Netflix has dropped a two-minute trailer of its upcoming four-part documentary series, American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson, that centers around the highly-publicized murder trial of the late controversial NFL player.
O.J. Simpson was a Hall of Fame NFL running back who starred who played for the Buffalo Bills and San Francisco 49ers, earning 1973 MVP honors and five Pro Bowl nods. After his playing career, “The Juice” found success as an actor (namely in “The Naked Gun” movie series) and commercial pitchman.
However, Simpson’s status as a football great and comedy actor were overshadowed by his controversial acquittal in the 1994 double murder of ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ronald Goldman.
Netflix will drop its new four-part series on O.J. Simpson and the “Trial of the Century” on Jan. 29. Here is their two-minute trailer on the upcoming documentary:
The crime of the century. The hunt for the truth.
— Netflix (@netflix) January 17, 2025
American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson premieres January 29. Featuring new and candid interviews, the series reexamines the true crime story that changed American culture. pic.twitter.com/E7jQpwdAYO
Here is a brief written summary of the upcoming series from Netflix:
“Thirty years later, director Floyd Russ (American Manhunt: Boston Marathon Bombing, Untold: Malice at the Palace) reexamines one of the most-discussed true-crime stories in history in the four-part docuseries American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson. “This is a story that has so many faces and so many elements that when you contextualize it historically it takes on a new form every few years,” Russ says.
The series features new interviews with many of the key figures from the investigation and trial, such as former LAPD detective Mark Fuhrman, multiple witnesses including Kato Kaelin, attorneys for the defense and prosecution in Carl Douglas and Christopher Darden respectively, and Goldman’s sister Kim.”
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Simpson’s acquittal was highly controversial for various reasons, including the infamous Bronco chase and because the circumstantial and forensic evidence largely pointed toward Simpson being the killer.
But Simpson’s legal “dream team” led by Johnnie Cochran, F. Lee Bailey, Robert Shapiro and Robert Kardashian managed to get him off the hook. Simpson was later found liable in a civil trial and ordered to pay the victims’ families $33.5 million.
The Juice’s legal troubles resurfaced in 2007, when he was arrested for leading a group of armed men into the Las Vegas Palace Station hotel to steal sports memorabilia he claimed was his. Simpson was handed a 33-year prison sentence but got paroled in 2017.
O.J. Simpson Died Of Cancer Last April
Simpson died of cancer at the age of 76 on Apr. 10, 2024, less than a year after he revealed that he had been diagnosed.
