Were Two Attackers Involved in Nicole Brown Simpson’s Murder? New TV Series Takes a Look
It's remembered as "the trial of the century": In 1995, seven months after his Bronco ride down the 405 Freeway was watched by an estimated 95 million people, footbal hall-of-famer, celebrity pitchman and actor O.J. Simpson went on trial for allegedly murdering ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman. Their bodies were found outside her condominium in Los Angeles' tony Brentwood neighborhood. Their throats were slashed. Simpson spent millions on his defense and, with 100 million people around the world watching the court proceedings, was acquitted of murder nine months later. The public’s fascination with the case has persisted in the decades since, including being the basis of the award-winning TV series The People vs. O.J. Simpson in 2016.
O.J. Simpson’s notorious 1995 murder prosecution, subsequent acquittal and civil trial have managed to find their way back in to headlines on several occasions. A six-part Investigation Discovery docuseries premiering Sunday will take a closer look at the high-profile case to analyze the question, “Is O.J. innocent?”
In an exclusive sneak peek at the first episode, investigators raise the possibility that two assailants were involved in the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman in the summer of 1994.
“What’s really important is the fact that we have two sets of bloody footprints, both coming and going ,” one investigator says in the clip from Is O.J. Innocent? The Missing Evidence.
“Even if you took the position that one of them is O.J. Simpson, who the hell is the other one?” the investigator says.
O.J., now 69, was found not guilty of the killings, following an internationally publicized trial, but a jury later found him civilly responsible for the victims’ wrongful death. He was ordered to pay $33.5 million to surviving family members.
The attention-grabbing case still captivates the nation, despite taking place more than two decades ago. ID’s series explores new possibilities and never-before-seen evidence from the famous case.
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The docuseries focuses on theories that O.J. did not commit the killings or had help carrying them out.
In the new clip, one expert presents a photo of Nicole’s watch, noting that it was broken and stopped at 9:59 p.m. — while prosecutors argued then that the murders occurred at 10:15 p.m.
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“This is totally contrary to all the things that was used in the prosecution as far as the timeline of the murders,” the expert says.
Is O.J. Innocent? The Missing Evidence premieres Sunday (9 p.m. ET) on Investigation Discovery.
