O.J. Simpson's 'Lost Confession' to murder has resurfaced, following the 76-year-old's death to prostate cancer.
Simpson's family took to social media today to announce his passing, in a statement which reads: "On April 10th, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his children and grandchildren. During this time of transition, his family asks that you please respect their wishes for privacy and grace." Simpson had been battling prostate cancer which became public earlier this year.
In 1994, Simpson was arrested on suspicion in the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman. And, in what was dubbed the 'Trial of The Century', the former sports star famously denied his involvement and was acquitted of the killings in 1995.
But during a controverisal interview with Fox News 12 years later, he made a bizarre hypothetical 'confession' in which he discussed knives, karate and 'blood', all while discussing his new book 'If I Did It'.
The 2006 chat with Judith Regan certainly polarised its viewers, but Simpson claimed his 'memories' were all 'hypothetical', while eerily laughing about his story.
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"This is very hard for me to do this because it's hypothetical," he said to Regan at the time, before introducing a friend he described as Charlie. "Charlie shows up, a guy I'd recently become friends with and he told me you won't believe what's going on over there [at Nicole's house].
"And I remember thinking whatever going on there has got to stop... We get into the Bronco and go over. Hypothetically we park in the alley... in the hypothetical I put on a cap and gloves."
Simpson then goes on to reveal that he'd always kept a knife in his Bronco - the car famously used for his highly-publicised police chase. He explained: "[I reached under the seat and pulled out] a knife. I always kept a knife in that car for the crazies 'cos you can't carry a gun. And I remember Charlie saying 'You can't bring that' and I didn't but I believe he took it..."
OJ Simpson - the man at the center of the Trial of the Century - has died ((Photo by Jason Bean-Pool/Getty Images))He goes on to describe hypothetically going into his ex-wife's Los Angeles home via the backgate, seeing lit candles and hearing music, before seeing Goldman arrive.
Simpson said he started arguing with him before Brown came out and they became embroiled in a "verbal fight". He said: "It got a little loud and Nicole had come out and we started having words about who is this guy, what's going on...Charlie followed this guy in and brought the knife. As things got heated Nicole fell and hurt herself and this guy got into a karate thing.
"I said: 'Well you think you can kick my ass?'. I remember I grabbed the knife, I do remember that portion...and to be honest I don't remember anything else except I'm standing there and there's all kind of stuff around... blood."
Simpson made it clear that his 2006 analogy was all hypothetical and in 2018 even addressed this once again, stating: he said: "Listen, if I confessed 12 years ago, you would have heard about it 12 years ago!"
Simpson pleaded not guilty and after a high-profile trial dubbed the 'trial of the century' that lasted nearly a year. After a case on live TV which sparked mass debates on race, gender, domestic abuse, celebrity justice and police misconduct, he was acquitted by a jury.
A civil lawsuit from the victims' families found him responsible for wrongful death and battery, ordering him to pay $33.5 million in damages. But US laws meant he did not have to pay them back using his pension fund.
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