Many years ago, a lifetime ago, really, i was a pretty good football player. If i did it is a boo k by ghostwriter pablo fenjves and by o. Wading into the conspiracy theories surrounding the nicole brown simpson and ron goldman murders. The jason simpson theory is explored in is oj innocent, ids special with a new angle on the case. Is innocent and i can prove it, due in stores monday. Those are the twisted rantings from the disturbed mind of o. If she did not answer the door with a knife she would still be alive. A knife cuts away the parts of something not needed. I would have never read this book if the proceeds of this book wouldve still be going to oj simpson. Instead, the new book points the finger of guilt away from simpson and lays the blame on his son, jason simpson.
Simpson s son jason, who kept a secret diary in the months before nicole brown simpson and her friend, ronald goldman, were slashed to death. Oj simpson laughs about his kids being asleep in bed. Go search hello select your address best sellers customer. Among the people interviewed is retired lapd officer and former simpson family friend ron shipp, who testified against o. Here are 5 reasons why, but if you read the book there are at least 30 verifiable reasons why jason was more likely the killer than oj. The jason simpson theory is explored in is oj innocent. The ghostwriter who wrote the i did it book with oj was pablo fenjves, a former tabloid reporter who went on to write movies like man on a ledge. Simpsons son killed nicole brown simpson and ron goldman dallas celebrity private eye william dear doesnt think o. The book, called one of the most chilling things i have ever read by barbara walters, skyrocketed up bestseller lists across the country in fall 2007 as the national. This would be a tough albeit absurd point to argue, for the defense knew in the back of their minds that simpson was guilty. So it should come as no surprise that a new book has been published about the 1994 murders of simpsons exwife, nicole brown simpson. New clues suggest ojs son may be real killer independent. Because the story you know, or think you knowthats not the story.
Confessions of the killer where he detailed the crime as if. The unknown figures name also showed up in the book if i did it. Is innocent and i can prove it, he makes it known that there was some evidence that, in fact, pointed to simpson s son jason. Stephen dodd examines a dramatic twist in americas most infamous murder case. Oj simpsons agent claims he admitted to stabbing nicole. Simpson was held to 49 rushing yards, three receptions for 37 yards, and one touchdown, and the bills lost 1432 to the team which went on to win super bowl ix. New evidence backs up oj simpson s claim of innocence and raises damning questions about the role of his son jason. Nicole brown simpson, who was simpson s second wife, had two children with him. Simpson, who was acquitted of the murder, eventually wrote a book called if i did it. Screenwriter pablo fenjves worked with simpson as a ghostwriter on the book. Simpson and cowriter pablo fenjves, is a fixture on bestseller lists.
I admire goldmans for not giving up the fight for justice. If i did it oj simpson confesses to murder statement. The latest installment in the simpson library is not another if i did it, in which the former gridiron great speculated on how he might have killed his former wife. Oj killed nicole simpson and ron goldman in a fit of rage.
Reports say the book is a hypothetical account of how nicole brown simpson and ronald goldman were murdered on june 12, 1994. Ron goldmans family was upset that oj via a thinly veiled corporation his children were ceo of. Simpson was acquitted of the murders in a sensational 1995 trial, but recorded the hypothetical confession tapes 12 years ago to promote his book, if i did it. New book says oj didnt do it, evidence points to son. Simpson describing how he would have carried out the murders. If youre like me, you remember this book vaguely as oj simpsons hypothetical confession called if i did it, what you probably didnt pay attention to amid the controversy of the book announcement is the legal battle that changed the name to i did it.
Oj beat nicole repeatedly and had threatened to murder her numerous times. His interview with publisher judith regan was to air along with the release of the book if i did it. Simpson confesses to murdering nicole brown simpson and ron goldman on fox special. After reading the book, my suspicion that i had for a long time were confirmed that it was oj simpson s son jason who was the real killer. In 2006, the announcement of a book by oj simpson in which he would give an allegedly hypothetical account of the murders of his exwife, nicole brown, and ronald goldman. Fagen celebrity private eye william dear doesnt think o. Oj simpson starts laughing when asked about his children being inside the house when their mother was murdered on the the fox special oj. There is no such person and that book is complete fiction written by a former national enquirer writer, pablo fenjves. Simpson s bizarre behavior after the murders other than that he killed his exwife, it is that he knew that his son had killed nicole brown. Simpson s extraordinary behaviour was clearly indicative of some kind of guilt and many took it almost as a confession.
The goldman family will only acknowledge oj as the beast or the killer and refer to his friends as thugs. According to the preface of if i did it simpson barked out. Simpson s children believe their father murdered nicole brown simpson. Jason simpson did not respond to the huffington posts request for comment. It was his son who murdered nicole brown and ron goldman, says a private investigator. Oj simpson s agent claims football star made chilling murder confession and admitted to stabbing nicole brown to death. The real killer is the gridiron greats troubled oldest son, jason, theorizes the texas gumshoe in his latest book, o. Nicole and rons blood were both found in oj s bronco. In recent years, however, some investigators have challenged this widespread belief that simpson was guilty of the murders and begun to focus on his son jason. The prime mover in the saga of if i did it the farcical middle chapter in the trilogy bookended by the tragic murder of nicole brown simpson and ron goldman, and the pure pulp finale of o. Jay cristol awarded the goldman family the rights to if i did it. The real killer is the gridiron greats troubled oldest son, jason simpson, the texas gumshoe theorizes in his latest book, o.
Simpson s side, dears accuses simpson s own son, jason simpson, of being responsible for the murders of nicole brown simpson and ronald goldman. Simpson no pun intended shapiro worked with fellow defense lawyer johnnie cochran to argue that racial tension had led to the accusation that simpson was the killer. Many years ago i heard a theory that oj simpson didnt kill nicole brown simpson and ron goldman, but he was aware who did and helped cover it up. Dear says he ruled out a number of suspects before focusing on jason simpson, o. First, though, for those of you who dont know me, my name is orenthal james simpson o. Or did he realise he was going to take the rap for his son jason and panic. Simpsons bizarre behavior after the murders other than that he killed his exwife, it is that he knew that his son had killed nicole brown. Apr, 3 2012 written by atlien its been 18 years since that historic oj simpson murder trial, where the late powerhouse attorney johnnie cochran spawned the classic phrase if it doesnt fit you must acquit. Simpson s confession to killing his exwife nicole brown simpson and her friend ronald goldman in 1994 remains alleged, there are quite a number of reasons to suggest he may actual. Simpson s wildly controversial book if i did it, in which he wrote an imagined scenario about the brutal murders of nicole and goldman, arnelle simpson stated in a. Dear details his 18year investigation of the june 12, 1994, murders of nicole brown simpson and ron goldman. Simpson was found not guilty in the murders of nicole brown and ronald goldman but did he actually do it.
If i did it is a book by ghostwriter pablo fenjves and by o. Simpson trial one thats been brewing behind the scenes and in the pages of the new yorker, where jeffrey toobin was. Thus began one of the strangest odysseys in publishing history. Jason simpson, the theory goes, was a deeply troubled and violent young man who did not have an alibi for the night and carried knives on his person. Oj simpson murders and jason simpson business insider. While most feel the book was the former football pros way of finally confessing to the sins of murdering his exwife, nicole brown simpson, theres one man in. Ironically, fenjves also testified against simpson at the trial.
Simpson s 2006 interview the lost confession during which he lays out plans on how the murders of his wife nicole brown simpson and. Ojs bruno magli footprints of blood were found at the crime scene. However, before one assumes dear is completely on o. Private investigatorauthor william dear has released a new book entitled, o.