Orenthal James Simpson, former American football star acquitted in the “trial of the century”, is dead. The former running back then divided the United States for nearly twenty-five years problems with the law.
OJ Simpson was chosen first in the 1969 draft then elected best player in the NFL in 1973. The American has even become a symbol of the struggle between blacks and whites, his defense being based in particular on the racist reputation of the Los Angeles police, while bloody riots had broken out in California three years earlier following the attack on African-American Rodney King. In total, the American will appear twelve times on the big screen, ending his acting career with “Is there a cop to save Hollywood?” » a few weeks before his arrest. He was accused of murdering his former wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ronald Goldman in 1994, but was acquitted in front of more than 200 million viewers in October 1995. However, he was found responsible in a civil trial in 1997 and ordered to pay a fine of $1 million.