Tonight, you will. Did Nicole Brown Simpson actually predict her own death . To us was oj is gonna kill me and hes gonna get away with it. Reporter what really went ony room . Not guilty of a crime of murder. All people wanted to do was go home. And, in a frank, new interview, a clark answers the most important question of all. Reporter how did you not convict this guy . Ll also hear from oj simpson himself who told his story under oath in these explosive deposition tapes. As black and blue the next day or two days later i was responsible for it. At oj simpsons old house. Obviously there is a lot of attention to this. Case, two decades later. Dateline. Heres josh mankiewicz. Reporter june 12, 1994, brentwood, california. Two horrific murders that came to be defined by just three o. J. , please surrender immediately. Orenthal james simpson. I have o. J. In the car. We do have sufficient 100 not guilty. How about that . Fit you, you must acquit. Not guilty of the crime of murder. Reporter it was the story that wouldnt go away. If you l we mean the united states, you a nation made room in its iousness for this collision of pop culture and legal drama. More than 20 years ago, it touched issues we still cant agree on today race, money, privilege, fame, interracial ic violence. Get out of the way reporter this became st reality show. The case consumed us, and then divided us. Even now, two decades later, we are still fascinated. What do you want me to do, o. J. . I should die. No. Enpart dramatic series airing on fx, the people ing ratings and reviews. Because there are still questions about what really happened that night in pson was acquitted. J. reporter tonight well provide some answers with interviews done over the years, rare footage and haunting memories. Including a recent indepth and erview with prosecutor marcia clark who doesnt hold back when discussing her unique perspective on the case on everything from the infamous co chase im thinking he was like the biggest idiot ever. To the trial of the century. Every day, wed walk mething else was blowing up. Not guilty of the crime of murder. Reporter and of course the verdict. Blame yourself for this . You know, i always do. I do. Reporter it was a cool, laten brentwood. Around midnight a couple was walking a dog down a quiet section of south bundy drive when something strange caught condominium numbered 875, they saw it. A body in a river of blood. Police arrived and discovered a second victim. Investigators would soon follow,n homicide detective tom lange. This isnt a robbery. This isnt for sex. This was a rage killing. Le was nearly decapitated. Reporter nicole was 35year old Nicole Brown Simpson, the mpson. Near the bodies was a bloody leathe a pair of eyeglasses and a blue knit cap. Cops later idd the male victim as 25yearold ronald goldman. At this point they didnt know theres numerous wounds on the neck. Goldman put up a fight. He house were the simpsons two children, sydney and justin, who they were taken to a nearby police station. Of kin to take care of these kids. We need to find oj simpson. Dawn broke in brentwood, lange and three other detectives were sent to simpsons estate on nearby rockingham avenue. Detective mark fuhrman. Arriving detectives feared the worst that simpson may have suffered the same fate as his weve just left a bloody crime scene. Is simpson in there as one of the victims . R so without a search warrant, detective fuhrman jumped the wall and let in the other cops. In one of the estates bungalows simpsons 25yearold daughter arnelle. They learned that her father was out of town on a business trip in chicago. Er bungalow detectives man named brian kato kaelin. Living at simpsons house for five months. He had come to la to be an actor, and now he was about to star in the role of his life, answering questions about where seen simpson. I had seen him earlier in the day, and he was talkin about women problems. He needed someone to talk to, and i was the only guy probably available. Normally the relationship you had with him . Absolutely not. Reporter later that evening, kaelin said, simpson came by his door to get change for a 100 bill and also mentioned mething to eat. So just after 9 00 pm they hopped in simpsons bentley and went to mcdonalds. Kaelin to go with him to establish an alibi . I invited myself. He didnt ask me. And i thought, oh. I was starving. Told detectives they got back around 9 40pm. He returned to his bungalow and then around 10 45 pm kaelin says he heard three strange sounds. It was a loud it was a banging noise. Bumped into a wall. Reporter kaelin came outside to check on the noise and saw limo driver allan park at the gate waiting to take simpson to the airport. Ter, simpson came out of the house. His luggage was loaded and the limo sped off. Tory seemed to add up, so now it was simpson the cops really wanted to talk to. He was at his hotel in chicago when detectives told him what there were no details given except nicole was dead. He said, well, ill be on the next plane back there. Came another phone call, the one tom lange dreaded, notifying nicoles family. I hear that phonecream from my moms room. That i had never heard before. And it was just awful, awful, nicoles older sister, remembers rushing to her mothers room. She says, your sister is dead. And i said, oh my god, he did it. Illed her. Reporter he being oj simpson, denises former brotherinlaw. Detective lange was stunned at lead. That was my first inkling that perhaps simpson was involved in this. Reporter nicoles family, in an instant, continued the grim task, and called her best friend kris jenner. I was like what . Nicole died . I was like, it was devastating. I think i almost passed out. Worst feeling you could possibly imagine. Reporter kris had known nicole since 1978. They met through her former husband Robert Kardashian, who attorney. Kris adored simpson too, she said, like a big brother. He was very charming, a lotta fun to be around. You could tell he was the type of person who really enjoyed life. R kris and nicole had become fast friends and the two couples were like family. Now, all of that was suddenly gone. Es life changed. Nicole died, and nothing would ever be the same. Reporter the world had r kris jenner, for the brown and goldman families, and for oj simpson who would soon be back home in la o, im not a big football fan. But i know who he is now. Joint pain and swelling in as little as two weeks, and help stop further joint damage. Xeljanz ht infections, including tuberculosis. Serious, sometimes fatal infections, lymphoma, and other cancers have happened. Dont start xeljanznfection. 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Todays powerful bond between from oj simpson there car. Reporter someone the nation knew, trusted, and liked. Go oj go. Reporter from his naked gun movies. Reporter to his nfl broadcasts. Reporter as his colleague bob costas remembers he was always the well person as you could ever want to encounter. On day two of this story, much of that history was in the process of being rewritten. The brentwood crime scene was now crawling with cops lookingllecting evidence. Blood was everywhere, and leading from it, a trail of bloody shoe prints. Was a bloody lefthanded glove and a blue knit cap. And inside the walls of simpsons Rockingham Estate behind kato kaelins bungalow and discovered a moist, bloody glove, similar to the one at the crime scene. Ook at the glove and it looks like the same type. Reporter and it was a righthanded glove . Yeah. The same everything. Reporter detectives also rops on simpsons driveway leading from the street. Was to come. Its a celebrity case. At midnight last night, a passerby observed the body, a fe white body. Reporter by now the news media had the first sketchy reports. Deputy District Attorney marcia with the special trials unit. She was consulted about getting a search warrant for rockingham artner, detective Phil Vannatter who already considered simpson a suspect. He goes, you know who it is . O. J. Simpson. Whos that . Oh, wait. Oh yeah, naked gun. , right . Reporter youre not a big football fan . No, wasnt a big football fan. But i know who he is now. Some 13 hours after the murders, simpson returned to la from chicago, a journey that took him from household name to you never thought of him as a killer . No, no, no. And had a great personality. Ow, being o. J. Simpson. Bad enough that simpson might be involved in the murder of her now kris was further conflicted because her former husband, Robert Kardashian, was simpsonsl attorney. Kardashian was also at rockingham and was caught on camera carrying what appeared to be simpsons garment bag. About what might have been in that bag. Could you conceive of him loving his friend so much that he wouldpose of evidence . Absolutely not. 150 that he had this character and integrity and christian values and believed in o. J. , what can you say about this . Dont know anything . Reporter detectives now wanted to bring in simpson for attorney, howard weitzman, said his client would fully cooperate. Hes shocked, he had nothing to do with this tragedy. Er arriving at Police Headquarters, simpsons lawyers met privately with him and then went to lunch. Leaving their client alone with cide detectives Phil Vannatter and tom lange. I was flabbergasted. Unless he just thinks hes glib y anything he wants and hes gonna get around us. Reporter detectives and o. J. Simpson now settled into a sm critical interview that could make or break the case. 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Eist is now a global phenomenon. One does have to wonder, how long can this chase go on . Look, were trending let me see that. Toyota. Eporter parker center. In 1994, Police Headquarters in downtown l. A. It has seen scores of high profile murder investigations errogations, but on that june afternoon, very narcissistic, selfassured. At all times. Reporter cops were drawn to a cut on simpsons left middle finger, and this is where simpsons answers started becoming more vague. Your hand . Know. Not the first time, when i was in chicago and all, but at the house i was just running around. How did you do it in chicago . Ss. One of you guys had just called me, and i was in the bathroom, and i just kind of went bonkers for a little bit. Is that how you cut it . I think i just opened it again, im not sure. His house. Now simpson offered a few new details to help explain it. So do you recall bleeding at all . Yeah, i mean, i knew i was bleeding, but it was no big deal. Time. I play golf and stuff, so theres always something, nicks and stuff here and there. We dont know what direction this is gonna take us. But theres enough that, i want your blood. I want to document that finger. R fingerprints. Reporter by now, simpson appeared to be sensing trouble and attempted to straighten out i know im the number one target, and now you tell me ive got blood all over the place. There . If its dripped, its what i dripped running around trying to leave. N after just 32 minutes, detectives wrapped up their interview and whisked simpson to a lab where he was ger photographed and most importantly, his blood drawn. If this guy is our suspect, convict him. At the core of this case is blood, blood everywhere. That we want in his body. Mr. Simpson are you a suspect . Now, simpson was allowed to leave. Anything you can tell us . Reporter that may have been a measure of his celebrity, or that police had suspicions they dnt yet back up. But back at simpsons estate more evidence was turning up, including a pair of bloody socksloor. And at the crime scene itself, more blood drops were swabbed alley, suggesting the killer wass he fled. W have now videotape showing the bodies of simpsons exwife and an unidentified man as they oved from a walkway in front of her west side condominium. Reporter monitoring all of this from her office at the criminal courts building was deputy d. A. D not yet been officially assigned the case. Did you campaign to be put on this case . At that time, it was just another big case. Did in special trials. We handled high profile murder cases. That was it. Its a good case, so of course, did i want it for fame and fortune . Hell, no reporter all that day n following the news reports about those murders in brentwood. He had no idea how much or in fe was about to change. Because when fred got home, he and his wife received a phone coroners office. And this individual said to today that nicole brown was well, your your son was the other person. Thats how we found out. Over the phone. And the two of us stood there reporter through his shock, fred knew he had to tell his daughter kim, who sensed something was wrong the minute she heard his voice on the phone. Nd he said, did you did you hear the news at all today . And i said, no, whats going on, dad . And then he just said that that ied and that ron was killed. I dont really remember too much after that. Reaming and he told me to get home. Reporter ron goldman was just 25. Handsome, athletic, popular. I love you very much and ill see you soon. Reporter this rare footage murder. Go ron, go ron, go ron reporter the goldmans didntuld be their last big celebration as a family. In june of 1994, ron had been restaurant, where nicole and her family had dined the night of the murder. Mother left her eyeglasses there, it was ron who later brought them to nicoles condo. And the lives of two families tied together forever in grief. I believe he walked into a crime in process. And he had a chance to walk away but he didnt. So he died trying to do the nd thats painful. Reporter as night descended on brentwood, o. J. Simpson was back at his estate. Anted to have a little chat to discuss meal. N, kaelin tells dateline, that had simpson suggesting a coverup. He had tried to tell me, you. You know i was in the kitchen at this time. He was trying to convince me about what i believe now is an he was trying to get you to agree that you had spent more time with him that last evening than you actually had . Yeah, i think it was in the he was with me. I said, no you werent. Arted going, hes trying to make me Say Something thats not true. Reporter kato kaelin was seeing another side of different from the affable, glad handing celebrity image that simpson had so carefully cultivated and protected. But simpson also had a dark and violent side. 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He even mentioned his new bride during the speech. Fe nicole, who came into my life at what is probably the most difficult time for an athlete, at the end of my career. Years into some of the best years ive had in my life, babe. Ut there would be trouble. Some parts of a star athletes life remained a lure and simpson saw other women. En that happened, it would sometimes turn violent. Nicole kept all of it a secret, writing about it in her diary. Reporter what kinda things were in those diaries . Go to the emergency room. She had been beaten so badly that she told the doctors that she fell off her bicycle. Reporter on new years day 1989 after an especially ugly stopped she called both the police and her sister denise. She says, can you do me a favor and come over here and take pictures of me. And so i went over. Reporter howd she look . She had her face all scratched up. She had over her. She just said, he went crazy. Reporter they divorced ier they tried getting back together. I felt like they really loved tough for them to be together. And she just always felt like he was cheating on her. Reporter why would she go she couldnt live with him, and she couldnt live without him. Es sister denise says things got worse. Simpson stalked her. Hes always there. Hes always around. He wont leave me alone. 911 emergency. Yeah, can you send someone to my house . T months before her murder, nicole was on the phone to 911, sounding at first more exasperated than frightened. House and hes ranting and raving. Has he been drinking or anything . No, but hes crazy. Hung up, but called back 10 minutes later as things apparently escalated. Cy . Could you get someone over here now . He is back, please . Dispatcher ok. What does he look like . I think you know his record. Could you just send somebody over here . Ok, what is he doing there . He just drove up ag on the line. I dont want to stay on the [ bleep ] out of me. Wait a minute. Filed against simpson. His allamerican public image remained intact. But privately, the last several months of nicoles life with s of breakups and makeups, says in april 1994 came one last reconciliation. But things didnt work out. With her mind made up. And there was Something Different within nicole that time. Reporter but simpson apparently wasnt ready to let go. Nner, he was devastated at being dumped and retaliated by threatening nicole. Just weeks before her death, vealed something shocking. Really bad between o. J. And i, and hes going to kill me and hes going and soon after, kris jenner was attending her best friends funeral. And as the funeral was winding down, things were busy at the where preliminary results comparing simpsons blood to the samples collected at the crime scene were now in. Matched. The bloody trail at bundy, bronco all came back to simpson. We wanted to go out and get him and bring him in and book him like we would anybody else. Reporter instead, a deal was struck with simpsons recently fense attorney Robert Shapiro to avoid all the media, simpson would discreetly turn himself in at the jail in back of parker center. E deadline was friday june 17, 1994, 11 00 a. M. Sharp. But o. J. Simpson never showed. As the nation was about to learn, he had simply coming up o. J. Simpson could run, but he couldnt hide. This is a. C. I have o. J. In the car. Marcia clark gets a preview of things to come. Wo innocent people, slaughtered them. And youre cheering his escape . Nervous, honey . A little. Buena suerte, mi hija. Is thing vo now thats the good stuff. The sonoma collection. Only at kohls. New 1 selling frequent heartburn brand in america. I hope you like it spicy n with the purple pill. The new leader in frequent heartburn. Thats nexium level protection. Yeah. Oh no oh nooooo handprepared, spicy, smoky, crispy kfc Nashville Hot chicken with delightful pickles on top dear. [gasp] my Nashville Hot chickens still available. T of nightmares about chicken. Reporter friday june 17, 1994 would become a truly unforgettable day in los angelesorld. That morning, simpson was Police Headquarters. But then he just suddenly vanished. O. J. , wherever you are, for the sake of your family, for the sake of your children, please surrender immediately. Impson did leave behind what many felt was a suicide note. A note that his friend, Robert Kardashian, read on live tv. Derstand, i had nothing to do with nicoles murder. I loved her. El sorry for me. Ive had a great life. Reporter and no one seemed simpson was. The Los Angeles Police department right now is actively o. J. Simpson is not at this location. Here. Ts attention to a suspect wanted for a double 187 in west l. A. Division. Suspect named Orenthal James simpson. Reporter then around. , some seven hours after he was supposed to have turned himself in, a white ford bronco was spotted with simpson in the backseat and his close t the wheel. Yeah, uhm i think i just saw o. J. Simpson on the, uh, the 5 freeway. Te the Orange County sheriffs were on him. In the number one lane at 40 miles per hour. Reporter what followed was ahase. Which, by the way, involved al cowlings bronco, not simpsons. This is a. C. Ar. Okay, where are you . Please, im coming up the 5 freeway. Okay. But you gotta tell the police to just back off. Hes still alive, but hes got a reporter 95 million what was suddenly the best show on tv. Here is tom brokaw. Live pictures of interstate 5 in los angeles. Reporter until that moment, ad settled in to knicks and the rockets. Now they would watch a split chase. Bob costas was hosting the pregame and halftime shows for nbc. L of a sudden, this greek tragedy becomes part of the mix, and its going on concurrently. Er two lane. 25 miles per hour. This is a drama without a script. The suspect is possibly armed and use caution. Al gun. It was loaded. He couldve used it. And you cant take a chance with someone, certainly, who had beender. There are pedestrians all over the roadway, 104. Reporter detective tom lange and amazingly was able to reach him. Ateline has obtained the actual recording of that conversation, which was not released at the time. You there . Just let me get to my house. Okay, were going to do that. Ll give you what ev ill give you me. Ill give you my whole body. Reporter lange used every olice and pop psychology he knew to keep simpsons hand on the phone and off the trigger. Y, though. Youre scaring everybody. Ahhh. Just tell them im all sorry, you can tell them later on today and tomorrow that i was sorry and that i im sorry that i did this to the police department. Should tell them yourself. And i dont want to have to tell your kids that. Your kids need you. My kids. Reporter marcia clark, who by now had been assigned to son for nicole and rons murders was watching all of this, furious that he was still free. We look like the biggest like flight to me. And that is consciousness of guilt in the law. Reporter kim goldman was watching too, and worrying simpson might not survive. We need to bring him to the court. He needs to have his day at trial. What hes running for . All i did was love nicole. All i did was love her. I understand. I love everybody. Ybody my whole life that i love everybody. It was surreal. It was, you know, could this get any worse . 104 copy. Taking the sunset offramp from the northbound 405. Ybe not worse, but certainly more weird. With crowds cheering on simpson as if he was making a r the end zone. 104. Copy. There are pedestrians running inuspects vehicle. O. J. reporter but marcia clark, who was glued to the screen, wasnt cheering. Of the road, cheering. And i thought, oh my god. Thats a little sample of whats to come . Exactly. He has murdered two innocent them. And youre cheering his escape . And it gave me a full on view ofnst. Reporter finally after nearly 90 riveting minutes possibly getting close to the house there. And cowlings pulled into rockingham. Use your own discretion. You take him down if you have to. What the hell is going to happen. You dont know if hes going to get out of the car and have a shootout with the police. I couldnt have written off the possibility that he was going to kill himself. R for nearly an hour simpson sat in the bronco as police tried to coax him out. Finally he emerged and collapsederal waiting it was finally over. Side the bronco was a loaded. 357 magnum and simpsons travel bag containing his passport, a ache. Simpson was taken away, and would soon be charged with two counts of first degree murder. N is in custody. He has been transported here to parker center. Reporter convicting him seemed almost certain, especially given all that blood evidence. 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All we really need is a tow truck. Day or night, at the 45, he has the first down. 30, open field at the 25. Wore number now o. J. Simpson had brandnew number. And for the next 15 months a new home too. T the la county jail where he was being held without bail. Simpson had visits from his family, friends and attorneys, colleague bob costas. I went to visit him. He tried to convince me several his innocence. Look, bob, you know me. Im a smart guy. Would i leave a glove behind . Would i do Something Like this . This doesnt make sense, that doesnt make sense. Ter but simpson was facing a mountain of evidence. We work in the crime lab. Reporter as District Attorney gil garcetti confidently told nbc news back in 1995. T i am aware of, in the history of this country, has had so much d. N. A. Evidence. T for the fact this were o. J. Simpson, this is what you could call in sports language a reporter then d. A. Garcetti, made a critical decision. He case here, to Downtown Los Angeles from santa monica. Downtown the jury pool would be mostly minority and thought to to a black defendant. At the time garcetti for a number of reasons, including that the santa monica courthouse which recently had sustained earthquake damage, couldnt trial. Reporter can you tell us anything at all at this point . No, im sorry. Reporter but former detective tom lange believed that tradeoff may have also involved a different calculus. Iction by a predominantly black jury would head off what happened here in 1992. Ter when rioting broke out, after a mostly white jury acquitted lapd officers in the beating of rodney king. All can we all just get along . Reporter in hindsight that decision to move the trial en the first would influence how the case and the thinking was that, if you have a minority jury convicting a minority defendant, everything is cool. Youre not gonna have any problems. Ter but prosecutor marcia clark says there was no choice about where to try the case. It was always gonna be downtown. There was no discussion about it, you know. O people who say, oh, well, they gave up the mostly white jury pool of santa monica and and and ended up in a mostly minority jury and it was all over at that point, those people dont know what theyre talkin about . Oh, they really dont. I mean, they might be right in terms of would we bet be better off with a white jury. Well, yes. Theres any disputing that now, right . But justice kind of demands that we try the case in front of the e have. And and we do our very best to convince them. Reporter then another critical decision. By judge lance ito televised. Reporter do you have enough simpson . Of course we do. Reporter publicly marcia clark seemed highly confident in her case back then. The fact that the case has been filed means that we do have ct him. Reporter but privately, as clark told us, she sensed trouble early on. He bat, you got a big push back in the African American community. They dont like this case. They dont want to believe it. There was a sense of loyalty, ofting an African American icon who had made it. He was successful, he had made it. They did not wanna see him taken down. Gh hed done virtually nothing for the community hed come from . It was surprising. Virtually nothing. This was not exactly your civil rights firebrand. He was quoted famously saying, im not black, reporter still clark says she was convinced a strong case could be built primarily on the blood and dna evidence. There was a trail of evidence, literally, from bundy that led all the way into his kingham. And that included the blood, the hairs, the fibers. It was a huge amount of the question was, would it be enough to overcome the ue of race . How do you plead to counts one and two . Absolutely 100 not guilty. Uld soon become front and center in the case, thanks to a new attorney simpson added to his team just arraigned. His name, johnnie l. Cochran jr. Oceed to trial. We want to see justice for o. J. Simpson. And we believe hell be acquitted. Reporter cochran had been a thorn in the lapds side for years, running a lucrative ce misconduct cases. From the outset his strategy was simple. Of case where you attack the police and their credibility. At that time, the only way to describe the situation between the black community and lapd waswarfare. Reporter connie rice is a in los angeles. The black community pd as a hostile occupation force that viewed the black community with racist contempt. Reporter so it was the perfect time for that defense to be read. Perfect time for that defense to be raised, that this is a black man being persecuted. O be let go. Reporter but o. J. Simpson . For years he had lived on las mostly white westside. He spent much of his time dating white women, and seemed to have little to do with las black community. Reporter im not sure he knew how to get to south l. A. Thats right. To identify with the black community. What the black community understood was that youre being targeted. Youre back with us. Reporter cochran knew that. And helping him were several other legal superstars like f. Lee bailey, dna expert professor alan dershowitz. They were known as the dream team, but dershowitz had his i call em the nightmare team. It was a terrible, terrible group. We didnt get along. There was a tremendous amount ofind the scenes. Reporter but somehow they managed to come together and pick a jury, as simpson attorneyevealed to dateline. We had done focus groups pretrial and it said clearly n women would be our best jurors. They would know black men are treated by police. Reporter in the end the panel that was picked included eight black women. Re so pleased because this was a jury that johnny could speak to and had spoken to for his entire career. Erhaps the most thrilled of all was simpson o. J. Looked back on that jury whiz, guys, if this jury convicts me, maybe i did do it. Ter coming up was o. J. Simpson getting rid of something at the airport the night of the murders . He was pulling things out and putting em in the trash can. Reporter and kato kaelin in le of his life. I dont think were going for continues. Savin you five hundred im savin you five hundred we hah. Thats a hit all yeah these are my dogs dusty and co twentyfour seven. These dogs shed like crazy. Its like being inside of a snow globe. It takep the house clean. I dont know what to do. doorbell sweeper and dusters. This is nice and easy boys. It really sticks to it. It fits in all the tight spaces. Does that look familiar to you . Im no longer the butler, our story, the by millions. Here again is josh mankiewicz. Reporter day 1 of what the was being called the trial of the century. Its no exaggeration to say it felt as if the whole world was watching. Were very ready. Weve been ready for a long time. Just six months after the murders of nicole brown and ron goldman. O. J. Simpson was facing the possibility of life in prison if convicted. Des would finally square off. A team of tough but largely osecutors, armed with a seemingly airtight na evidence. Pitted against some of the most famous defense lawyers in the land, whose plan was simple. Put the police and their on trial. Presiding over all of this would be judge lance ito. A former prosecutor who had been on the bench for six years. Ou see here the defendant. Reporter the heart of the prosecutions case was all that ood and dna evidence which pointed squarely at o. J. Simpson. But first, prosecutors detailed simpson and nicoles troubled, sometimes violent relationship, her murder. And in that final and terrible act, ronald goldman, anwas viciously and senselessly murdered. Reporter later denise brown ling account of how simpson brutalized her of her. Picked her up, threw her against the wall. Picked her up and threw her out of the house. Tough to go in there and recount what you had seen . Yeah, it was. I had just lost my sister. Ng was just right there. I mean, just so fresh. Reporter prosecutors also focused on the timeline of the alone and unaccounted for at least an hour. Enough time to kill ron and nicole. Aelin. Reporter kato kaelin took the stand to testify about that night he was with simpson. But first came one of those kato moments. Nk your friendship especially living on his property might send acting roles your way . I didnt think that. Going for the same parts. I was just being me. E spotlight. It was just me. How i am. Reporter whose side was kato kaelin on . Oh, thats a great question. Asnt on ours. He was on katos side, that would be my opinion. From the very start, he was veryinformation. Reporter and you didnt think he had anything to do with it . No. What he was doing was sticking his finger in the air, seeing as blowing and saying, you know what . Simpsons not going to get the one who was standing by his care of me. Reporter kaelin told us he cooperated fully, and answered everything clark asked. Detail a critical sequence of events before and after the murders from the trip he and simpson to those three strange sounds he heard at 10 45 pm. Sounds investigators believed n returning home after killing ron and nicole. Can you demonstrate for us how loud it was . Somewhat, yes. Yeah, go ahead. And where did that noise seem to be coming from . Of the wall. Reporter kato kaelin had come to hollywood looking for fame. What he found was something moreting and ultimately upsetting. It was probably the scariest n my entire life. Done in your life became out to the public. Reporter its not what you wanted, im sure. I would never think in a his was going to be my life. Reporter kato kaelin wasnt alone. Another persons life had j. Simpson that night, but this man was eager to testify. At the l. A. Airport the night of the murders to pick up his wife who worked for american airlines. It was 11 30 pm, just an hour after ron and nicole had been a limousine pulled up and o. J. Simpson got out of the limousine. Reporter junis says he had a clear view of simpson. But simpson, he says, never saw him. Carrying this little, cheap gym bag. He only zipped it a few inches. Just enough to get his hand in, g things out and dumping them in the trash can. Reporter back then junis little black bag and then hustle inside. By the time police learned what hed seen, it was too late for ough the trash. But junis did draw a picture of the bag for detectives. You think he was disposing of the evidence then . Urse i do. That witness has evidence. I have no reason to discount him or anything else, he has an entirely credible story. Ible that to testify. But like a lot of the prosecutions case, things wouldnt go quite according to plan. And the defense was just getting reporter coming up, if it doesnt fit it was a stunning time, one n in annals of history i suggest. I did not want him to try on e america s 1 . Start by taking care of families for 70 years. S toughest and help, when help is needed amerat s earned overnight. It s earned in every wash, and reearned every day. Gent please welcome, ladies and gentlemen, the village itos. Ance itos pop culture. Oducts. Pundits. And a whole new class of tv shows that yammered about everything that happened that ourt. Hi, everyone, im geraldo rivera. O. J. Simpsons face is, quote, the face of a batterer, a wife beater, an abuser, a controller. The face of ron and nicoles murderer. F the audience loved it, 12 jurors didnt see it, because they were sequestered, confined to this Highrise Hotel a few blocks house. Lon cryer was one of the jurors who actually decided the case. More than eight months, their lives were limited to a court room and a hotel room. No tv, no phone, no radios, no nothing. Reporter isolated. Bored. Often lonely. There was nothing glamorous of the century. ll be very happy with the entertainment that we weekend. Reporter there were occasional offday outings around town. And there was one business trip,ken on a tour of the crime scene and simpsons Rockingham Estate. Urors didnt know was that before that visit, defense attorney carl douglas had gone into simpsons house for a little redecorating. O make the rockingham location look lived in and stand with all of its that the jurors would say, o. J. Simpson would not have risked all of this for this woman. Of simpson with white women were swapped out for pictures of him with black people. A Norman Rockwell painting from ns office and a bedside photo of simpsons mother were placed in prominent this is not tampering with evidence . This is not tampering with evidence, no. Making his house presentable. Like washing the floors. Like putting the bible out for everybody to see like putting flowers in to more presentable. If there is no objection, so be it. You wanted to win. D, im trying to get the optimum advantage to win. They play hardball in the big leagues. Is was the big leagues. Reporter and there was a lot more hardball to be played, starting with that evidence cops had collected at the crime sceneate. The defense knew how to dismiss quickly it and cleverly, with garbage in, garbage out. Reporter garbage in, garbage out, became the strategy. If there was evidence that was ed, or corrupted, then could not be trusted. For example, a key blood sample llected from the crime scene until three weeks after the murder. Then defense dna expert ounced on the lapds dennis fung, accusing him and a colleague of mishandling evidence. There there w about that, mr. Fung . The defense came in and just whittled in piece by piece, little by little. Many people who watched the jury was bored by the lengthy dna evidence. Put yourself there. And youre sitting there. Youre listening to this stuff over. Im not gonna lie to you. It was somewhat boring. Reporter boring, and resonating with the jury, whose silent expressions sent a loud message to marcia clark. The trial was a nightmare for me every single day. I had had so many days of going and feeling its over. Its over. Theres no way. Because, remember, im watching ay, every day. What was the bigger problem, the defense suggesting that, because of race, that the dna evidence had been tampered with,k then just too hard and too boring for the jury to understand . It was the former. It was definitely the race issue. He problem. The problem was the jury didnt wanna believe. And so at the end of the day, ne believe something they dont want to believe. Reporter but there was plenty of other evidence besidestion never showed the jury. Like the Police Interview with simpson. Ewell note and the ensuing bronco chase. Those were critical lost tom lange. I had a problem from day one, because of evidence that they didnt wanna put on. And youd say to prosecutors, worry, we have dna evidence. They didnt say that, they ied that. We kept getting evidence, getting more and more evidence. And they werent having anything to do with it. Reporter but clark says she that the bronco chase, simpsons Police Interview and socalled sucide note might play sympathetically to the jury. R the most objective evidence i can. I cant go to them and say, this is what i think. Because any of these kind of nd thats a dicey move, the statement he gave the unquote suicide note that he wrote. So i had enough solid evidence without taking risk with evidence like that. Reporter enough evidence that even eyewitness skip junis, the man who said he spotted gym bag at the airport soon after the murders, was never called to testify. S kris jenner, who wanted to tell the jury how nicole feared for her life. Going to be murdered, do you that she knew . She knew. How do you know . She told me. What did she say to you . Hes gonna kill me and hes gonna get away with it. You couldnt put her on the stand because, what . Rsay . Yeah, yeah. That would be hearsay. Under the circumstances that nicole was speaking to kris jenner, we couldnt get it in. I wouldve been happy to put hertand, believe me. I think she would have been a great witness. But reporter weve talked a lot about the evidence the prosecution could have brought into the case, but there was probably should have left out. It would prove to be especially devastating to the case, a which prosecutors probably never recovered. Would ask that mr. Simpson step forward and try on the glove recovered at bundy as well as the glove recovered at rockingham. Thats peoples 77. That was not my call. The evidence gloves. I never did. Reporter chris was coprosecutor rden. I was miserable from the moment that chris said, no, im doing this. And i never expected anything good to come of it. Ing i could assume at that time was, its not the right gloves. They didnt fit. It was a stunning time, one that will go down in the annals of history, i suggest. As one of the dumbest moves or. Ever. You never try a demonstration if youre not sure whats gonna happen. At rockingham and bundy dont fit do you understand that . Dont fit and they can never make them fit bye ter and the prosecution knew it too, just a little too late, as chris darden told nbc news in 1996. They shouglove expert said they would fit him. They had his blood on them. Lood on them. Its something that because it did not come off perfectly, oh, yeah, i wish i hadnt done. You say to darden that night, i told you so . No. Rden said to me, im sorry. And i said, its okay. If that lost the case for us, we were never gonna win anyway. Oming up detective mark fuhrman is caught on tape, putting the prosecution wed heard. Reporter and those dramatic closing arguments. If it doesnt fit, you must acquit. Reporter when dateline continues. Th a 467 horse power its the next expression of f performance, from lexus. That if i had ice in my water, it would just be so painful and i couldnt even drink it. My dentist recommended that i use sensodyne. Y water. Sensodyne absolutely works, huh. Troducing centrum vitamints. A new multivitamin with a full spectrum of reporter the 4th of july weekend of 1995 had just passed, but the fireworks were only beginning in Johnny Cochrans office. Most were dead ends, but one investigator pat mckenna. Alize then, but mckenna was about to become a key player in the most explosive and pivotal part of the case, all because of one cryptic phone fuhrman tapes. Nword. Things like that. Reporter detective the handsome, confident cop who had discovered the bloody glove at rockingham. So mckenna followed up with the he message about furhman, which led him to a woman named laura hart mckinney, a screenwriter who consulted with fuhrman on a script about police work. Ons were recorded. A few weeks later, the tapes hrans office. Johnnie was very careful about those tapes, locking em in his safe, where only he had the combination. Just so explosive. Anything out of a [ bleep ] mouth for the first five or six fucking lie. Tape. Ive heard it myself, it is his voice and it is chilling. Wed heard. He used the nword so much that became insignificant. Like, you know, hoisting champagne glasses when you listen to those tapes . It was manna from heaven. Ut for the prosecution, the fuhrman tapes were pure hell. It was horrifying, horrifyingt tape, it was, like it was, like, having a sewerunload on your head. Reporter fuhrman insisted o more than the basis for a movie. Is this really what the reality of a democracy is . Fictional screeenplay to prosecute one man for doing too good of a job on a murder case and acquitting another . Absolutely absurd. Reporter absurd to detective ammunition for simpsons attorneys. E maintained that fuhrman was a racist cop, who in an effort to frame simpson, planted the bloody glove at his undermine fuhrman, went their thinking, and the entire lapd investigation would be in doubt. Now judge ito, made a that would greatly benefit simpsons defense. He allowed two excerpts from the fuhrman tapes to be presented before the jury. They dont do anything. They dont go out there and initiate a contact with some 65 [ bleep ] thats been in prison for 7 years pumping weights. Reporter fuhrman, eviously and denied using the nword, was then called back to court to answer for what he said on those tapes. All right, detective fuhrman would you resume the witness stand please. Me fuhrman, accompanied by his lawyer, didnt have much to say. Except reporter three times fuhrman invoked his constitutional right against selfincrimination as him saving their best question for last. Detective furhman did you evidence in this case . I assert my 5th amendment i it was terrible. It was terrible. The glove demonstration to me paled into insignificance after that. N youre handicapping a murder trial afterwards and youre comparing was which part of your case was e biggest disaster . Throughout the trial it felt like one minefield after another. And every day, wed walk into court and Something Else was blowing up. Red that. I was pissed. Pissed. When someone asks you that, under those circumstances, is, no. Hell, no. Not plant evidence. Thats the response. When you plead the fifth, its did fuhrman sink the prosecution when he did that . He sunk the case. I assert my 5th amendment privilege. Rt of fuhrmans testimony was heard outside the presence of the jury. You, sir. Thank you, your honor. Reporter but juror lon cryer had already heard enough from detective fuhrman to form an opinion about him and his role the investigation. In my mind i thought, well, he planted this, the gloves and the hat. He had plenty of opportunity to do it. And because this 100 by the book, you think that means something that means i cant convict someone something nefarious went on . It means that i cant convict someone of murder. Rosecutors had one last chance closing arguments. For five hours marcia clark reviewed that trail of evidence gham. Clear proof, she said, that simpson killed nicole and ron. Ou know he did it. Now, these murders did not occur the context of a stormy tionship that was scarred by violence and abuse. It wasnt my best. It wasnt. I was tired. I was demoralized. Got to actually talk to the jury, i thought, are you hearing anything . I dont know if youre hearing anything. I dont know. It just didnt feel like anybody cared. P this cover up reporter then it was Johnnie Cochrans turn. Stop this cover up. If you dont stop it then who . Reporter it was classic delivered that iconic line which would forever define the trial. If it doesnt fit you must acquit. O with cochrans speech ringing in their ears, the exhausted jury would now decide the fate of impson. But it turns out most of them had already made up their minds. Less than four hours, leaving millions to ask was justice done . S physically painful. That was not justice. Reporter do you blame yourself for this . Im not peeking my flight. Im peeking my. Wait, i missed my flight. Owl photos. Photos of. Dolphins a highstepping man. Pizza gifs. Its all faster with 3d touch on iphone 6s. Plants may have their limits. Imagination. Doesnt ourishment. Patience. One day. 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Reporter the spectacle on n was over. Now the fate of o. J. Simpson would be settled behind closed t as deliberations began, lon cryer, aka juror number six, was antsy. You wanted out of there . Think of. In my mind i had formed an opinion that im probably gonna go not guilty. T am i the only person who saw it that way. Reporter cryer and the 11 other jurors took their first oh wow, ten to two for and i went in the restroom and i, oh, yes, kinda things. And it wasnt because of the ten to two verdict, it was because im close to getting out of here. Ter two votes now spelled the difference between both simpson and the jury finally going home. Open to someone showing a differing view that maybe could have changed my view. The two jurors who voted for guilty, what, they didnt try tose over . Not at all. They didnt stick with it . Not at all. Reporter and that mountain apparently not part of the deliberations. Nothing about the dna actually even came up in discussion. During jury deliberations, the dna evidence wasnt even mentioned . As fast as this went, no. It never came up. Reporter and a short time later, a second vote. An eightmonth trial decided in the case, is that correct madam foreman . Yes. Reporter it would be ay. I was convinced, convinced that he was going to be found guilty. Ertson, would you you have the envelope with the sealed verdict. Yes, your honor. Reporter then the next day families, detectives and attorneys arrived at judge itos courtroom for the very last time. I saw johnnie in the courtroom. Ooked pretty upset. And i said, what are you worried about . You won. And he said, well, he didnt think he had. All the pundits, you know, that night before the verdict came in, were predicting a conviction. Everyone. Everyone. But not you . Reporter as we gathered to watch, everything seemed to stop. Tuned in, costing the economy nearly half a billion dollars in exchange plummeted 41 . And president clinton was briefed on security measures in rred not only in l. A. , but nationwide. Urt of california reporter then finally, at 10 00 a. M. Pacific time, on october 3rd, 1995, eight months s. We the jury in the above entitled action find the defendant, Orenthal James simpson, not guilty of the crime of murder. When she read nicoles verdict first and they said, mber thinking, shh, shh, shh, they havent read rons yet, thinking for some crazy reason that my brothers verdict would be different. Of the crime of murder in violation of penal code section 187a, a felony, upon ronald lyle goldman, a human being. Hen i lost it. I dont know why i thought it and i was pissed. O, wow is this really our Justice System . It was unbelievable. It seemed really obvious to me was going to be guilty. Juror number 11. It felt horrible. It was physically painful. Ot justice. And i thought of ron and nicole. And thought, this is wrong. Its so wrong. You blame yourself for this . S do. I do. I mean, i was the one trying the case. E day, there was no way to reach that jury. There was no way to make them believe. There really wasnt. It wasnt so much that i just totally dont feel that there was enough evidence presented to me to convict him. Reporter one verdict, two across the country. Reporter for the first time in more than 15 month, o. J. Simpson was a free man. Fred goldman, as hed done so many times before, spoke for the families. Last june 13, 94, was the, are of my life. This is the second. One of those moments of a little blur. Crying and shock and anger and ether. And then we left. With nothing after nine months led. Reporter americas newlyinsatiable appetite for trial Binge Watching had ended desserts many had hoped for. But this would not be the last wed see or hear of simpson. Because simpson would soon be back in court. And this time things would be fferent. Coming up o. J. Simpson on the oath in all caught on these dramatic tapes. If her face was black and blue the next day, or two days later, i was responsible for it. Reporter when dateline continues. Well, i know you asked me to call you the at t hostess with the mostest. Okay, shut her down. Turn it off. Ght now, buy an iphone and get another one free when you add a second line. To share a photo of because im going to share a photo of my eggo waffle when it pops up. Leggo my eggo answering machine hey leave a message. Hi, i know youre there, cause i can see you. Im calling you to tell you to leggo my eggo ings are too delicious to share. Golden crispy, warm and fluffy eggo waffles. Leggo my eggo. Without a disaster. My bargain detergent, it couldnt keep up. So i switched to tide pods. Theyre super concentrated. N. Voted 2016 product of the year. If its got to be clean, its got to be tide. E shooting, burning, of diabetic nerve pain, these feet served my country, and walked a daughter down the aisle. My so i talked to my doctor and he prescribed lyrica. Nerve damage from diabetestic nerve pain. Lyrica is fda approved to treat this pain. From moderate to even r lyrica may cause serious p tell your doctor right away if you have these, or unusual changes in mood or behavior. Or swelling, trouble breathing, blisters, muscle pain with fever, tired feeling or blurry vision. R common side effects are dizziness, sleepiness, p weight gain and swelling of hands, legs, and feet. Alcohol while taking lyrica. Dont drive or use machinery p until you know how lyrica affects you. R those who have had a drug or alcohol problem to misuse lyrica. Tnow i have less diabetic nerve pain. P and my biggest reason to walk calls me grandpa. Reporter from the county jail to the country club. It didnt take oj simpson to geting of things. On the links and on camera simpson was everywhere, eager to he told b. E. T. In january of 1996. I loved nicole. I could not have killed anyone. Reporter watching and seething were the families of nicole and ron. Ere was this flaunting his celebrity. Ept sayin he was looking for the real killers, on every fairway in america. Right. And every time he looked i, he had found him. Reporter but fred goldman still wanted justice, even if ited free. I wanted a court to say he was was guilty. Reporter no court could do that now, but a civil court ble for killing ron and nicole. And that meant filing a wrongful death lawsuit. If simpson lost, he wouldnt go to prison but he might have to the families. The goldmans hired a relatively ey named Dan Petrocelli to represent them. He had never handled a case that involved murder. Petrocelli would argue the case here in santa monica where ould be selected from a largely white population. And unlike in the criminal case, this jury wouldnt have to agreeerdict. And as a matter of law, o. J. Simpson would have no choice but to testify in pretrial depositions and the trial and that meant simpson would have to answer for all the dna evidence, his abuse of nicole, and something that surfaced in al enquirer. On one of the lead pages, is a picture of simpson walking and one of his feet were elevated he was wearin and said that was a bruno magli shoe. Reporter during the original investigation the bloody shoe ime scene were matched to this exact type of italian shoe. Now, thanks to the photo, petrocelli could put the shoes on simpson. It sent out to a lab for authentication, came back. This is a real picture. Ary 1996, simpson arrived at petrocellis attorney facetoface with his boyhood idol. By that point i knew he was aler. But he extended his hand out for me to shake it. And i just couldnt resist. His hand. Ive always regretted that, thate hand of that probably wielded the knife that killed my clients son and killed his exwife. Ter but that was as friendly as it ever got, as we discovered in these rarely seen video depositions. For 13 days, petrocelli grilled simpson about the night of the s finger and the shoes. You ever buy shoes that you knew were bruno magli shoes . No. O you know that . cause i know, if bruno magli makes shoes that look like the involved in this case, iwned those uglyass shoes. The deposition turned out to be a gold mine for us, because he made so many inconsistent statements. Hen petrocelli challenged simpson about abusing nicole. I believe the bruises that her body, i was responsible for. If she got them from me being physical with her or she got them when she fell when she was outside, i was responsible for it. She was outside, its because you made her fall, right . No. Because you were hitting her. Right . No. You were pounding her. No, thats incorrect. Black and blue, didnt you . If her face was black and blue the next day or two days later, i was responsible for it. Hen in october 1996. O. J. Simpson would tell it to a jury as the civil trial got underway. No tv cameras. Ist cops planting evidence. T kind of trial, you know. It was a trial based on evidence. Reporter and the primary was o. J. Simpson himself who had no choice but to take the stand. Nswers, no explanations why his dna and his hair and his fiber and his clothing scene. Why the victims blood was in his house. Why the victims blood was in his car. This is evidence that would put most cases. Reporter and near the end of trial another devastating wave of evidence. On wearing the same bruno magli shoes, it really puts the ultimate reporter and now a jury would decide. After deliberating five days they had a verdict. Nanimous. The jury has decided yes, o. J. Simpson did willfully and ron goldman. And applause ] finally he had a court say he did it. It was only confirmation of what we knew. Reporter the families were awarded 33. 5 Million Dollars in damages, of which theyve only received a fraction. What was left of his reputation. [ crowd jeers ] reporter that aside, he again walked out of court a free man. Urned out justice was coming for o. J. Simpson in ways he agined. Coming up, o. J. Simpson in criminal court again, but this time the verdict is different. Im gonna sentence you as follows. Reporter and more than two what else has changed . And the latest on the knife ucing the jeep renegade, dawn of justice special edition. Ikes to mix things up. That s why she loves new light fit greek nonfat yogurt mousse. So fluffy and airy it s her ession. Light fit feel free to enj Cricket Wireless switch and get a brand new lg risio for 19. 99, or take a spin with the Samsung Galaxy grand prime for 29. 99 . Something to smile about. Dare to rock nude. New the rock nudes palettew york. Our 12shadow palette is edited for edge. Heavy metal. Maybellines the rock nudes. R. 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Even now more than 20 years later, new stories continue to just two days ago, lapd detectives came into possession recovered years ago here at simpsons former estate in brentwood. E is now undergoing connection to the case. Our lab. Ey are going to study it and examine it for all forensics, including serology and dna and hair samples. And that is ongoing as we speak. Reporter this is not the e. Over the years dozens of knives have also surfaced, but none have proven to be the murder weapon. N, nor anyone else was convicted of the murders, police say they will continue to explore any new leads. Homicide that is still open and ongoing. Reporter but because of double jeopardy laws, simpson harged with the murders of his exwife and ron goldman. S changed in the two decades since that horrible night in brentwood. t fit, you must acquit. Reporter the man who helped acquit simpson johnnie cochran, died in 2005. Attorney Robert Kardashian also passed away, two years earlier. Answe right now. Reporter his partner, tom retired and still lives outside los angeles. It is in the memory of nicole that the foundation was formed. Reporter denise brown is g others about domestic violence, and now runs a Speakers Bureau to get the word out. Kim goldman has written a new book about victims of high young son, whose middle name is ronald. Man being. Reporter her father, fred, was awarded the rights to simpsons book, if i did it a killer, which goldman says he considers a true account of how simpson killed ron and nicole, something ues to deny. Kato kaelin is still in los angeles and among his many projects, has a clothing line. Ell, you know. I wish to assert my 5th amendment privilege. Anything. However, he did plead no contest to one count of perjury for lying at trial in connection with those audio tapes and was sentenced to three years probation. En fuhrman has appeared as a commentator on the fox news channel. Neither marcia clark nor chris darden ever tried another as office. Clark still practices law as an appellate attorney. Shes also an author and has a ng out entitled blood defense, where the main character is a hardcharging, ambitious defense attorney. As also written several books and started his own law firm specializing in se. Never answer a hypothetical question from a reporter. Reporter carl douglas is and has a small shrine to his mentor, johnnie cochran, in his office. 2015 after serving more than e bench. The once mostlywhite lapd is now much more racially e city it polices, though far from perfect Race Relations have dramatically improved between the cops and e citys black community. And we hope that that injustice will be prevented in a civil trial. Reporter and Dan Petrocelli,acticing law in los angeles and now lives in brentwood, not far from where o. J. Simpson once did. But simpsons Rockingham Estate w owner demolished the house in 1998 to build a new one. Condo, its still there with a remodeled exterior and a new address number, but gawking busloads of have dwindled. And that mountain of evidence that was supposed to guarantee a most of its still around. Apds thats all for now