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: Susanc999 on 10/03/2008 4:43PM
would'nt it be fitting if he is found guilty for what he did this time?
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By: rich on 10/03/2008 4:43PM
It is nice to see that most of the lawyers for
Simpson are dead. When will Simpson appease us with his demise?
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By: Lila on 10/03/2008 4:45PM
WoW! I can't believe what I'm reading here! Poor O.J., everyone is picking on him....not!!!! Let's not forget he did acting too!!! I used to like him, but he's a real nut!!! He took away the mother of his children and the innocent Ron Goldman!!! I wonder how he sleeps at night, poor O.J.????? I watched practically the whole trial and the dream team should be ashamed of themselves!!!! They should've let him go to jail to rot!!!!
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By: Teresa on 10/03/2008 4:47PM
Well'maybe O.J is stupid for doing what he did...instead of calling the Police to handle things.But back to the Nicole/Goldman murder..... just remember his buddy Kato Lived in the Summer House behind the main house, and he DID have a crush on Nicole, plus HE DID leave out and/or hedged on alot of questions that he was asked....I STILL THINK he and/or his brother did it!!!
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By: Gus on 10/03/2008 4:45PM
I think we should all just settle down and relax!..
We should think of a way we could make everyone happy!
What say we fix up O.J. and Casey Anthony. While O.J. has been busy looking for Nicole and Ron's killers on every golf course in Florida, Casey has been performing her own "investigation" searching for her missing daughter by looking in on every party and night club in Orlando.
They would make perfect couple and partners in crime.
On a similar note, once O.J. caught Casey in multiple lies, he would put her out of her misery and then get the death penalty for murder. Then, see......everyone would be right where they should be and everyone would be happy.
Thank you...I'll be here all week, please try the veal.
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By: Judy Lee on 10/03/2008 4:49PM
OJ never killed anybody. Additionally, since when is it a crime to take possession of your own possessions?
In all of this there is one man that really irks me.
Goldman Golddigger, still trying to make a living off of his bad parenting.
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By: Edward Borgese on 10/03/2008 5:25PM
O.J. Simpson's heir of superiority due to his athletic abilities led him to believe that he was above the rest of society. Through out his football career he was a snob he was beligerent, he was borderline ignorant and very conceeded. Those actions were a direct result of the attitude that he was allowed to exhibit and was deemed acceptable through out his career and the people that sat on the jury were really judging themselves not O.J.........get it? He had to be aquitted. Society had created his monster. Society was on trial, not O.J. This is the true Frankenstein.
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By: Leroy Tomba on 10/03/2008 4:50PM
Osama Bama should have picked O.J. as his running mate. We'd then have a muslim and murderer as role models.
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By: brakshere on 10/03/2008 4:53PM
I didn't realize that this was done by racists until I looked up.
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By: brakshere on 10/03/2008 4:56PM
I was for OJ, by the way. The last thing we need are police framing even guilty people. I just wish you'd get over the color of your skin. It's so yesterday.
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