Once a celebrated football star and actor, O.J. Simpson became the central figure in one of the most famous legal sagas in American history.
1994: Simpson was charged with the brutal murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. His arrest followed the infamous low-speed Ford Bronco chase across Los Angeles.
1995: In the “Trial of the Century,” a criminal jury controversially acquitted him of both murders.
1997: A civil court found him liable for the wrongful death of Goldman and battery of Brown, ordering him to pay $33.5 million in damages to the victims’ families.
2007-2008: Simpson was arrested in Las Vegas for leading a group of men into a hotel room to steal sports memorabilia at gunpoint. He was convicted of armed robbery and kidnapping and sentenced to 33 years in prison.
2017: After serving nearly nine years at the Lovelock Correctional Center, he was granted parole and released.