OJ Simpson passed away in early April. However, he popped up in the news cycle again after the FBI reportedly released the trial documents regarding his murder case back in the 1990s.
The trial documents are 475 pages long, according to Michael Rothstein of ESPN. The documents focus on the murder investigation involving Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. OJ Simpson was eventually acquitted of charges.
“The Federal Bureau of Investigation has released 475 pages of documents relating to O.J. Simpson, the NFL Hall of Fame running back who was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend. The documents largely focus on the murder investigation into the 1994 stabbing deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. Simpson was a person of interest and ultimately charged, and his 1995 trial, often called one of the most famous trials of the past century, drew worldwide attention and spectacle.”
OJ Simpson was originally acquitted back on October 3, 1995. Two years after that, Simpson was “told to pay $33.5 million in damages to the Brown and Goldman families.” Despite that, the former NFL running back denied any wrongdoing throughout his entire life before passing in April 2024.
With that said, this is a normal practice of the FBI. They routinely release records of past trials after someone's death. ESPN claims that some names in the documents have been removed. But there's a possibility the documents are updated as time goes on.
“The FBI publicly releases records it maintains on individuals after they die. Some names in the Simpson documents have been redacted. While the FBI labeled this release of documents “Part 01,” it's not clear when or if more documents will be released. In previous such cases, the bureau has released documents in batches as agents review them.”
With the release of the documents, the FBI released a memo to investigators. ESPN reports the memo explains “the attention the case was receiving.”
“Due to the intense media interest in captioned matter, and the potential prejudicial impact that public dissemination could have on pending criminal proceedings,” the memo states about the investigation, “the following information should be handled on a strict need to know basis, and should not be disseminated outside the FBI.”
If you have any interest in reading OJ Simpson's trial documents, you can find all 475 pages here.
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