OJ Simpson

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How OJ Simpson Gave Everyone the Slip

Authorities crafted a trick play to spring Simpson

(Newser) - How did OJ Simpson slip out of a Nevada prison unseen in the dead of night? Fearing another Ford Bronco-style chase, Nevada corrections officials hoodwinked media eagerly awaiting the disgraced football great's release, the Los Angeles Times reports. Simpson, 70, wasn't transferred to the usual prison preceding parole,...

OJ Simpson Is a Free Man
OJ Simpson
Is a Free Man 
Oct 1, 2017 5:34 AM CDT

OJ Simpson Is a Free Man

70-year-old released after 9-year stint in prison for armed robbery

(Newser) - Former football legend OJ Simpson became a free man again Sunday after serving nine years for a botched hotel-room heist in Las Vegas that brought the prison time he avoided in the killings of his ex-wife and her friend after his 1995 acquittal in the "trial of the century....

Florida Attorney General Not OK With OJ's Post-Prison Plan

Simpson's lawyer says he'll be heading to the sunshine state

(Newser) - OJ Simpson will live in Florida after he is released on parole from a Nevada prison where he has been held for the past nine years for a robbery conviction, his lawyer said Friday. Attorney Malcolm LaVergne didn't specify where the former sports and movie star would live, although...

After Prison, OJ Simpson Wants Seafood Steak, iPhone

Attorney says Simpson has missed the 'simple pleasures'

(Newser) - OJ Simpson has big plans when he's released from prison after nine years—which could happen as early as Monday . "He wants to eat seafood; he wants to eat steak," attorney Malcolm LaVergne tells ABC News . "He wants to enjoy the very simple pleasures that he...

OJ Simpson Could Be Out of Prison on Monday

Officials in Nevada preparing his release

(Newser) - OJ Simpson could be released on parole as soon as Monday in Las Vegas under a plan being finalized by Nevada officials, per the AP . The process culminating in freedom for the former football player, actor, and TV pitchman is in motion, but must be approved and documents must be...

Parole Board Got Something Very Wrong About OJ

New York Times reports they were unaware of his 1989 battery conviction

(Newser) - OJ Simpson will be a free man in October thanks to the decision of a Nevada parole board . But the New York Times reports on a jarring oversight that perhaps could have changed board members' thinking. During the hearing, members stated that Simpson had no criminal convictions. Not true. He...

Simpson in Protective Custody After Parole Hearing

The former athlete was moved to a single cell away from other prisoners

(Newser) - Though his parole isn’t scheduled to start until this fall, OJ Simpson has already moved—to a new prison cell. Prison officials at Lovelock Correctional Facility in Nevada said Friday that the former NFL player was moved to a single cell away from the general prison population ahead of...

World's Most Famous Ford Bronco Can Be Yours

Owner of SUV in OJ chase reportedly willing to sell, but he wants close to $1M

(Newser) - The decision by the Nevada Parole Board to release OJ Simpson might also be good news for his former sports agent, reports TMZ . That's because the hearing has renewed interest in the other Simpson criminal case, and Mike Gilbert just happens to own the Ford Bronco that led police...

OJ Simpson Granted Parole
OJ Simpson
Granted Parole
Jul 20, 2017 1:56 PM CDT

OJ Simpson Granted Parole

He's scheduled to be released from prison Oct. 1

(Newser) - As expected by both legal analysts and the former football star himself, OJ Simpson was granted parole Thursday following nine years in prison for armed robbery and kidnapping, NBC News reports. The 4-0 ruling comes from the Nevada Board of Parole. The 70-year-old Simpson's original 33-year sentence will end...

OJ at Parole Hearing: I've Never Made Excuses

He's hoping to be a free man in October

(Newser) - OJ Simpson's big moment has arrived. A hearing is underway at which he is trying to convince members of the Nevada Board of Parole that he should go free. "I haven't made any excuses in the nine years that I've been here and I'm not...

Nobody Has Registered to Testify Against OJ

Freedom could 'renew rabid curiosity' in Simpson

(Newser) - OJ Simpson's parole hearing in Nevada will be broadcast live at 1pm EDT Thursday and there's a strong chance that his path to freedom will be clear by the end of the afternoon. Nobody has registered to testify against the 70-year-old Simpson, who has been in prison for...

'We'll Be Playing Golf Again Soon': OJ Confident This Week

He's up for parole on Thursday

(Newser) - Just like old times: OJ Simpson will be back in a courtroom this week for a televised court ruling that will decide his freedom. This time, Simpson is up for parole for the armed robbery and kidnapping case that has kept him locked up in Nevada since 2008. The hearing...

OJ Simpson Gets Parole Hearing Date
OJ Simpson Could Be
Free in October
Jun 21, 2017 12:30 AM CDT

OJ Simpson Could Be Free in October

He's got a parole hearing on July 20

(Newser) - OJ Simpson has a July 20 parole hearing that could have him released from a Nevada prison on Oct. 1, a state parole official said Tuesday. Simpson, now 70, has served more than eight years of a nine-to-33 year sentence imposed after he was found guilty in 2008 of armed...

After Nearly 10 Years in Prison, Possible Freedom for OJ

Nevada inmate has parole hearing set for July

(Newser) - For nearly 10 years, OJ Simpson has called Nevada's Lovelock Correctional Center home, the Reno Gazette-Journal notes. In July, however, Simpson may get a present just as his 70th birthday rolls around, depending on the results of a parole hearing the state's Department of Corrections has announced will...

Caitlyn Jenner Says She 'Knew' OJ Did It

She recounts post-trial conversation with Robert Kardashian

(Newser) - Caitlyn Jenner made a headline-grabbing comment while promoting her new memoir The Secrets of My Life : She says she "knew he did it," the "he" being OJ Simpson. Jenner—who was married for 24 years to Kris Jenner, ex-wife of Simpson friend and defense lawyer Robert Kardashian—...

OJ Simpson Could Be Out of Prison by October

'Model inmate' is up for parole

(Newser) - OJ Simpson's nine-to-33-year sentence for his role in an armed hotel room robbery could see him behind bars in a Nevada state prison until 2041—or freed as soon as this October. This is the first year in which Simpson will be eligible for parole, and lawyers say there'...

Darden: I Was 'More Than Friends' With Marcia Clark

He says they were inseparable during OJ trial

(Newser) - Christopher Darden has "opened up" about his relationship with fellow OJ Simpson prosecutor Marcia Clark, according to Entertainment Tonight , though he did so in a very lawyerly way. "We were more than friends," he told ET. "We were inseparable." FX’s hit The People v....

F. Lee Bailey, OJ Simpson's Attorney, Files for Bankruptcy

He owes more than $5M to the IRS

(Newser) - Famed defense attorney F. Lee Bailey, whose legion of high-profile cases includes the OJ Simpson murder trial, has filed for bankruptcy in Maine in an effort to discharge an IRS debt of more than $5 million, the AP reports. Debts to the IRS aren't normally discharged in bankruptcy proceedings,...

Old Friend: OJ Simpson Will Confess

To 'rid us of all the doubt'

(Newser) - OJ Simpson will confess to murdering Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman—one of these days. At least that's what one of his former friends tells the New York Daily News . "I hope one day he actually will rid us of all the doubt and all the conspiracy...

Robert Shapiro: I Tried On Infamous Glove Before OJ

'I knew that the glove would not fit him'

(Newser) - "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit," Johnnie Cochran famously said during the OJ Simpson trial. In a new interview, Simpson lawyer Robert Shapiro admits he tried the glove on beforehand and had a good idea of what was going to happen, NBC News reports. "It...

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