Biography
In the 1970s, O. Ja Simpson was considered a talented Rannunbeck, a worthy place in the Hall of Fame of Professional American Football, and in the 1980s - the actual actor.Embed from getty imagesHowever, it was not sporting his sports achievements and not even filmography, but about a double murder, in which O. Jay passed the only suspect. Thanks to the skill of lawyers, the football player escaped the death penalty, and then accusations, but the story is still asked: Whether Simpson was guilty or not.
Childhood and youth
Orenal James Simpson was born on July 9, 1947 in San Francisco, California. Yunis's mother (in Maiden Dudud) worked as an administrator in the hospital, and Father Jimmy Lee is a chef. Three more children were brought up in the family: Melvin Leon Truman brother, Sisters Shirley and Carmelita.
It seemed that the children grew in an ordinary American family, but Father O. Jay hung a skeleton in the closet - a man was a famous transvestite in the field of San Francisco Bay. Perhaps this circumstance played a decisive role in divorce Yunis and Jimmy Li in 1952. Later, Father O. Jay made a fireplace out and died of AIDS in 1986.
Up to 5 years, Simpson wore corset, because he suffered from rickets. In his youth, O. Jay contacted the street gang of Persian Warriors. For petty hooliganism, fights and theft of a teenager were repeatedly arrested. Only after meeting with the star Baseball Willy Mace, a young man stood on the right way.
Simpson studied at Galileo High School, played in the "Galilean Lions" football team. First, O. Jay perceived the sport as a way to throw out negative energy, but over time the hobby has become the main occupation. The young man has learned poorly at school, so he did not offer a sports scholarship. Build the future had to be independently.
Sport
In 1965, Simpson entered the city college San Francisco. He played in the local football team on the positions of defender and Ranninbek, and so masterfully that the college got a prestigious Prune Bowl. Educational institutions opened a hunt for a talented football player. O. Jay chose South California University, whose football game admired in childhood.Embed from getty imagesIn southern California, Simpson spent 2 seasons, demonstrating a brilliant game on the position of the Ranninbek. Its main task consisted in a set of yards. In the 1967 season, O. Jay ran 1,543 yards (or 1.4 km), in 1968 - 1,880 yards (1.7 km). In 1968, these indicators brought the Junior Award of the National Association of Student Sports Heisman Trophy.
In 1969, Simpson was invited to the Buffalo Bills club. Realizing its significance, the young man requested a record for the standards of the fee - $ 650 thousand for 5 years. The leadership of the team went to the opponent, and O. Jay threatened to leave the sport. Then "Buffalo Bills" had forced to agree.
Embed from getty imagesIn the first 3 seasons in Professional sports, O. Jay ran an average of 622 yards (0.57 km). In 1972 he managed to overcome a vicious bar, gaining 1,251 yard (1.14 km), and next season, Simpson became the first player in the history of American football, running 2,003 yard (1.83 km).
In those golden years, Simpson won the title of the most valuable player of Pro Bowl and the National Football League (NFL), the best athlete of the 1973th. From 1972 to 1976, the young man was part of the "Dream Team" of the NFL, as well as the first athletes of the 1970s according to the American Football League.
Embed from getty imagesBefore the 1978 season, Buffalo Bills exchanged Simpson on several beginners from San Francisco Forti Nairens. In the team of the native city O. Jay spent 2 years. His final game in NFL took place on December 16, 1979.
For professional career Simpson ran 11,236 yards (10.27 km), taking the 2nd line among the RanNunbeks of the NFL. Now he stands in the 21st place. In 1983, O. Jay was introduced into the Hall of Fame of Student American Football, and in 1985 - in the Hall of Fame of Professional American Football.
Films
O. Jay Simpson starred in the movies before leaving NFL. At his account, the series "Medical Center" (1969), "Here - Lucy" (1973), "Roots" (1977), films "Man of the Clan" (1974), "Capricorn" (1976), "Capricorn one" ( 1978), "Fire power" (1979), "Gambon and Helli" (1983). The main work of Simpson is the role of a Northberg detective in the trilogy "Naked Pistol" (1988, 1991, 1994).
In 1979, O. Jay founded the Orenthal Productions, which was engaged in financing films with his participation: "Goldie and Boxer" (1979), "Journey to a nightmare" (1980), "Goldie and Boxer ride in Hollywood" (1981), "Cocaine And blue eyes "(1983).
Simpson also worked as a commentator in the show Monday Night Football and The NFL on the NBC channel.
Personal life
On July 24, 1967, 19-year-old O. Jay Simpson married School love Margaret Whitley. They were born daughters Arnell (1968) and Aaen (1977), Son Jason (1970). The younger girl drowned in the pool, barely marking his 2nd birthday.Embed from getty imagesIn 1977, O. Jay met Nicole Brown, a waitress from a nightclub. The binding athlete of the bonding of the marriage did not be removed from the adverse relationship: Spouse Simpson divorced in March 1979, when Roman with Nicole had been lasted for more than a year and a half. Brown became Wife O. Jay on February 2, 1985. They had Sydney Brooke (1985) and Justin Ryan (1988).
Embed from getty imagesFamily relations developed violently with loud scandals and fights. On January 1, 1989, Nicole reported to the police that the spouse was trying to break into the house and beat her. The employees who arrived at the challenge discovered a mutilated brown, which, however, refused to declare attack.
On February 25, 1992, Nicole Brown-Simpson filed a divorce, referring to irreconcilable differences. In 1993, the spouses tried to go back again, but the situation turned under another, tragic, angle.
Case of murder
California State People's Criminal Process against James Simpson's Orienteer is a swivel event in a football player's biography. Until now, it was not established whether the result was the result of the racial intolerance of one of the detectives, or the jury court justified the actual killer. One way or another, the case in which O. Jay passed the only suspect remains unexplored.
Embed from getty imagesOn the night of 12 to 13 June 1994, Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman found the girls in Los Angeles, California. In addition to indirect evidence, a leather glove coated with blood was found at the crime scene.
Detectives went to Simpson, who lived 3 km from the former spouse to report the happening. The owner of the house was not. Supposed that the threat of an attempt on the life of O. Jay is also there, the police penetrated private property without a warrant. During the search on the White Ford, the football player found blood drops, and in the house - the second leather glove, on which the DNA of both sacrifices remained. Later it became known, O. Jay himself flew to Chicago, Illinois, late in the evening on June 12.
Embed from getty imagesThe found was enough for the arrest of Simpson. His lawyers Robert Kardashian and Robert Shapiro, later the names of the Dream Team, convinced the Los Angeles police that the suspect would surrender voluntarily on June 17. However, even sincere recognition would not save the football player from the only punishment provided by the American legislation - the death penalty.
Simpson did not arrive in the plot. In the evening of the same day, Kardashian read O. Jay's appeal, which the audience took for a suicide note:
"Everyone understands that I have no relation to the murder of Nicole. But do not spare me. I have a great life ".Embed from Getty ImagesSimpson was announced wanted. He was discovered at 6 o'clock in the evening on June 17, next to the north of California. Friend is a friend of O. Jay - Al Cowulings, and the football player himself with a pistol had a back at the back. The police were not solved to delay the car due to the threat of suicide. In the pursuit of which 95 million spectators were in live broadcast, 20 car patrols and 9 helicopters were participating.
Simpson persuaded to surrender to the whole world. In the end, the suspect agreed, but asked to first talk to the mother and children. At 9 pm on June 17, O. Jay was arrested.
The lawsuit over the Simpson began on January 24, 1995 and was conducted with the participation of 12 jury - 10 women and 2 men, 9 of whom were dark-skinned. Perhaps this aspect played a key role in the outcome of the case, since one of the versions of the protection was the factories of the case against Simpson because of its skin color.
Embed from getty imagesThe main defendant version of Rasism was a detective Mark Furman, who could throw a glove. В деле использовалась запись монолога Фурмана, в котором детектив отметил, что «всех нигеров нужно собрать в одном месте и сжечь».
Bowed a bowl of scales in favor of Simpson and an indicative fitting of those most gloves. In the photo, which was replicated in the media, it can be seen that the couple turned out to be a football player. The accusation used as a "trump" the aggressiveness of O. Jay and its frequent fights with Nicole Brown. On October 3, 1995, the jury issued an exclusive verdict in the case of Simpson. In an interview after the trial, the prosecutor Jil Garsetti noted:
"It seems that the solution of jury was dictated by feelings, not common sense."
Female Ronald Goldman family in 1997 won a civil lawsuit against Simpson in 1997, leaning $ 33.5 million. At the expense of a fine of the family, the family went on the right to the book "If I had done this" - "hypothetical" recognition O. Jay in murder. She came out in 2007. The survey of 2016 showed that 83% of the "white" Americans and 57% of dark-skinned consider O. Jay guilty in those murders.
"The most scandalous business of America" formed the basis of many TV shows. So, in April 2016, the premiere of the series "American History of Crimes" took place, the 1st season of which was called "People against O. Ja Simpson". The role of a football player was performed by Kuba Guding Jr..
Imprisonment
Once upon a time being in the chain legs of the law, Simpson did not drag. On the night of September 13, 2007, a group of men led by a football player broke into a Palace Station Casino Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, and, threatening a gun, stole sports trophies. Later, at the interrogation, O. Jay reported that these awards belonged to him. He also denied hacking and the presence of weapons.Embed from getty imagesCareful investigation of the attack case exposed other misconduct men: a criminal conspiracy, abduction of people, robbery, weapon wearing without permission. O. Jay Incriminalized Acts did not recognize him.
On October 10, 2008, Simpson and his three accomplices were found guilty. Punishment - life imprisonment. In December of the same year, the defense achieved for O. Jay 33-year-old conclusion with the possibility of early liberation after 7 years. O. Jay was released on October 1, 2017, after 9 years in prison.
O. Jay Simpson now
In 2019, O. Ja Simpson, who serves as an example of the impunity of stars, opened in Los Angeles. The exposition is made up of books, clothes and even board games, inspired by the events of the 1994 police chase. One of the walls are decorated with portraits Brown and Goldman.
Embed from getty imagesSimpson himself, who is already in old age, after leaving the prison "Zaleg to the bottom".
Filmography
- 1973 - "Why?"
- 1974 - "Clana Man"
- 1974 - "Growing hell"
- 1976 - "Detachment of killers"
- 1976 - "Cassandra Pass"
- 1978 - "Capricorn one"
- 1979 - "Fire power"
- 1987 - "Back to the Beach"
- 1988 - "Naked pistol"
- 1991 - "Naked pistol 2 ½"
- 1992 - "CIA: Operation" Alex "
- 1993 - "No means to hide"
- 1994 - "Naked pistol 33 1/3"