# O.J. beaten up; true?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-beaten-up-true/571494>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 15, 2011, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-beaten-up-true/571494 "2011-02-15T20:26:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-beaten-up-true/571494/1 "2011-02-15T20:26:58Z")

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Undependable gossip rags are reporting that O. J. Simpson has been [beaten up in a prison fracas](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/15/oj-simpson-beaten-unconscious-prison-attack_n_823504.html), ostensibly because he was overheard boasting about his prowess with white women. Skinheads were reported as responsible.

Any truth to this? I’m skeptical because so far I’m only seeing this story on online gossip mags.

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-beaten-up-true/571494/2 "2011-02-15T20:34:55Z")

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Parallel [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=597253) and apparently, no, it’s not true according to the 2nd link in it.

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**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-beaten-up-true/571494/3 "2011-02-15T20:42:29Z")

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I did do a search, but put periods in the “O.J.” part.

Huh. How do these things get started?

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**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-beaten-up-true/571494/4 "2011-02-15T20:47:20Z")

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Couldn’t happen to a more deserving guy.

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-beaten-up-true/571494/5 "2011-02-15T20:48:49Z")

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> [@gaffa](#):
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> Couldn’t happen to a more deserving guy.

Agreed, but it’s false. It did not happen.

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**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-beaten-up-true/571494/6 "2011-02-15T22:41:26Z")

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He’s working hard to find the people who really did do it though.

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**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-beaten-up-true/571494/7 "2011-02-15T22:47:57Z")

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> [@teela\_brown](#):
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> I did do a search, but put periods in the “O.J.” part.
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> Huh. How do these things get started?

It’s the National Enquirer.  
Their story is their cite.