O.J. Simpson’s last photo he took with Donald Trump has resurfaced.
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After the death of former NFL running back OJ Simpson, on Thursday Stephen A. Smith opened up on how Simpson’s legacy has been tainted via Mediaite. It is noted that Simpson’s family announced his passing from his personal Twitter account and stated that he passed away after battling prostate cancer.
A member of the Pro Football Hall of Famer, Simpson is regarded as one of greatest running backs in NFL history. Smith explained how his playing career has been overshadowed by the murder trial in 1994.
Though he was exonerated of the murders of his wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman, he was found liable for their deaths in a civil suit and ordered to pay more than $30 million in damages.
That legacy, Smith said, is how most people think of him now.
“There’s no balance when it comes to that,” Smith said on First Take. “When you think about O.J. Simpson, you may remember that he’s a football player; but what you remember most is the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Gold and you think, obviously, of him. There’s no way around that.”
Simpson was acquitted, but many believe he was responsible for the murders. Smith shares that belief and called the trial a “test case in what not to do” in reference to the prosecutor’s handling of it.
“Most people believe that he committed those murders,” Smith said. “I know that if I was on the jury, he would’ve been under the damn jail. I know that much. I believe he was guilty, but I don’t know. I’m talking about based on the evidence that was placed before us during the trial overseen by Judge Lance Ito. This is what we saw on national television, and by most accounts, you found yourself believing he was guilty as hell.”
