O.J. Simpson should’ve sat this one out for obvious reasons.
Since being released from prison on parole a few years ago, O.J. Simpson has become a regular on Twitter. The former NFL star, who was the former defendant in a double murder of his ex-wife and her boyfriend, recently took to the social media site to discuss his thoughts on the Alex Murdaugh murder trial.
Simpson released the video on Thursday, shortly before jurors began deliberating.
“Well, a whole lot of people are asking me what I think about this Alex Murdaugh trial. I don’t know why they think I’m an expert on this, but I gotta admit, when he took the stand — a guy who’s a habitual liar — I did watch when the trial first started. I watched him take the stand and I thought it was probably a mistake. Because the guy is an admitted liar. And it’s hard for me to think he could be on the stand five, six, seven, eight days, without lying. Question is, what did he lie about? But lying and stealing money is a little different than murder,” Simpson said.
He continued: “I realized, in watching him testify, what he was doing. He was just trying to relate to one or two of those jurors that he was a good ole’ boy. He was one of them. And I’m not sure he didn’t succeed in doing that. I am not qualified to really say if the guy did it or he didn’t do it. If a juror missed an hour of testimony, they’re no longer qualified. I’ve missed days, that I haven’t watched this. But from what I’ve seen, do I think it’s more likely that he did it? Yes. But more likely equals reasonable doubt. So, from what I know, I would have to say there’s a lot of reasonable doubt there.”
He then released a video after Murdaugh was found guilty:
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Social media had a field day:
Murdaugh has since been sentenced to two life sentences as he will die in prison. He is expected to appeal.
