Simpsons old brentwood home, demolished in 1998. Police say theyre told it was an offduty or retired Police Officer working in the area there for a movie job who claims a construction worker gave him the knife, s sing it was found on the estate. The defendant having been acquitted. Reporter oj simpson was acacited of murder charges in 1994 stabbing deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend ron goldman. Simpson continues to claim hes innocent. Now many tv viewers reliving the whole trial in a new fx miniseries, the people versus oj simpson. As for what the discovery of this knife could mean . No matter what this knife turns out to be, it wont lead to oj simpson getting prosecuted again. Reporter and that is because of double jeopardy pole also emphasize p theyre still investigate the story, finger out if its real or made up, examining that knife for all fonsics such as dna. Lauren lister, local10 news, victor and laurie. Laurie the timing must really have people talking in hollywood