O.J. Simpson Fast Facts

Personal:Birth date: July 9, 1947

Birth place: San Francisco, California

Birth name: Orenthal James Simpson

Father: Jimmie Lee Simpson, custodian and cook

Mother: Eunice Simpson, nurse’s aide

Marriages: Nicole (Brown) Simpson (February 2, 1985-1992, divorced); Marguerite (Whitley) Simpson (June 24, 1967-1979, divorced)

Children: with Nicole (Brown) Simpson: Justin (August 6, 1988); Sydney (October 17, 1985); with Marguerite (Whitley) Simpson: Aaren (September 24, 1977-August 18, 1979); Jason (April 21, 1970); Arnelle (December 4, 1968)

Education: City College of San Francisco (1965-1967); University of Southern California (1967-1969)

Other Facts:
Heisman Trophy winner, Pro Football Hall of Fame member, former sports commentator and actor.

Timeline:
1968 Receives the Heisman Trophy at the New York Downtown Athletic Club.

1969-1977 Plays halfback for the Buffalo Bills.

October 22, 2010 The Nevada Supreme Court upholds Simpson’s convictions for kidnapping with a deadly weapon and other charges in his 2008 Las Vegas armed robbery trial.

May 15, 2012 Simpson’s new attorney files a 94-page document with the Clark County District Court in Las Vegas claiming Simpson received poor legal representation and requesting Simpson be released from prison and granted a new trial.

November 21, 2012A documentary, “My Brother the Serial Killer,” claiming death row inmate, Glen Rogers, killed Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman, premieres on the Discovery channel.

March 20, 2013 Fox announces that it will develop an O.J. Simpson murder trial miniseries.

May 13, 2013 Simpson appears in a Las Vegas courtroom, during a hearing on whether or not he will be granted a retrial.

May 15, 2013 Simpson testifies that his former lawyer, Yale Galanter, advised him he could use some force to reclaim personal items from sports memorabilia dealers and didn’t accurately represent him.

July 31, 2013 – Simpson gets parole on some of the charges relating to his 2008 armed robbery convictions.

November 26, 2013 – A judge upholds Simpson’s conviction on kidnapping, armed robbery and other charges.

May 22, 2014 – Lawyers attempting to have the 2008 armed-robbery conviction overturned file for a new trial.

June 12-17, 2014 – 20th anniversary of deaths and funerals of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman and the police chase of Simpson down I-405 to his Brentwood home.

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