Tonight’s interview is from 2006 when he was planning to write the book “If I Did It” which was ultimately pulled before release. This interview has never been seen before. The person conducting the interview was the person who got the interview about the book. She says he told her the book could not be called “I Did It” because of his kids. This is an interview about things that were in the book.
There is a panel watching the interview. One of the women on the panel, Nicole’s friend Eve cries when OJ talks about Nicole doting on the kids. Nicole was 18 when she met OJ. They married at 25.
We are fifty-one minutes in to the two-hour show and we are just now getting to the day of the murder. OJ had been working out-of-town and came back in briefly to go to his daughter’s recital. He says everyone was telling him Nicole was acting crazy and she was dressing in tight clothes that he thought were very inappropriate for the dance recital. Nicole arrived early and save him a seat with the kids. Nicole and her family were going to dinner at Meza Luna that night and OJ asked if he could join them and she said no. OJ says he was exhausted and irritable and just went home to decompress and hit some golf balls into the backyard.
The person that did the 2006 interview, Judith, said that OJ told her that if he calls the book IF I Did It, it would give him plausible deniability with his kids.
Finally, he talks about the “hypothetical” events of the nights of OJ’s murder. OJ talks about a guy he calls Charlie who he said he had just met who was telling him about things that were going on at the time. OJ is a terrible liar. He keeps trying to talk about hypothetical Charlie and immediately tries to make excuses for things like how “Charlie” would know what was going on with Nicole. At the time of the trial, there were a lot of rumors about an accomplice being necessary for OJ to have brutally murdered two people. Many people online speculated OJ’s son Jason was that accomplice. There were other conspiracy theories that Jason actually committed the murders and OJ came to help him cover up the evidence. No charges were ever filed on Jason and I don’t think anyone ever even spoke to him about the case. I still have all the books written about this case in my library, if I weren’t so lazy I’d go look it up. Anyway, Jason lives in Atlanta and works in the kitchen of a very high-end Italian restaurant last I heard.
Sorry, back to “Charlie” he talks about having a knife in the Bronco and they park in an alley and go through the back gate. He sees that Nicole was home and candles were lit and music was on and Ron Goldman comes through the back gate. He says Ron told him he was only there to return Nicole’s mom’s glasses. He says that everyone was covered in blood and he blacked out and doesn’t remember much. He says he doesn’t remember removing a glove, but obviously he must have because they found a glove there. WOW. Eve is too shaken to speak. Christopher Darden says he thinks he just confessed to murder and if he had known he had said this in 2006 he would have not stopped the release of this interview. Darden says Charlie is OJ. Judith said she could not push OJ to say more because he was continuously threatening to stop the interview.
The woman conducting the panel goes through the coroner’s report and reconstructs the details of the murders, which I will spare you. Judith says this is definitely a confession.
OJ goes on to describe fleeing the scene and parking a block away from his house, cutting through a neighbor’s yard and running upstairs to take a shower and get his bags ready for his business trip the next morning. After admitting to the murders, he starts reverting back to his lies about cutting his finger on a glass in the hotel room. Darden points out that OJ’s blood was in the Bronco and so was Ron’s and Nicole’s.
From the point police called him in Chicago, he is now back on the I didn’t do it kick. This is astonishing. He says that he doesn’t remember the funeral other than how angry he was at Nicole. And he can’t even yell at her anymore.
Just watching the verdict being read all these years later makes my stomach crawl. OJ says he told his family and his attorneys the night before that he did not want any celebrating. That’s interesting. OJ thinks he will see Nicole in heaven. OJ says he went to Nicole’s grave and screamed at her.
A year after this interview he was arrested for the sports memorabilia armed robbery and sentenced to over 30 years. He was paroled after 9 years last October and is currently living in Las Vegas.
Production wants you to know that OJ was not consulted or compensated by this program.
So what did you think of all that? I found it terribly depressing.
So depressing. Each laugh he gave was eerie. The absolute last camera shot of him peering into the lens was scary & creepy. Brrrr. Shudder.
I just want the media to stop giving him attention. I want him to live a long miserable life then die a miserable death. That would be Karma‘s finest moment
Unfortunately that does not seem as if it will happen in this lifetime but if you believe in the Buddhist perspective Karma stretches out over many lifetimes. I feel so very sad for Nicole and Ron’s family and friends.
I watched every minute of the trial that summer.
The book belongs to the Goldmans, who later published it with the title “I Did It”.
I have read that book and also have a library like yours.
He makes me sick.
OJ Is sick man. There was one “good” social issue I saw in the verdict. I recall first hearing the verdict, then feeling it to seeing the white mouths agape eyes wide to the cheering black community.
In that very moment the stark difference of people who heard the same words of the trial made the verdict and OJ irrelevant for me.
IThey saying has been the rich get off because they can afford the best legal team. It had never been tested with a black man as the rich man. He won because of his legal team which he was able to buy.
America saw a equality in the justice system if it was only one rich black man.
That has always been my thoughts on the verdict since then.
Yes he was guilty.
Nicole’s death made me realize abuse can happen to anyone in any socio economic “status “. As crazy as it sounds I did not know that. My first husband was a classic control freak and tried to kill me several times. I got out when my firstborn was a year old and he gave me a black eye while holding him. I could put myself thru that but not my son. My son saved my life and Nicole made me feel validated. She did not die in vain. Thank you Nicole
Oh my God…. I am happy you got out. I hope someday you get the opportunity to let her loved ones know this, if appropriate.
Thumbs up! To every bad? There can be good and you made it happen!
Sorry *YOU!
I’m glad you made this post. I didn’t see the interview (not too sorry about that) and would have been unaware of it.
OJ is obviously going to get little flares of attention now and then but I hope they are few and far between. He loved fame and celebrity and the loss of them are probably a bitter, bitter pill to swallow.
I watched a clip of him explaining how this mysterious person killed Nicole. So creepy. Does anyone think he didn’t kill her and her new boyfriend?
Ron Goldman was not her boyfriend, at least if I remember it all correctly.
What the eff was he thinking when he agreed to do this interview?! Even though he claims that his “confession” was hypothetical, it sure seemed like he was recalling real events. And it certainly didn’t portray him in a sympathetic light.
It’s like he wanted to destroy Nicole one more time. How can his children be around this monster?
We don’t know if they are now. When Nicole was murdered, her children were only 9 and 6 (if I remember right) and they didn’t have much choice after the trial.
The Goldmans could “afford” to go after him. The Browns, not so much if they wanted to have any sort of contact with them. I have no idea if they were able to accomplish that.
Justin works in Real Estate in Florida. He’s a very handsome young man. Sydney also works in FL and she isn’t doing Real Estate, but it has something to do with land or homes. If I can find it, I’ll update.
Let them live quietly. I don’t need to know their details. I’ll hope that they have a relationship with their maternal family and leave it at that.
I read especially after book fiasco, (Browns agreed to purchase book with Goldmans but to be destroyed not published) which ended most contact with Goldmans. The kids spent a lot of time with the Brown family until Florida move.
They were beautiful children.
I was hoping you would post about this. I always appreciate your take on the rampant insanity in this world. There was a serial killer that I saw a special about who claims he was OJ’s accomplice in the murders. He had done some handyman type for OJ and Nichole. The Goldman father pretty much shut him down saying that he’s not the first convicted murderer to claim that. But, he did have a connection and a pretty compelling story. If you want I’ll try to find his moniker. OJ being found not guilty was a horrible moment in time that was awful to relive.
Yes Glen Rogers was his name. He’s now been executed
Ahh thank you.
I wasn’t going to watch – but kind of felt I owed it to Nicole and women who have suffered domestic abuse to “bear witness” so to speak.
OMG, I kind of get gaslighting now. He was even attempting it when she was DEAD with this interviewer.
I get that the aftermath of this was all about race – but the actual abuse and the subsequent murders were about domestic violence and how little we value women and their lives in my opinion.
I distinctly remember the verdict. I was teaching at a school that had a good diverse mix of students. It was only my second year teaching (so I was 23) and a student teacher and I hung out together at times. I’m white, she was African American.
I remember a girl student coming up to us right after we had heard the verdict – the student chirped “Aren’t you happy? He’s FREE!” (She was white, FYI). I was at a loss as to what to say. I believed he did it, but I also believed (after the LA Riots earlier) that the LA PD had some serious issues in terms of race.
The student teacher put us all to shame, frankly. She looked at the girl and said loudly that she could not celebrate, because there is still a woman and her friend brutally murdered, and two children left without a mother. She also mentioned that OJ admitted to domestic abuse, and that was a problem.
Totally unrelated, but my BFF’s aunt and uncle had moved into Nicole’s neighborhood the week before the murder. He was out walking the dog that morning. He said that none of the pictures we’ve ever seen did the scene justice. He’d hunted before, and lived on a farm that slaughtered animals – and he said the carnage was unbelievable. Blood was everywhere. Even before he knew who it was, etc. he said that it was someone who had a lot of rage that did it. OJ talked about how angry he was at Nicole even after she died…
I think society is missing the biggest lesson from the murders which is don’t allow females to be abused for money and fame. The Brown family are liars and need to think about how they went on trips and sat at the dinner table with a man that was abusing their family member. Abuse can be stopped if it’s reported but too many cases go unreported and end in death! It astounds me how people talk about abuse but don’t want to accept that many times family members know and they do NOTHING!
I keep writing and deleting, your post just really pisses me off. To insinuate that the Browns have some responsibility in Nicole’s murder is beyond ridiculous. Perhaps you’re projecting from your own experience, I dunno. But make no mistake, OJ Simpson is the sole reason Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman are dead.
The point is that her family should have tried to get help for her. They are not responsible of course
Her sister testified to having seen the abuse. I would have
Moved heaven and earth to save my siblings but there is no evidence that happened. OJ was the family’s gravy train. OJ got Pop an Avis deal.
Everyone failed Nicole. She made police reports. Kris Jenner knew, Faye Resnick knew. OJ had the power that comes from money.
None of the people who knew can be held accountable for her death. Still, I hope they have a little trouble sleeping at night
What and extremely disrespectful comment directed to Nicole’s friends and family. Simply outrageously hurtful.
You’re an idiot.
I agree with Mackie. It’s easy to sit with mouths agape and point the finger at the narcissistic killer. But the family knew and did nothing. They have blood on their hands too. Nicole probably would’ve gotten out sooner if it weren’t for the fact that her family relied on OJ financially too.
You’re a fucking idiot, too.
And you’re a fat, emotionally retarded blogger who’s afraid to leave her house. Guess we all have our issues eh?
Tracy, nobody but OJ is responsible for what happened. While it’s nice to pretend it would never happen to us or someone we love, because it gives us a selfish feeling of control in this sick world (who cares if we throw the Brown family under the bus), what Mackie described is just *not* how domestic violence situations ever play out. How quaint that the two of you think you can just walk in and rescue someone. It’s just…not like that.
Have you ever worked with women in a domestic violence (DV) situation?
They stay, they leave, they go back.. Until they are really ready to leave (or they die) and then they are often stalked or convinced to return. If there are kids involved everything is trickier.
Denice was the one who took the pictures of Nicole’s bruised face and she was no can of OJ.
You can talk and you can offer options, but all too often they cannot break free, caught in the sick cycle of violence followed by a honeymoon period.
And if you go in to save someone without an airtight plan and cooperation of the victim, you can cause the situation to escalate.
From community police academy training, on my ride along, one call was due to a violent argument. Two cars met and the two cops went in, leaving me and the chaplain . DV calls are some of the most dangerous calls cops get, in terms of them being harmed.
OJ wooed the father, just making it easier for him to stay in control.
DV is a tough dynamic to get.
I was a rape crisis counselor for 5 plus years and we had extensive training and ongoing training, but I added more DV training at a local shelter for women and children trying to escape a DV situation.
It can be frustrating, but you just have to constantly let them know that there are resources.
So, I am not convinced that at least Denice didn’t offer help and encouragement.
Denice rescued Nicole on MULTIPLE TIMES and she always went back.
But even if Nicole’s family had moved to Mars, Nicole was an adult and they could not force her to do anything.
To blame Nicole’s murder on her family is beyond ignorant. It’s horrifically cruel to a family who has been through so much. Nicole had many siblings. Both Tanya and Denise have continued to fight for Nicole after her death as they did before. They are both strong DV advocates, the have sued over depictions of her death in movies to prevent her image being misrepresented.
I don’t care if you are stupid, it takes a special kind of evil to spew things on line blaming the victims family for the violent murder of their family member. It literally makes me nauseous to know people like that exist. People used to be wary of speaking ill of the dead. Somehow speaking ill of the survivors of a violent murder seems ten times worse.
Not to mention the obvious which is that Nicole had LEFT OJ. She had started another relationship. They were finally over. And that is generally when the murders happen. Once the abused woman gets out of the relationship.
The level of ignorance and stupidity in Mackie and Tracie’s comments are only overshadowed by the pure evil of the trash falling out of their mouths.
I can’t believe what I’m reading here. People are actually victim blaming. And if that isn’t enough, they’re blaming the victim’s family.
Seriously, if this is your opinion, you need psychological help. You are sub-human.
Mercedes & Mackie you are super people. Brown family just did not liove Nicole enough, that is what you said.
Go to you YouTube find MSNBC interview with Rob Porters ex wife why women stay so long. Wealthy educated women. Very educational, you need to hear it.
I had to analyze this murder scene for a course I took and let me tell you – to this day, the details are so gruesome, that I cannot even fathom the rage behind that act. He was an abuser then – and I’ve no reason to believe that he isn’t one now. The Goldman’s were the most innocent victims, but Nicole – Nicole was not only a victim, she was a prisoner of OJ Simpson’s fame, and by unenforcing domestic violence calls – anyone can easily surmise that Nicole’s life was never going to be a long one because she left OJ SIMPSON… and no one leaves OJ, unless he says so.
OH, he sure as hell named dropped One Season Wonder Kathryn!!!!!!!!
Potential murder didn’t cure his anger. It’s astounding that he admits, in 2006, to screaming at her graveside. He probably thinks that she made him angry enough to cause his legal and financial issues. I wonder if he takes blame for anything in his life
AT first I was wary of the ‘panel” style of the show, I was half expecting something like the Bachelor, you know, “you will see his shocking confession, BUT FIRST….” However, I found the panel so important to the progression of the show, and it added to the importance of the confession, especially since everyone was carefully chosen and each person had a different perspective. They all said he did it, big shock. The confession was chilling. Murderer.
The look on Robert Kardashian’s face as the verdict was read is priceless.
Robert’s book was interesting, too.
The kids lived with the Browns a bit South of me until his acquittal,
He had to sell the Rockingham estate to pay attorney fees.
The new owner had it bulldozed and rebuilt.
When he moved tonFlorida, which he did because their state law protected more of his income from the Browns and Goldmans, also because he had become unwelcome at golf clubs here in So. Cal… Anyway, his kids moved with him to Florida, away from Nicole’s family.
I remember that time do well. My mom died in February, then I was laid off. My Dad had surgery on June 1 and the day he died, we came back to their house and my brother flipped on the tv to see what happened in basketball and there was the Low speed Bronco chase,which we watched to the end.
So those events are strangely. related.
I FIRMLY believe that OJ set Robert up – that initially, Robert didn’t believe OJ did it (in the early days) and then OJ formally hired him. Thus, anything Robert found out as his friend he could not reveal because of attorney/client privilege. I think Robert figured out (or was told by OJ) that OJ did it. Now I always look at Robert’s face when I see that clip. He almost looks like he is going into shock or having an out of body experience.
Heard Marcia Clark on a radio interview once and someone called in and said something snarky about Robert Kardashian. She quickly defended him and talked about how ethical he was, and a great attorney, and just a nice man.
Somewhere out there is video of when OJ first got back to his house from Chicago and he went directly over to Kardashian who was standing across the street facing the side entrance and was shot from behind them, (no one out there saw them but the camera), and put a Louie Vuitton garment bag down on the ground between them, they seemed to speak for maybe 7 seconds, (never looking at each other), but looking at the house and Kardashian picked it up and walked away (then) OJ went onto the property to talk to the police. I saw this footage years ago when all of it happened…it’s footage from 1 of those many TV tabloid shows that sprang up b/c of the trial but went off the air after the trial was over…this footage is somewhere…I wish it would pop up somewhere.
I’ll never forget the look on Kardashians face when the verdict was read…
I remember Robert Kardashian admitting he got blinded by friendship, regretted it, and ended up seeing OJ as just another spoiled, egotisticsl athlete. It was too late, and he had to live with that guilt and maybe the karma too. I allways thought he hid evidence for OJ , as you saw him removing a bag on camera from the house in a hurry.
What do I think of that? I think it approves what all of us knew all along–he literally got away with murder. Bastard. Oh and OJ–I don’t think you’ll see Nicole in Heaven.
He was playing the hypothetical game but kept talking in and out of first person. He did it. I did read the book. His interview matches in that even after her death he blames her. He is such a narcissistic person. The part wher he said he told Ron you think you can take me and he laughed. I’m glad they are playing the interview people need to be reminded what he got away with. The rest of his life needs to be miserable.
I’m british and when all this happened I was only 3 years old so excuse my ignorance on the matter. But why does OJ continue to get so much attention? He was found innocent of the murder, why did he do this interview years later? What was the gain? It’s soooo weird to me.
He wasn’t found innocent. He was found not guilty and there is a difference. In the Civil trial, he was found responsible for their deaths. The only recourse in Civil Court is money.
Chelle, OJ gets so much attention even now because he was a very successful, famous athlete and a sports hero to many people, especially men. (Think David Beckham in the UK.) OJ was extremely popular with the public. Because of his fame, charisma and good looks, he had a career in television and film as an actor after he retired from football although his performances were usually mediocre and wooden. I despise the way talented athletes are praised as gods from the time they are young through their careers as adults and it doesn’t surprise me that so many are or become narcissistic sociopaths.
I wonder how the people who cheered the verdict back then feel about it now.
I have often wondered this too. Would love to now hear from some of those that celebrated and believed in his innocence.
Most of the folks I know who cheered the verdict, cheered because, for once, a man who was both rich & Black, was able to buy justice just like rich White men. I know very few folks who currently believe he didn’t do it. In addition, our cultural understanding of domestic violence was very, very different then.
There were several TV specials on a couple of years ago. They were the videotapes of the depositions for the Civil trial. OJ was a complete ass. In a Civil case, he has to testify but not in the Criminal case.
Dan Petrocelli deposed Jason Simpson. She was supposed to have eaten at the restaurant he was working at and then she changed her mind. People tried to say that was motive for Jason to have killed her. They also deposed Al Cowlings. They showed him a picture of Nicole with her face beaten up and he started crying and had to stop until he could regain his composure.
During these depositions, he was questioned about the Bruno Magli shoes that left footprints at the crime scene. That’s when he said he wouldn’t wear those ugly ass shoes. Moments later, Mr Petrocelli produced a picture of him in said Ugly Ass shoes. The look on OJ’s face was priceless! He was gobsmacked! These were pictures The Enquirer had found from his days as a sportscaster. In fact, there were several pictures of him in those shoes. Kodak reviewed the pictures and the negatives and verified they had not been tampered with.
You can probably find it on YouTube. It’s definitely worth watching.
I have a library of the books too! My favorite is, OJ’s Legal Pad. During the Criminal case, he was constantly writing on a legal pad and someone had the idea to “guess” what he was doing. Lots of funny doodles and things.
I lived in Atlanta at the time and every day after court, Sean Hannity and The Kimmer would recap the day. Their theme music for the recap was the theme music from The Simpsons. They changed it to ? OJ Simpson? Instead of the regular opening that was just “The Simpsons”.
I was a paralegal at the time and we devoured everything we could about the case!
I really liked how “the lost confession” was shown. I agree with the other posters that it was a bit creepy. I do remember that day of the verdict. I was at lunch with coworkers at Jason’s Deli. We were all fixated watching with what it seems like the rest of the world. I found this a great full circle to his release and last series on FX. I think we have the complete full story at this time. Yes I believe he did it. But his legal time did a fantastic job in creating reasonable doubt. We know that the prosecutors screwed up and were no way a match for OJ’s team. Unfortunately the balance of the legal system can sway in your favor if you have $$$. Please if you are in an abusive relationship leave. Stay strong ladies and gentlemen.
Had a friend sitting in the courtroom. She was a journalist for
newspaper at the time. I was in law school, so she and I didn’t talk about it then.
Later years, she thought he was 100% guilty.
If you’re interested in the OJ Simpson case and haven’t watched the 10-hour 30-for-30 documentary on it, I highly recommend that you do. I’ve watched a lot of coverage of the case over the years and found that series to be the most thorough and informative.
My only regret about the series is that they showed the crime scene photos without any kind of alteration during the first broadcast of Episode 4. Subsequent broadcasts have blocked out the worst parts, and I will go to my grave wishing I had not seen them. As others have mentioned, there is no doubt that the murderer was absolutely enraged that night and I believe it was OJ.
In that episode, the third ADA on the case (Bill something) lays out the timeline of events and his theory of the crime based upon the crime scene photos and autopsy results. He makes a very convincing argument for the case that OJ did it and acted alone.
The defense relied upon lies, trickery, and a sympathetic jury to get him off. The prosecution was completely outgunned.
Rebecca, The Enquirer just posted the most horrific photos from the crime scene. A lot of them I had seen, but they showed Nicole’s head nearly cut from her body. There was a similar one of Ron. I had forgotten his throat had been cut as well. Horrible!
Jesus Christ, what is the point of describing the photos to the point we all have the photos in our heads now?????
Thanks a fuck ton you two.
I’m sorry. It wasn’t my intention to offend.
I had heard that before about the crime scene, so nothing new to me. Im not offended. I think people have grown up and become way less naieve, and shall I say stupid, from those days, pre OJ, of thinking that famous and wealthy people, with looks and charm, cant also be violent, abusive and a cunning remorseless murderer. Theres so much more to a sociopath, than meets the eye, or behind their closed doors. They have learned to wear a mask. Its still allways hard for some people to grasp though, and they go into denial. I think also back then, alot of people were too afraid of O J, and they wouldnt go against him, out of their own self interest.
I’m calling B.S. on that.
I was also laid off and spent gavel to gavel coverage with my elderly Mom. One of the few things we ever agreed on was his despicable guilt. Best bonding time of our lives, lol!
This interview was chilling and agree the slipping into 1st person was such a reveal. The chuckling was so inappropriate and reminded me of Nicole saying that even if he did kill her someday he would just O.J. his way out of it. He thinks he’s that likeable.
I’m not judging the Brown’s or blaming them, but from the library of books I read, it did seem to me the parents, especially the Dad, were extremely star struck by O.J..
Yeah I read that too. OJ had insinuiated himself alot with her family. Whats sad too, is it seemed like in Faye’s book, that poor Nicole almost got away from OJ’s control, when he was seeing that Barbarini woman, and moving on. She paid him a visit, because she had decided she wanted to try with him again, hoping that he had changed because he was being an ok boyfriend she heard, and it stirred up all his obsession and control again. Thats often the dynamic of an abusive relationship, that co dependancy that cuts both ways.That girlfriend wrote a book recently, where she now admits OJ had a bad temper, and was starting to get abusive with her too. She wouldnt admit that then, and she hated Nicole because she saw her as standing in the way of her future with him. I think that other woman was mean like OJ in some ways. It came across that way anyways. It came across like she just wanted Nicole out of the picture, but that wasnt gonna ever happen, because of the kids they shared. I was like wow, then maybe ypu shouldnt be with a man with a gorgeous ex wife and two kids with her. But dont be a hater.
How could you fail to mention the Kathryn portion of the interview? OJ described Kathryn telling Nicole about some earrings he bought for another woman and how it sparked one of their most explosive arguments. I almost want her back on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills now because I have so many more questions!
There’s one thing that was never mentioned in the trial.
Nicole had a dog. An Akita. Akita’s were bred in Japan as guard dogs. They tend to be one person dogs & are extremely protective. Nicole’s dog was loose when she was murdered. There is no way in hell a stranger could have touched her with that dog loose.
Much like no one’s touching Tamara with Banjo there! And the only person who could hurt me in front of my Bella is maybe my wife. Even then, I suspect Bella would bite her. A stranger trying to hurt me? Belle would destroy them (please note – Bella is a sweet pea unless she senses danger).