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Previously, Simpson was acquitted of the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman her friend in Specifically, Simpson will be required to meet with his parole officer on a regular basis and will need to receive permission if he wishes to travel beyond state lines.

However, Ritter noted that Simpson's " five years of parole supervision could be reduced with credits for good behavior. Should Simpson violate the terms and conditions of his parole, he could be subjected to additional prison time. Simpson did during his nine-year stay in Vegas. If Simpson waited until the age of 65 to start collecting his pension, which would make the most sense as doing it then as opposed to doing it at 55 pays more than 2. Multiply that by 2. Simpson in , an amount which has since more than doubled and seems likely to never be paid.

Home NFL. Simpson played 11 years in the NFL. In , he won college football's top award, the Heisman Trophy. Simpson left football behind for Hollywood, starring in popular Hertz commercials in the s as well as movies, including "Capricorn One" in the s and "The Naked Gun" films in the '80s and '90s. Simpson, who had children with ex-wife Marguerite Whitley, married Nicole Brown in They had two children, Sydney and Justin.

In , Simpson and Nicole Brown Simpson divorced. Ron Goldman, a waiter at that restaurant, went to Brown Simpson's home that night to return glasses her mother had left behind. Simpson was in Los Angeles the evening of June 12 but took a late flight that night to Chicago. When he returned to Los Angeles the next day, he was interviewed by police, but not immediately arrested. On June 17, , prosecutors ordered Simpson to surrender, but instead he fled in a white Ford Bronco with his friend Al Cowlings, leading police on a slow-speed chase that brought Southern California freeways to a standstill and drew in a network television audience of 95 million Americans.

News helicopters hovered overhead, documenting the chase, and Angelinos gathered on the roadways, and in front of their televisions, to watch in real time. In , Simpson's trial transfixed the country. Defense attorneys claimed Simpson was wrongly accused but prosecutors argued that Simpson was a controlling husband who abused Brown Simpson. Prosecutors also pointed to blood from the crime scene found in Simpson's car and home, and the fact that he was unaccounted for for more than an hour on the night of the killings.

During the trial, the prosecution asked Simpson to put on gloves believed to have been worn by the killer, but they didn't appear to fit properly.

Defense attorney Johnnie Cochran famously told the jury in his closing argument, "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit. On Oct. He has always maintained his innocence.