Thirteen years to the day after being acquitted of killing his wife and her friend in Los Angeles, O.J. Simpson was found guilty of robbing two sports-memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in a Las Vegas hotel room. More.
Where Are They Now?
The O.J. Simpson double-murder trail was called the trial of the century. About 14 years after the case the former NFL great is back in the spotlight and praying for yet another acquittal. But Where's the old cast of characters from O.J. 1.0? Where's Judge Ito, Kato and Al Cowlings? We've got the answers.
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Al Cowlings, Then
O.J. Simpson's notorious white Bronco-driving pal led police in a slow-speed chase around L.A. The chase ended at Simpson's mansion in Brentwood. Cowlings claimed Simpson had a gun to his head during the pursuit.
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Al Cowlings, Now
The retired football player has been asked multiple times by TMZ.com if he's still friends with the Juice, his answer is always the same. No comment. Simpson pretended to sell off his infamous white Bronco in a hidden camera pay-per-view special that never aired.
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Brian "Kato" Kaelin, Then
O.J. Simpson quirky house guest was thought to be a key witness for the prosecution in the case. Kato became a star during the murder trial for his courtroom manner. However, the aspiring actor and surfer-looking dude was the butt of many jokes and became a household name with his 15-minutes of fame.
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Brian "Kato" Kaelin, Now
Kaelin will be competing on a new FOX reality show this fall where the grand prize is a reality show on FOX. Kato has appeared in numerous comedic skits, movie cameos and TV shows in the years following the trial. He also had a radio show. He's never really reached big-time star status though, but he did make it on to the cover of Playgirl.
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Christopher Darden, Then
Darden was the prosecutor who made O.J. try on the murderer's glove in the courtroom. The glove looked way too tight and lead to the infamous words from Johnnie Cochran. Some say this moved killed the prosecution's case against Simpson.
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Christopher Darden, Now
In an interview by Oprah Winfrey in 2006, Darden said he still, without a doubt, believes Simpson to be guilty. After the trail he taught law in California before starting his own firm Darden & Associates.
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Judge Lance Ito, Then
Ito became familiar to millions during Simpson's criminal trial. He made the critical decision to allow cameras into the courtroom, saying that the public had a right to witness the media circus, err. trial.
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By: Ellie on 10/02/2008 6:25PM
O.J. needs to go to jail just to protect himself from his own stupidity.
A 60 some year old man running around with a "posse" to take back his things knowing that the legal system is just waiting for him to screw up needs to be in jail. The "men" in his crew need to go also! Why would grown men put their lives on the line for things that were not even theirs?! We all know that he had bad experiences with the law (but he did get away with killing people) but he should have called the cops. Now he faces the possibility of doing life over stupid stuff and taking his crew with him. One way or the other his arrogance and stupidity was going to cost him; karma is a real cold b**ch!
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By: Daniel Asamota on 10/02/2008 8:45PM
O.J. Simpson did not kill ANYBODY! The LAPD refuses to look for the real killers b/c they are a racist organization and probably ever will be. They know Mark Furhman and his buddy killed those people but it's counter to their desires to bring forth the real killers who were white men than to destroy a self made black millionaire to gratify their racist ideologies. One day the truth will come out and Fred Goldman will have to give back every penny he stole from O.J. b/c he knew he wouldn't get any money from the REAL killers!
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By: carla on 10/02/2008 9:33PM
When you get away with murder you are suppose to sit down and be quiet.
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By: Anutha Brutha on 10/03/2008 5:04AM
That so many in the black community refuse to admit that Simpsom committed these savage and brutal murders is disgrace to civilized society.
The only reason he was found 'not guilty' is because his ignorant and uneducated jury could barely even spell DNA, much less understand its significance as a tool of evidence.
We should be ashamed of ourselves.
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By: Christopher Robin on 10/03/2008 12:01PM
I can't believe it's been that long! I can't believe that this guy has gotten himself into this new case. After I read his bio on Hollywood.com (http://bittenandbound.com/2008/10/03/closing-statements-in-oj-simpson-trial/#comment-25791) It's just sad to see him fall like that. He used to be a big deal back in the day...
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By: Christopher Robin on 10/03/2008 12:05PM
It's sad to see how far this man has fallen, especially after all the success he had. i read his bio (http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/O_J_Simpson/190451) and I just can't believe that he would come to this after so much success...
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By: nubbie on 10/03/2008 4:12PM
I have never heard anything as ignorant as Daniel Asamota's comment in my life! Has he been living on another planet? O.J. got away with murder and it is great injustice to us all. Trash is trash...be it black or white.
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By: Andrea in Ohio on 10/03/2008 10:08PM
He did it. He knows he did it. We know he did it. The victims and their family knows he did it. The only thing he got away with is time in jail. What do you think his afterlife will be like if he doesn't come clean with God? He didn't get away with it, yet.
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By: mary on 10/03/2008 4:13PM
The jury that let him off on the murder case should all be in prison for aggravated stupidity.
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By: lisa on 10/03/2008 4:18PM
you know he killed those people. and a lapd your right thay dont like black people like o.j. he needs to be locked up and throw away the key,and so does his damm friends,this is one way of putting his ass in jail,,,i hope that black guy burns,,,
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