'Kids live for the future. They move on. One day in the future, they may want to talk about it, and you should be ready.'"

He said the focus in the Simpson household is on remembering what he said were the happy times with his ex-wife, not her death. He said he recently took the children out to dinner, and they toasted what would have been her 45th birthday.

"My kids are well aware of what was going on during the trial," he said.

His daughter is planning to attend a private university in the Northeast next fall, while his son attends a private high school in Miami.

In discussing the murders, Simpson said, "I wasn't there. I can't add anything."


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Simpson, 56, his hair graying and looking a bit heavier than he did during the trial, said he often wonders how his relationship with Nicole would have turned out had she not been murdered.

"The last time I told her it wasn't working, we ended up making love," he said. "There's no doubt that Nicole and I loved each other."

Nicole Simpson's sister, Denise Brown, said she still believes Simpson is the killer, calling his acquittal "a total injustice."

"I'm not angry because I can't do anything about it," she told The Associated Press before the interview with Simpson. "You can't go back and retry the person."

Of Simpson, she said, "He's evil. I think he's the devil walking around on Earth."


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The Goldmans and Browns sued Simpson in civil court and won judgments of $33.5 million in 1997 under a different standard of proof.

Simpson has not paid the judgment and lives in Florida, where his pension cannot be touched.

During a nearly three-hour interview, Simpson grew wistful only when he spoke about his dead wife.

"She was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen," he recalled of the day he first saw the then 18-year-old Nicole Brown coming out of a Hollywood night spot "with some of Dodi Fayed's people," referring to the playboy who died with Princess Diana.

"I remember saying to the guy with me, 'That girl there, I can't look at no other girl in this place. No other girl is going to look that good.'"


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A few days after they met, he said, they began living together even though he was still married to his first wife, Marguerite.

Last February, he said, he reminded the children that it would have been his 19th wedding anniversary with Nicole.

"Sometimes I think that instead of putting off the move to Florida I should have grabbed Nicole and the kids and changed our environment. I wonder how things would have turned out," he said.

He remains convinced that his ex-wife fell in with bad company after they divorced and that her death resulted from those connections, possibly involving drugs.

"A month before she died, I had an argument with her about those people" he said. "Something was out of control here."

Simpson continues to be dismayed about public opinion 10 years after his case.

"I regret the death of Nicole," he said. "But from June 12, from the moment I was awakened that day (in Chicago), I did everything I could do. I flew right home. I offered to talk to police. I offered to take a lie-detector test."

And in the end he was acquitted.

"Everyone tries to find a reason for that: the evidence, the jury," he said, adding they ignore what he said is the real reason.

"I was innocent," he said.

[BillyBarooooooo]

"You can't watch the media now and not think that Michael Jackson, Scott Peterson and Kobe Bryant are guilty," the former football star said.

Um guessing because they are guilty, except Bryant!!!! So that isnt a great comparison, of course unless your guilty Mr. Simpson. I would be pissed if OJ was thorwing my name around comparing himself to me.

BB

[BillyBarooooooo]

"It's much easier to prosecute a black man."

Give it a rest already, YOU GOT OFF!!!!

[Steel]

OJ Simpson is a MURDERER , JACKASS and a RACIST!!!! Enough said !!

[SkinsFan]

OJ did it... no doubt about it....

[Big Pimpin]

We all know OJ is guilty....MJ the freak sleeps with little boys...ummm...Guilty....and I damn sure wouldn't be surprised if Kobe did it as well..just my opinion but hey you have to pay to play Kobe..just a chance you took and you was fucked

[QuickNick]

it has been 10 years since the jury let the murderer get away with murder. One thing that sticks in my mind about him being guilty and you can't take it any other way. Yall remember his blood that they found on the sidewalk(they said the police planted it) thats BS because, a sample had already been taken while he was in chicago or on the way back. so if he had not given his blood sample before the sample was taken at the scene, how could the police have planted it at the scene. that alone was all the proof that he was the murderer. Not to mention bloody shoe print from the Italian shoes that he wore, that he said he did not own. they had him on film doing an inyerview with the damn bruno molley shoes on that he said he did not own. Why would someone lie about a pair of shoes unless he was guilty. There was so many things that pointed to him it was not funny. They would have had riots I truly believe that if they would have found him guilty. We all know he was guilty and if you say he was innocent you are lying to yourself.

What I can't wait for is judgement day when he along with the judge and jurors they let him get away with murder here on earth. I want to see what he has to say to GOD, he won't lie his way out of this!!!!

[BillyBarooooooo]

Nick, I'm sure that he will just tell God he was a black man in the wrong place at the wrong time. And you know God, It's much easier to prosecute a black man these days!!!!

[SkinsFan]

Lol... I can see Johnny Cochrane explaining to God... "If the glove don't fit, you must acquit"