Video: O.J. Simpson frolics with jugglers

Public opinion about the O.J. Simpson case is famously split. But that hasn't stopped people from buying him drinks and asking for his autograph as he travels, bon vivant-like, across the country.

A colleague of mine and her family ran into O.J. in Breckenridge, CO recently. Here's an 11-second video of O.J. with jugglers from the family:

• O.J. with jugglers

Theory: He must be looking for the real killer of Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman (Warning: crime scene photos).

The local paper in Colorado published a long love-feast about O.J., including shoe size:

• O.J. chills in the mountains:
  • Not to say O.J. has bulked up, but he won't talk about his weight.
  • His mid-six-figure NFL pension can't be garnished.

Links:
Frontline (PBS 2-part special, viewable in full online)
O.J. Simpson: Facts and Fiction (Cambridge U. Press)

Comments

[G]

Stories like this make me hope their really is a God. You just hope there is an omnipotent force out there that ensures people like this get what they truly deserve in the end.

[Rhena]

That O.J. guess he gave up looking for the killers of his ex- and Ron Goldman on the golfcourse, maybe there on the slopes in CO.

[monty]

O.J. also has a new homade porn video available to purchase online for I think 25 bucks. And I am certain proceeds will go to the continued search for the REAL head loppers.

[Theresa M]

I think it's a sad world we live in...murderers walking free, playing golf, and whatever else he does. Sure, he was aquitted, but that doesn't mean he didn't do it. He should be behind bars.

[jamie]

That website link was certainly interesting!

[Biggin]

A very open view of what divorce can lead to. Just like the guy (yesterday) that was killed visiting his children. The fact that people want to treat him as a celebrity reminds me of the people that said "we will never forget" with their bumper stickers about 9-11 & then we go to war & they say impeach Bush. People just float in the wind without any real thoughts of reality.

[Jeff]

Try to look at the bright side, If anything good came out of the OJ ordeal, it is cleaner investigations through better trained crime scene specialists, so future murderers will not get off on "contaminated evidence".

[LANCE MCNACK]

Damn O.J! He's as guilty as sin, but yet he's roaming around like he didn't decapitate not one but two people. I hate that look he always has on his face. You know the one. I hate his really big forehead, and his stupid gut. I hate the people standing in the photo with this mutilator, and I hate their worried smiles. I hate the way he has "Hulk Hogan walk" and I hate his one bloody glove that he dropped. I hate his real name,Orenthal. Sounds like a nasal spray. I hate his Florida estate, but ironically it looks like a prison. I hate his man boobs and most of all I hate the famous "If it don't fit you must aquit" line. Puke

[Sasquach]

No he shouldn't be behind bars. That's what acquitted means. If you actually look at the evidence in the case, there is no doubt whatsoever that the police screwed the pooch. There were so many discrepancies in the chain of evidence and enough suspicion of planted evidence (sock SOAKED in blood under his bed, with 1000 feet of white shag carpet between it an any entrance and no blood anywhere else?) that reasonable doubt was not hard to come by. Don't blame OJ, the cops got him off. (even though he probably did it)

[Theresa M]

Good point Sas, I couldn't agree more!

[Vibiana]

Capital punishment: Them that has no capital takes the punishment.

OJ bought his freedom. Don't be fooled.

[kevin]

OJ is a murderer!!! He maybe enjoying his pitiful life here on earth. I sure would not want to be in his shoes on judgment day!
And anyone who would want their picture taken with this guy is stupid.

[Jeff]

Don't be fooled, Money helps, but screwed up investigations help more. that's what the money buys you, an attorney or in this case team, that can find all the mistakes and loop holes involved in a case and get you aquitted of all charges.

[john]

money talks and O.J walks...well i'll be??

[kansantonio]

This explains those Bruno Magli prints in my flowerbed this a.m., and goes a long way towards elucidating that darned neighbor-dog's plaintive wailing before sunrise.

[You're a mean drunk R2D2]

Man.... I really need me a white Ford Bronco and Al Cowlings to be my chauffer(sp?).

[Uhhuh]

It's amazing how the same people who just can't let go of the fact that OJ Simpson was acquitted of murders that he MAY have committed are strangely silent when it comes to white police officers who are acquitted of beating and murdering black men.

For all you who are rambling on and calling OJ Simpson a "murderer"..I have some questions...

1) Do you feel as strongly about the police officers who beat Rodney King?

2) Have you e-mailed your senator or representative asking them to propose reopening the Emmitt Till murder case and/or other civil rights era unsolved murders?

3) How do you feel about the shooting of Amadou Diallo?

[Patrice]

I agree with you Lance, I hate EVERYTHING about O.J. But like Kevin said JUDGEMENT DAY!!!!!!! They wont be opening the Pearly Gates for his murdering A**! Lucifer is waiting for you O.J.!!!!

[Patrice]

I agree with you Lance, I hate EVERYTHING about O.J. But like Kevin said JUDGEMENT DAY!!!!!!! They wont be opening the Pearly Gates for his murdering A**! Lucifer is waiting for you O.J.!!!!

[Patrice]

Sorry, didnt mean to post that twice, guess I got my point across!!!

[singing bryan]

Uhhuh -

The officers that beat Rodney King didn't hide in a bush and slit his throat. Why would you use that comparison? I don't think many people would defend the actions of the NYPD in Amadou Diallo's death. Or in the case of Abner Louima's torture. And only cowards in bed sheets would look back on the acquittal of Emmitt Till's murderers with approval. But what's the point? Obviously, horrible injustices have been committed against blacks in America for hundreds of years. But HOPEFULLY we're past that. From what I've read on this thread, no one is trying to make their condemnation of Orenthal a racial thing. He was a celebrity. Many of us grew up watching him, cheering for him. His celebrity is the reason people despise him the way they do, not because he's black and (allegedly)murdered a white woman. When I see the video of Damien Williams dancing around the intersection of Florence and Normandie while Reginald Denny's blood spills out of his head and onto the street, I am filled with rage. Not because Williams is black and Denny is white, but because one man chose to drop a cinderblock on another man's head while he lay helpless on the ground, for no reason other than the color of his skin. Will we ever get past making everything about race? America is the most ethnically diverse country the world has ever known. Why not celebrate that fact instead of castigating whites because of it?

[Rhena]

Singing Bryan, I couldnt have put it better my self. Very well put.

[J in TX]

Folks, get over it! OJ has as much right as you and I to go where and do what he wants. In the eyes of the law, he's done nothing wrong. The cops didn't acquit him; a jury of his peers, people just like you and I, did. 'Nuff said.

[The Zipper]

Most people forget that OJ was a walking piece of human garbage BEFORE he decided to give Goldman and his ex-wife a very close haricut. Anybody that worked with him on TV will tell you that the lowlife was always on the make and would screw the Crack of Dawn. He was a walking---talking STD BEFORE he decided that Goldman needed a close shave. Too bad the jury let the scumbag off but it was mostly because another Scumbag named mark Furman insisted on acting improperly because he already had made up his mind about Orenthals guilt. By the way, there is NO WAY Alito have allowed the search of his home at 3:00am in the morning because they went over the wall at Rockingham to "supposedly notify Simpson of his wifes demise"
With some notoriously bad actors like Allito, Furman and Vannater involved it was probably impossible for the jury to convict. The LAPD got exactly what they deserved and lets all hope Orenthal does when Gabriel sounds his horn!

[LANCE MCNACK]

Excellent comment singing Brian. Bravo! Encore!

[kevin]

I agree with you singing bryan.I myself could not have put that better. (uhhuh) must be a bigot.Those are usually the ones that always turn things into a black and white situation! The man murdered the Mother of his children and a innocent man.How do you get racism out of that?

[singing bryan]

Don't resort to name calling. What good does that do? We are all entitled to our opinions. I didn't find his/her comments to be bigoted. To the contrary, I thought they were civil, rational and lucid. When you make it personal it is no longer a discussion, it becomes a confrontation. And personally, I just don't see how the comments of some stranger on a THREAD could ever warrant a confrontation.

[Jewwellsp]

Yep, yep, Yep.
Lets turn this into a race thing..
Why is it that 13% of the population commits over 90% of violent crime. Yet the fault is the other 75% of the population. Just does not make any sense.

This is about the have's & the have not's.
Nothing to do with race.

[m.wilson]

I guess O.J. got tired of golf. Probably couldn't control slicing the ball. Now he's hanging out with some jugglers. That's fitting, he and his "legal team" managed to juggle the court system and the jury into an acquittal. Here's an idea! O.J. and Robert Blake could get together for a stand-up commedy act. It"s sure to be a "bang up" show with Blake in it, and O.J's a natural cut-up. What a "killer" concept.

[Kelly]

OJ's black? Are you sure about that? He's about the whitest black guy around, next to Randy Jackson. lol

[monty]

Uhhuh, speaking of reopening cases... On Oct. 25 1993 a carload of young Black punks blocked my car,jumped out and systematiclly tried to execute me.Did anyone see anything on t.v. about it? No! Read anything in the STAR? No! Could you imagine the P.C.media and politicians around here had it been White teens shooting and carjacking a Black man? Why they would be doing backflips off bridges trying to pimp the story.To my knowledge the police gave my case minimal priority while concentrating on drug dealers killing each other,all black by the way.Three bullets and 13 years later all I can say to racebaiters like you is this crap goes both ways, get over it.

[Mike]

I hate to say it, but I'm kinda glad his pension can't be garnished. Of course he's probably guilty of murder, but the police and prosecution failed in their duties to prove it to a jury. Remember the way-too small glove, the LA cop that actually belonged to an Aryan Suprematist group in Idaho? The defense did their homework, the prosecution didn't. The prosecution couldn't uphold their responsibilities under our constitution, they couldn't prove his guilt beyond a shadow of a doubt.
But then the claimants hire slick lawyers (who of course get a thick taste of the settlement)and file a wrongful death suit in a civil court. The same constitutional protections don't apply in a civil court. Only a majority of the jurors are required for a guilty verdict. The defendant can be required to testify against themselves. The presumption of innocence and the burden of proof do not apply. Civil courts weren't set up to handle criminal felonies. The notion of civil courts handling criminal felonies wasn't envisioned by our country's founders.
About a year ago, in New England, I think, a home owner found an intruder in his house. The intruder was brandishing and threatening him with a large knife. The home owner shot the intruder. The police and DA determined the home owner was well within his rights of self-defense and didn't bring any charges against him. But the intruder hired a slick lawyer, who of course got a thick slice of the action, and convinced a jury in a civil court that the home owner was guilty of violating the intruder's rights and of wrongful injury. The jury required the homeowner to pay the intruder several hundred thousand dollars in damages. That's a travesty. Something in our legal system has gone wrong and slick, unscrupulous lawyers are exploiting it.

[kansantonio]

Brother McNack's ravings above remind us that Judge Ito's first name is...Lance.

[SteelBlues]

I grew up an OJ fan and I actually prayed that he wouldn't harm himself in his little slow speed chase with his buddy Al. Unfortunately my prayer was answered. Next time I will be more careful what I wish for. As the trial unfolded it became clearer that he had committed this terrible crime and that only one thing could save him, the race card. Well they didn't let me down, when you have no leg to stand on, play the race card. Never had I seen the nation divided by race as I did at that time. That division will always be there as long as we differ on what is right and what is wrong. If it is ok to overlook a cold blooded killer's actions because of 200 years of oppression thinking that this will help to make things right, wrong, it just puts more distance between the races. Had OJ been convicted, just how many buildings do you believe would have burned? Many I would venture to say. Any one knows that when you leave leather outside and it gets wet, it shrinks and is very hard to put back on. Thats why the glove didnt fit. Guess the jury never shoveled snow in the winter time and dried their boots in the house just to find that they had shrunk. Leave your football out one winter and see if it's regulation size when you take it back in. Oh well....can't cry over spilled milk because it won't make a bit of difference about the outcome. His judgement will come soon enough with a higher court.

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MAN - those two jugglers sure did have a lot of GUTS !!! Bravo boys!! What do you think would've happened if O.J. actually got hit by one of those clubby-things ?????

[kat]

What is wrong with all you people , not guilty ....... that is what the jury decided . Get a life .

[A]

The jury was really, really wrong Kat. It's just amazing what people with money can get away with compared to those of us without it.

[JC_in_KC]

You are right not guilty, but that does not mean INNOCENT. He may be not guilty, but he is definately NOT INNOCENT. I find it ironic that ones guilt or innocence is found by 12 people that are not smart enough to get out of jury duty.

[Leroy Brown]

There is strong evidence that OJ's son, a professional chef with a set of very sharp carving knives and a long histoory of mental instability, was the true culprit. And OJ was doing what any father who loved his child would do, and that is protect him from his (mis)deeds. LA cops, racists that they are, simply wanted to fry the highest profile black man they could, never looking at anyone other than OJ.

[JC_in_KC]

Nothing like the ravings of a bigot! Stop reading stuff from the fiction section and wake up. We know who did it. He beat the system. The game is over.

[openmind]

Why the name calling JC? I dont see how it is bigoted to say that the LA cops are racist when they have a history of racist acts. If they were willing to beat a person for not real reason, is it that big of a step to try and set someone up for murder? I am not saying that it was necessarily racially motivated; the police could have just been so sure of the case that they wanted to make sure they got a convictions. At the same time, I can see how in the context of LA police actions, some people could percieve it as racially motivated. The fact is, only the police officers know their motivations.

Then again, I bet you think that the police were completely justified in beating Rodney King. Anyone who says that was racially motivated is probably a bigot right?

[monty]

All right Openmind lets hold hands and sing "Kum By Ya Lord Kum By Ya" Holy Smoke,you dont think the L.A. cops beat the crap out of White people? Believe me,theyare all about Equal Opportunity when it comes to putting a boot or stick to someone. Old Chinese proverb say....Get arrested you go to jail....You resist you go to the emergency room. "Oh Lord Kum By Ya"

[kevin]

One more time. OJ murdered two people.That has nothin to do with his skin color. Rodney King was a trouble maker on the streets.Had a rap record as long as his arm.This does not give a cop the right to beat a man.I imagine the cops where tired of seeing him. Remember he was on pcp at the time they beat him. Why do you think L.A. cops dislike blacks?

[KC_Brougham]

Wouldn't say the level of beating Rodney King got was appropriate but he was out of control with the Highway Patrol woman who pulled him over in the first place, which wasn't shown in the video.

A friend of mine took me down the OJ trail from Bundy Dr to Rockingham. The consensus in that neighborhood and most of LA including the LAPD is that it's rather obvious OJ did it. He just happened to park his car a block away from his house with blood on it the night his estranged wife got her head almost completely severed. Hello,.

A reporter asked Chief of Police Willie Williams what they were going to do to find the real killers now that OJ was off. His answer was, "We had the real killer."

[jz]

stop blaming it ALL on the police, and look at how the prosecution failed. they presented indisputable DNA evidence of O.J.s guilt to an ignorant jury. the jury didn't understand what marcia clark was presenting, because she didn't speak in laymen's terms, it was way too scientific. i've seen footage of a juror saying, quote: "I'm not an expert in DNA, I'm an expert in computers." great.

[E.P.]

Mark my word. Someone, someday, will catch OJ out smiling and acting like he got away with murder. Then he will die. I can't help to feel that someone will do this to him.

[Patrice]

O.J. might have been found not guilty by a jury of his peers, but remember a lot of crucial evidence was not allowed for the jury's eyes & ears. which makes no sense to me all. When the jurors were interviewed after the trial was over, most of them said had they known about some of these things the verdict would have been GUILTY! GUILTY! GUILTY!

[JewwellsP]

Openmind-you keep bringing up Rodney King.
Do you know & realize how many times he has been arrested since he opened his dumb mouth & the police shut him up. Rodney King is a prime example of not what to act like when the police want you. He deserved everything he got & more!
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[openmind]

The only reason for a police officer to use force is to protect themselves from danger, not to punish the person for resisting. We have courts for punishment. If you think that Rodney King was a danger to the officers you may need to review the video. They could have easily subdued him w/o beating him. If there are several people around you beating you, regardless of who they are, I would like to see if you just lay there and take it. How many times he has been arrested is completely irrelevant to whether or not the beating was warranted. I didn’t think it was the police's job to "shut people up."
Regardless of how "sure" you are of a person's guilt, it is never ok to improperly collect evidence. There is a reason that we have restrictions on what is allowed in court and how officers can collect that evidence. If we didn’t have these restrictions, it would open the door even wider to the possibility of police and governmental corruption and there would be nothing you could do about it. Again, you must realize that our justice system, through the notion of reasonable doubt, was constructed to give preference to letting nine guilty people go instead of allowing one innocent person to go to jail.

[Jeff]

Your right openmind, we should call LAPD racist because of their history, while we are at it, lets call all democrats racists, after all in their history they rebeled against the republicans to keep slavery legal. They also voted down civil rights for blacks all the way through the 30s. I think we should label everyone for their "history", no group of people are ever capable of change, and should never be forgiven.