Maintaining his innocence throughout the trial and afterward, Simpson also went on to stir up controversy surrounding the case again with his book, If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer, which was presented as a hypothetical accounts of the murders, in 2007. (Although the scheduled release of the book was cancelled shortly after being announced the previous year, thousands of copies ended up being printed).
In August of that year, a Florida court awarded the Goldman family rights to the book to partially complete a judgment stemming from the civil trial over the murders.
Separately, Simpson had another run-in with the law that year in connection to a robbery-kidnapping over his memorabilia. He was released in October 2017 after serving nine years for the incident.
Five years before his death, Simpson shared an update on his life, noting that he was focused on moving forward.
“We don’t need to go back and relive the worst day of our lives,” Simpson told the Associated Press in 2019. “The subject of the moment is the subject I will never revisit again. My family and I have moved on to what we call the ‘no negative zone.’ We focus on the positives.”
After his release from prison in Nevada, Simpson decided to stay in Vegas, noting that he was happy with his decision.
“The town has been good to me,” he explained. “Everybody I meet seems to be apologizing for what happened to me here.”
Simpson is survived by four children: Arnelle and Jason, from his first marriage, and Sydney and Justin, from his marriage to Nicole.
Read on for Simpson’s life in pictures.
