# "If" He Did It?? Simpson Tell-(almost)All **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 15, 2006, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516 "2006-11-15T13:12:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/1 "2006-11-15T13:12:23Z")
Holy cow - O.J. Simpson’s going to speculate on how he _would’ve_ killed Nicole & Ron? Un-fucking-believable. On Fox, natch. You’d think he’d have some gratitude for that free pass he was handed. Sounds like he would rather have served some jail time. Interesting piece by [Phil Rosenthal](http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/chi-0611150081nov15,1,1206138.column?coll=chi-news-hed) on the parallels between real life and Paddy Chayefsky’s 1971 _Network_. ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/2 "2006-11-15T14:51:41Z")
I just hope like hell that Ron Goldman’s father manages to get every penny. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/3 "2006-11-15T14:54:30Z")
[QUOTE=Lissa] I just hope like hell that Ron Goldman’s father manages to get every penny. [/QUOTE] He’s doing it just to piss Goldman off. I forget what the law is, but hasn’t he figured out a way to shelter all his earnings? I’m guessing he wouldn’t do it if there was any chance Goldman would get any money. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/4 "2006-11-15T14:59:29Z")
This came up here in the Pit not too long ago, but I can’t find the thread. My opinion boils down to he’s flaunting his guilt and somehow he’s going to get smacked down for it really hard. Probably just via karma, but still. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/5 "2006-11-15T15:06:25Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] He’s doing it just to piss Goldman off. [/QUOTE] Possibly that, too, but the real reason he’s doing it is that it’s just your standard book tour, basically, albeit with a macabre twist. You do Fox, GMA, Leno, Oprah, Larry King if you can get them. And obviously somebody who was notoriously acquitted of a murder who’s written a book about it called “If I Did It” can write his own ticket for Fox, GMA, Leno, Oprah, and Larry King. So you know where to look for him next. And I thought [this](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/14/AR2006111401237.html) was interesting: > [@](#): > > And, in one of those incredible coincidences that make covering the TV industry so fulfilling, the book is being published under the Regan imprint, headed by Judith Regan, who will conduct the interview with O.J. on Fox. And her publishing outfit, ReganBooks, is a division of HarperCollins, which is owned by News Corp. – which also owns Fox! ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/6 "2006-11-15T15:09:26Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] This came up here in the Pit not too long ago, but I can’t find the thread. [/QUOTE] [O. J. Simpson “Confesses”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=393112&highlight=simpson+book) ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/7 "2006-11-15T15:36:48Z")
He is dying to brag about how he did it, and how he was so slick to get away with it- like a four year old who can’t keep a secret. Hopefully people will now realize how pathetic the American trial by jury system is, where Sally Housecoats and Johnny Timeclocks can be swayed by fast talking big city lawyers. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/8 "2006-11-15T15:38:59Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] My opinion boils down to he’s flaunting his guilt and somehow he’s going to get smacked down for it really hard. Probably just via karma, but still. [/QUOTE] I hope the “good people” at Fox are there to cover that, too. Can’t say it would trouble me if a few of them caught some collateral karmic ass kicking along the way. Yeah, I get the whole “ratings ratings ratings” thing, but still, there has to be some minimal leval of decency somewhere. Giving this asshole a forum to brag about a double murder is beyond slimy. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/9 "2006-11-15T15:43:51Z")
Does anyone know who has the kids? Did he get custody? I cannot imagine what they must think. He’s a worthless piece of gutter trash. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/10 "2006-11-15T15:44:03Z")
Dunno… Maybe he’s just short of cash, or is an attention whore, but I think what this is going to be about is really “If I did it, I’d have done it very differently from the way it actually _was_ done, so I can’t have done it, can I?” ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/11 "2006-11-15T15:44:08Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] I’m guessing he wouldn’t do it if there was any chance Goldman would get any money. [/QUOTE] His retirement money (from the NFL and, I assume, the SAG) is safe and untouchable. I can’t see how he can possibly keep the book money. His poor children! There goes their last little bit of plausible deniability. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/12 "2006-11-15T15:44:29Z")
[QUOTE=Oakminster] Yeah, I get the whole “ratings ratings ratings” thing, but still, there has to be some minimal leval of decency somewhere. Giving this asshole a forum to brag about a double murder is beyond slimy. [/QUOTE] Agreed, unless they put someone in there who could walk him through what they rehersed and then grab the right moment to just blow him out of the fucking water on national television. It’d be a totally watchable coup. Sadly, this is just a book commercial and that’s not going to happen. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/13 "2006-11-15T16:05:04Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] Does anyone know who has the kids? Did he get custody? [/QUOTE] Yes. He got custody. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/14 "2006-11-15T16:19:38Z")
[QUOTE=Oakminster] I hope the “good people” at Fox are there to cover that, too. Can’t say it would trouble me if a few of them caught some collateral karmic ass kicking along the way. Yeah, I get the whole “ratings ratings ratings” thing, but still, there has to be some minimal leval of decency somewhere. Giving this asshole a forum to brag about a double murder is beyond slimy. [/QUOTE] Those whores? They don’t give a shit which way this turns out for O.J. They want to cash in on the scandal in any way they can. I just hope Goldman doesn’t reach his breaking point and ruin his own life by offing him. ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/15 "2006-11-15T16:55:52Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] Does anyone know who has the kids? Did he get custody? I cannot imagine what they must think. He’s a worthless piece of gutter trash. [/QUOTE] He did get custody, but Sydney and Justin are now 21 and 18, respectively, and presumably in custody of themselves. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/16 "2006-11-15T16:56:19Z")
It is bad to wish for someone to kill someone else, no matter how much the scumbag deserves it. But I’d definitely watch! ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/17 "2006-11-15T19:37:47Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] Those whores? They don’t give a shit which way this turns out for O.J. They want to cash in on the scandal in any way they can. I just hope Goldman doesn’t reach his breaking point and ruin his own life by offing him. [/QUOTE] You’re right, Fox is just filled with “whores”. And the people at Good Morning America weren’t concerned about sensationalism or ratings when they were courting John Mark Karr. Other networks routinely do the same thing when a division of the corporation is involved in something that can be exploited. The only requirement is that at some point in the broadcast they have to mumble something to the effect that the publisher is owned by the parent company of the network. Don’t single out Fox because of this. Any network executive would have sold his mother and blown OJ to land the interview. Katie Couric would have put her ankles behind her ears for a chance to talk with him. Stone Philips would have bent over and grabbed his ankles just for the opportunity to ask a few questions. OJ is slime. OJ is scum. But I want to hear from all of the people, especially the jurors, who professed his innocence and raged on\* ad nauseum\* about the racism and his being framed. They need to have the jurors in a room watching this and then, when he is finished, cut to them so we can get their reactions. If any of them still are willing to stand by their decision, I’d be amazed. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/18 "2006-11-15T21:20:19Z")
[QUOTE=erie774] Any network executive would have sold his mother and blown OJ to land the interview. [/quote] [CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/15/simpsoninterview.ap/index.html): > [@](#): > > At least one other network, NBC, said it had been approached to air the special but declined the offer. > > “This is not a project appropriate for our network,” said Rebecca Marks, a spokeswoman for the entertainment division of NBC, a network that once employed Simpson as a football analyst. > [@erie774](#): > > But I want to hear from all of the people, especially the jurors, who professed his innocence and raged on\* ad nauseum\* about the racism and his being framed. They need to have the jurors in a room watching this and then, when he is finished, cut to them so we can get their reactions. If any of them still are willing to stand by their decision, I’d be amazed. I’d be amazed too. But, lacking a time machine, the decision they made at the time, with the information they had at the time, with quite possibly the most incompetent prosecution I’ve ever seen, was probably the decision they _had_ to make. At the time. With any luck, something Simpson reveals in the book or interview will open him up to a new prosecution for something. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/19 "2006-11-15T21:45:46Z")
[QUOTE=Frank] With any luck, something Simpson reveals in the book or interview will open him up to a new prosecution for something. [/QUOTE] There is a possiblity that something in either of them will invite a perjury charge. ---
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/20 "2006-11-15T21:51:45Z")
[QUOTE=erie774] But I want to hear from all of the people, especially the jurors, who professed his innocence and raged on\* ad nauseum\* about the racism and his being framed. [/QUOTE] The jurors did that? They raged on and on about his innocence? I didn’t know that. Cite? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516.md?page=2)