This story first appeared in the Jan. 15 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe.
“It’s a big day, huh O.J.?” says a guard, peering through the bars of O.J. Simpson’s jail cell.
“The biggest,” he responds, his voice shaky.
“I’m just so nervous,” he adds, running a razor over his stubbly cheek. The football icon, charged with the murder of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman, is on this day awaiting the verdict in the most high-profile criminal trial in U.S. history. A worldwide audience of roughly 100 million will be watching live and then exhaustively dissecting and analyzing the outcome, as they have every other detail of the case.
“You know,” the guard tells him, “I don’t think you gotta be nervous.” He pauses and leans in, “I’ve been talking to my buddies over at the hotel where they’re keeping the jurors and, let’s just say, I don’t think you gotta be nervous.”
“It’s a big day, huh O.J.?” says a guard, peering through the bars of O.J. Simpson’s jail cell.
“The biggest,” he responds, his voice shaky.
“I’m just so nervous,” he adds, running a razor over his stubbly cheek. The football icon, charged with the murder of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman, is on this day awaiting the verdict in the most high-profile criminal trial in U.S. history. A worldwide audience of roughly 100 million will be watching live and then exhaustively dissecting and analyzing the outcome, as they have every other detail of the case.
“You know,” the guard tells him, “I don’t think you gotta be nervous.” He pauses and leans in, “I’ve been talking to my buddies over at the hotel where they’re keeping the jurors and, let’s just say, I don’t think you gotta be nervous.”
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