O.J. Simpson Says “Life Is Fantastic” 25 Years After Homicide Trial

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O.J. Simpson resides life within the current.

Twenty-five years in the past, on June 12, 1994, his ex spouse Nicole Brown Simpson and her pal Ronald Goldman stabbed to loss of life outdoors her California condominium. O.J. turned the highest homicide suspect—and a nationwide headline. Although DNA from blood collected on the scene was “devastating proof of his guilt,” in line with Deputy District Lawyer Marcia Clark, the NFL star was acquitted of the brutal, double homicide. (Learn all of the weird details from the trial right here.)

Immediately, O.J. is blissful and wholesome, he revealed throughout a cellphone interview with The Related Press. He lives in Las Vegas together with his oldest daughter Arnelle Simpson, travels to Florida typically to go to his different kids and performs golf practically on daily basis. Collectively, they’ve all realized to look ahead and never on the previous.

“We do not want to return and relive the worst day of our lives,” he mentioned. “The topic of the second is the topic I’ll by no means revisit once more. My household and I’ve moved on to what we name the ‘no destructive zone.’ We concentrate on the positives.”

“I have been to Florida two or 3 times to see the children and my previous buddies in Miami,” O.J., who later served 9 years in jail for theft and kidnapping, continued. “I even managed to play a recreation of golf with them,” he added. “However I reside in a city I’ve realized to like. Life is okay.”

For Ron’s household, nonetheless, the agony lives on. “Closure is not a phrase that resonates with me,” his sister Kim instructed the AP. “I do not assume it is relevant in relation to tragedy and trauma and a lack of life.”

In June 1994, Ron was returning a pair of sun shades to his pal Nicole, who had left them at a restaurant the place he labored as a waiter, when he was murdered. He was simply 25.

“I do not suffocate in my grief,” Kim continued. “However each milestone that my child hits, each milestone that I hit, , these are simply reminders of what I am not capable of share with my brother and what he’s lacking out on.” 

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