Orenthal James Simpson (* 9. July 1947 in San Francisco, California) be a American American football star and actor. Admits is it under its shortened name O.J. Simpson or also The Juice, which one can translate freely as "the force package ". This designation is a wordplay on the American abbreviation OJ for Orangejuice (orange juice). She was attributed to him due to its outstanding sporty achievements.

Football

O.J. Simpson was in the seventies one the best Runningbacks - both in the college and later with the professionals in that national football League.

College

He spent its college time at the University OF Southern California (USC) and won there 1968 the Heisman Trophy - the highest honor in the college American football.

NFL

1969 were O.J. Simpson then the first player, who was selected in the Draft - of the Buffalo Bills -. it broke through 1973 as first players that national football League the 2,000 yards mark. With the Bills it overacted nearly its entire professional time. it still went to 1978 for one season to San Francisco 49ers, before it terminated its career.

In the year 1985 became O.J. Simpson the first Heisman Trophy winner, who also into the pro football resound to OF Fame one selected. O.J. Simpson is to today NFL Rekordhalter with six plays, in which he over 200 yards erlief.

Murder trial

In the year 1994 he was accused of murder at his ex woman Nicole Brown Simpson, of which he 1992 divorced was, and its lover Ronald Goldman. When it became clear that O.J. Simpson of main suspects would be, he fled in a jeep before the police, which wanted to arrest him. The pursuit across Beverly Hills was transferred live from an US-American television station. The spectacular to the fact is that 1994 the final game series that took place national basketball Association, and that this pursuit occurred just at present the live-transmission of the final, and the transmitter despite the completely open exit of the championship to the pursuit umblendete.

During a spectacular process, which became to transfer live from the American television, the jurors acquitted it surprisingly. Principal reason might have been a bloody glove, which was designated of the determining police authorities as author clothes, Simpson however with the Anprobe in the court room did not fit. In addition doubts about the objectivity of the determinations came: O.J. 's lawyer succeeded it to represent different on one side determined facts as a kind conspiracy against its mandator what was fed by some awkward racistic expressions of the Hauptermittlers. Critics of the American law system see the thesis confirmed in the acquietal that at sufficient financial expenditure for lawyers and consultants a higher probability acquietal "acquire "leaves, when this is possible for "normal "accused. This opinion is supported by the fact that despite the acquietal in the criminal procedure a civil court condemned it 16 months later to a payment of damages payment of 8.5 million US Dollar to the survivors.

With both processes it was represented by the star lawyer Johnnie Cochran.

Filmographie

After its career as sportsmen it became by some Filmrollen, among other things the naked cannon with Leslie Nielsen, also over the borders Americas outside admits.

• The naked cannon 33 1/3, 1994 as north mountain
• The naked cannon 2 1/2, 1991 as north mountain
• The naked cannon (with Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley), 1988 as Det. North mountain
• Enterprise Capricorn (with Elliott Gould, Hal Holbrook), 1978 as Cmdr. John Walker
• Is it Verflucht all, 1974 as Garth
• Flaming inferno (with Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden), 1974 as Harry Jernigan

Literature

• Robert Schnabl: The O.J. Simpson Process. Duncker & Humblot, 1999, ISBN 3-428-09721-1

Related links

• Article to the murder trial with Morgenwelt.de

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