It's a scene of anticipation in front of the courthouse.
This is a day we've all waited for for more than a year.
The verdict is in.
There is no doubt that this will go down in history.
It says if it doesn't fit, then you must acquit.
Fourteen units now converged on this location.
Anything to tell us?
Release the Fuhrman tapes!
The cover-up continues.
Our search is for the truth to determine who is responsible.
You hear all of this talk about the search for truth.
I wonder whose truth are we talking about?
Now let's go to the courtroom. The moment has arrived.
Who's nervous? Is anybody nervous? Yeah.
Deputy Trower, let's have the jurors, please.
Mr. Simpson, would you please stand and face the jury.
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles.
In the matter of the people of the state of California
versus Orenthal James Simpson, case number BA097211.
We the jury in the above entitled action
find the defendant, Orenthal James Simpson…
At ten o'clock that evening,
I was watching the news in the bedroom on the third floor
with my wife.
Life in Southern California means living on the fault line.
I became aware of a barking.
And all of a sudden I heard two voices.
Well, the first one I heard was a clear male, young adult voice
that said, "Hey, hey, hey."
Then I watched The Dick Van Dyke Show and that ended at just prior to 10:30.
Oh, this isn't right. I look like a strangler.
Shortly after the end of The Dick Van Dyke Show, I walked my dog.
I saw that there was a dog at the corner of Dorothy and Bundy.
I figured that this was a lost dog.
It took us down off Bundy.
And suddenly it wanted to go to the other side of the road.
On the other side it stopped and turned and looked at the walkway.
- I had 19 years on the job. - Detective Mark Fuhrman.
LAPD Detective Mark Fuhrman.
What do you believe happened that night?
We observed a female, white, in a black dress,
laying in a puddle of blood on the walkway.
It looked to be blood smudge on that leading to what I saw
Right by the front door, there was a letter.
It had an O.J. Simpson as a return address.
- O.J. Simpson. - ♪ O.J. Simpson ♪
- O.J. Simpson. - O.J. Simpson.
He was, by some accounts,
the most popular player ever to glide across football's gridiron,
winning the Heisman Trophy.
You've got to work to be successful, and I don't consider that a sacrifice.
- I wanted the ball. - He has 2,000 yards.
O.J. Simpson has broken
what seemed to be an insurmountable barrier.
Producers come to me and ask me if I can act.
I said, "Sure, I can try to act."
- O.J. Simpson. - His image is almost the same as mine.
What is driving O.J. Simpson? That need to be liked?
When I walk down the street, I want people to know me.
"That's O.J. Simpson."
Ladies and gentlemen, O.J. Simpson.
It's funny. All my life, everything I've ever wanted,
I've been able to get.
This witness, who does not want her real name used…
Tell us about that Sunday night.
So the Bronco went up on the median and stopped.
It had to stop because it was blocked by the other car.
Gave me a look.
You know, like he was really angry. Like it was my fault or something.
He was screaming and freaking out. "Get the car out of here! Get out! Move!"
Police! Throw down your guns!
According to the witness, the traffic altercation with O.J. here
happened right around the time of the murders.
Have a seat on the witness stand and state and spell
your first and last names for the record.
Brian Kato Kaelin, B-R-I-A-N.
Simpson's infamous houseguest.
- It's Kato Kaelin. - Kato Kaelin.
I was actually going to sit on the couch, but
I might stay.
The plaintive wail of Nicole's dog Kato.
My wife, Nicole, who came into my life
at what is probably the most difficult time for an athlete,
at the end of my career,
and she turned those years into some of the best years I've had in my life, babes.
Speaking of that lady…
- There she is. - With another shot of tequila.
There's one thing Nicole was always quite adamant about,
was that I was a great father.
Even when we were divorced and apart,
when she had personal problems, she came to me.
I don't think a woman would do that
if she felt that this person was insensitive or abusive
and certainly not jealous or possessive.
I'm on the phone talking to my friend. I was leaning against the bed.
I heard a thumping noise.
Sir, as of June 12th, can you tell us where you were employed?
Uh, I was employed for Town and Country Limousine.
My order was to pick up Mr. Simpson at 360 Rockingham.
There is an intercom at the gate,
and I was using that intercom to buzz the house.
At that time, a white male… walked from behind the house area.
That's when I ran out and saw the limo.
He asked me if I felt an earthquake.
After that, I saw a figure just about where the driveway starts,
come into the entranceway of the house,
six foot, 200 pounds, all dark clothing.
Could you tell whether the person was Caucasian or African American?
Uh, Black.
Could I ask the court to ask the defendant to stand, please?
This'd be the size of the person you saw enter the front entrance
of the house at Rockingham?
Yes.
I buzzed the intercom a few more times.
This time there was an answer, which was Mr. Simpson.
He told me that he overslept, and he just got out of the shower,
and he'd be down in a minute.
Small duffel bag.
Mr. Simpson said, "We got to go," and we drove off.
I pulled up to the American Airlines Terminal 5.
Popped the trunk. Mr. Simpson got out.
We started to take bags out of the trunk,
and at that time, he asked me to go get a skycap.
He had one of the duffel bags kind of strapped over his shoulder.
And were you aware of where that flight was going to?
Uh, I believe Chicago.
I learned that I was supposed to turn this case over to Robbery-Homicide
as per Chief Frankel.
It was no longer our responsibility.
It was best for us to now leave the crime scene,
go back out, and wait for their arrival, and see if they had instructions
on what they wanted us to do since it was now their case.
- Your first name? - Tom.
Los Angeles Homicide Detective Tom Lange.
Tom Lange, T-O-M L-A-N-G-E.
Did Detective Phillips point anything out to you?
- Yes, he did. - What did he point out to you?
He illuminated a white envelope…
that was lying there on the ground.
It was our intention, myself and my partner,
to go up there and meet Mr. Simpson.
Hi, I'm O.J. Simpson.
Ultimately, interview him regarding this murder,
and we believe that Phillips and Fuhrman may be able to assist us
in the handling of the situation.
And Detective Phillips had informed us
that Detective Fuhrman had been to the location on a prior incident
back a number of years.
A male voice, which I recognize as Mr. Simpson's voice, answers the phone,
and I ask him, I said, "Is this O.J. Simpson?"
And he stated, "Yes, who's this?"
I said, "This is Detective Phillips from the LAPD."
"I have some bad news for you."
"Your ex-wife, Nicole Simpson, has been killed."
I think his first words were something to the effect,
"Oh my God, Nicole was killed," or "Oh my God, she's dead."
And then he got very upset on the telephone.
When you came back out with Detective Lange, what happened next?
Detective Lange and Vannatter, um, were involved in conversation.
I ask him to go back to the Bundy location to look at the other glove
and to, um… make sure that I was seeing what I was seeing.
To see if there was a similarity, if we had a right and a left.
Detective Phillips instructed me to get a photographer
to photograph the glove in its original position,
and if I needed to, move it to inspect it any further.
We could, in other words, photo it as we originally found it.
The body of 34-year-old Nicole Brown Simpson,
ex-wife of O.J. Simpson, was found after midnight.
She used to be married to former football star, O.J. Simpson.
They will not say whether Mr. Simpson is a suspect.
And I said, "Oh my God, he finally did it."
And he said, "Who?"
And, of course, I said his name.
He did it. You murdered Nicole. You know you did it.
My order was to pick up Mr. Simpson at 10:45.
I became aware of a barking.
My name is Dennis Fung.
We don't get to spend much time together, so I'm very glad I was able to be here
and spend this time with you 'cause God knows where I'll be in a year.
We're learning more about the man who was killed beside Nicole Simpson.
The man who was murdered with Nicole Simpson was Ron Goldman.
The Mezzaluna co-workers still say, for all they know,
Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman were just friends.
Shipp's a former LAPD cop
and was also a longtime friend of O.J. Simpson's.
How and when did you first hear about the murders, Ron?
O.J. Simpson, University of Southern California.
O.J. That O stands for Orenthal.
He runs the 100 in 9.4.
And with a name like Orenthal, you have to run fast.
Thank you, O.J.
Your childhood. What kind of kid were you?
I was a good kid. I got in trouble a lot. I was aggressive, like most kids.
I didn't care too much about school. All I wanted to do was play sports.
One of the things I wanted most as a kid growing up in the ghetto
was not money, it was fame. I wanted to be known.
I wanted people to say, "Hey, there goes O.J."
I think looking good while doing something is half the battle.
So I like clothes with a lot of style and a lot of flair.
You have to maintain a certain image.
My wife Marguerite.
I've been called by an agency for Hertz
that I was, as far as advertising is concerned, I was colorless.
And for the most part, I appreciate that.
It's an old saying you're a credit to your race.
Well, I want to be a credit to the human race.
Now Marcia Clark tells her story.
Her style? No nonsense, no hype.
People have the notion that they know celebrities,
and they're unwilling to let go of the image they have.
Simpson's attorney says the ex-star
took a late-night flight to Chicago
and returned noon Monday after being contacted by police at his Chicago hotel.
Please stand back.
I exited the residence and walked to where Mr. Simpson was.
He asked me to take the handcuffs off.
I explained the reason I was there, what was happening.
I had asked him voluntarily to accompany me to Parker Center for an interview.
He agreed to that.
Okay, this is the final warning. Everyone step back, please.
O.J., what can you say?
- Back up. - O.J., any comments at all?
Step back.
You don't know anything, you say?
Please step back.
Have you been told you're under arrest, O.J.?
The date is June 13th, 1994, and the time is 13:35 hours.
And we're here with O.J. Simpson.
All right, what we're going to do is we want to…
We're investigating, obviously, the death of your ex-wife and another man.
What was your relationship with her?
Well, we tried to get back together, and it just didn't work.
It wasn't working. And so we were going our separate ways.
What do you think happened?
- Do you have any idea? - I have no idea, man.
You guys haven't told me anything.
It appeared that he had an injured knuckle on the middle finger of his left hand.
Going back to the original crime scene at Bundy,
it would appear that he had the injury that would have caused those blood drops
on the left side of the bloody footprints.
How did you get the injury on your hand?
I don't know.
I know I had it when I was in Chicago.
How did you do it in Chicago?
I broke a glass.
In his Chicago hotel room, they later found a towel
smeared with blood.
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.
He might have cut it back in Chicago when he broke a glass.
Is that how you cut it?
Mm, it was cut before, but I think I just opened it again.
I don't… I'm not sure.
I recall bleeding at my house
and then I went to…
went to the Bronco.
Yeah, I knew I was bleeding, but it was no big deal.
I bleed all the time. I mean… I'm always… I play golf and stuff.
There's always something, nicks and stuff.
Get out on that golf course and hit that little white ball.
Did Mr. Weitzman, your attorney, talk to you about this polygraph?
I'm sure eventually I'll do it, but it's like,
I've got some weird thoughts now.
We've got some blood on and in your car,
we have some blood at your house,
and sort of a problem.
Well, take my blood test.
Well, we'd like to do that.
We've got, of course, the cut on your finger
that you're not really clear on.
Mr. Simpson, are you a suspect in this? Anything you can say?
O.J., are you a suspect?
You look like you're really upset by all of this.
The bottom line at this point, says a police spokesman, is this.
No one has been arrested in this case. No one has been charged.
Once again, O.J. Simpson is not a suspect in this case.
He was released after questioning…
Once again, the investigation continues here at O.J. Simpson's home.
It looks like it's going well into the night.
Conan Nolan reporting live from Brentwood.
O.J. Simpson has a new attorney.
Celebrity attorney Robert Shapiro…
At the time that this murder took place,
O.J. was at home awaiting to get into a limousine
to take him to the airport.
Thank you very much.
O.J. Simpson remains inside his home here in this exclusive area
and section of Brentwood in West Los Angeles.
He is surrounded by family.
Which gate are you at, Ron?
When you first saw him… what do you remember?
What did you say? What did he say?
I asked him, "What happened?"
I really couldn't believe what I was hearing, you know?
Just very upset and tired, and now he wants to get some rest.
Some 20 miles away in Agoura Hills, California,
relatives of Ronald Goldman gathered for his funeral.
If what few little things we've heard in any way are true
about Ron putting up quite a fight…
maybe to help…
…wouldn't surprise me either.
While they have not formally identified O.J. Simpson as a suspect,
it appears at this point they are not looking elsewhere.
Have you wrapped up?
- No, we haven't. - Can you tell us anything?
Police towed this white Ford Bronco from O.J. Simpson's home.
As soon as detectives can match the blood in the car
with blood at the crime scene,
an arrest warrant will be issued.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney has just filed murder charges
against Orenthal James "O.J." Simpson.
There is nothing like this in memory, nothing.
Okay, it's a white car.