OJ Simpson’s fall from grace: The NFL superstar turned murder suspect and convicted kidnapper
Twenty-nine years ago, in 1995, the world was gripped by what the US media called “the trial of the century”, in which American football star and actor OJ Simpson was accused of murdering his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman. They had been viciously stabbed to death.
Simpson was a superstar of sport and screen in the US, but in the UK what really made him famous was the live television coverage of police chasing his car through the streets of Los Angeles – as viewers were stunned by a celebrity becoming a wanted man.
Other drivers got out of their cars to cheer him on, in what became an iconic real-life highlight of television history.
After 60 miles, the chase ended at Simpson’s mansion, and he was later charged with the double murder.
The story of was suspected of turning into a villain played out dramatically in court, in one of the most notorious trials to be held in 20th-century America.
