OJ Simpson, the former NFL star and broadcaster whose athletic achievements and fame were eclipsed by his 1995 acquittal in the brutal murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman, has died of cancer, his family announced this Sunday. Thursday (11).
The former player was released from prison in 2017 after serving about nine years of a 33-year sentence for kidnapping and armed robbery in Las Vegas.
In the 2007 robbery, Simpson was part of a group that broke into a hotel and casino to steal sports memorabilia from two drug dealers at gunpoint.
Simpson was convicted on charges including kidnapping, armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon. The former college and professional football star said at his sentencing that he was trying to recover family heirlooms and other personal items that had been stolen from him, and claimed he did not know the others carried weapons.
During his years in prison, Simpson spent his time playing Fantasy Football, coaching softball, and, at least at first, eating a lot of food. junk foodaccording to guards and an inmate who were there with him.
Simpson was granted early parole in 2021, according to the Nevada Department of Public Safety.
Simpson has spent his entire life in the spotlight, first for his athletic abilities in college and the NFL, then as an actor, and then as a suspect in the murder of his ex-wife.
Source: CNN Brasil
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