OJ Simpson says life is fine 25 years after infamous double murder

By Deputy Chief EditorJune 11, 2019

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OJ Simpson says 'life is fine' 25 years after infamous double murder — Simpson says he is moving out of the shadow of one of Americas most notorious murder cases (AP Photo)

As the 25th anniversary of one of Americas most notorious unsolved murder cases approaches, prime suspect OJ Simpson says life is good.

The Hall of Fame football hero and ex-movie star said he and his family refuse to revisit the worst day of our lives when his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman were slaughtered outside her home in Los Angeles on June 12, 1994.

His subsequent Trial of the Century captivated America, ushering in the dawn of 24/7 news coverage and shining an uncomfortable light on issues of racism, police misconduct, celebrity and domestic violence.

This Thursday, June 6, 2019, photo shows O.J. Simpson in his Las Vegas area home. After 25 years living under the shadow of one of the nation???s most notorious murder cases, Simpson says his life now is fine. (AP Photo) — The former football and movie star at his home in Nevada last week (Picture: AP)

In a telephone interview, Simpson, 71, said he is healthy and happy living in Las Vegas.

We dont need to go back and relive the worst day of our lives, he said.

The subject of the moment is the subject I will never revisit again. My family and I have moved on to what we call the “no negative zone”. We focus on the positives.

FILE - This file combination photo shows Nicole Brown Simpson, left, and Ron Goldman. The June 12, 1994, killings of Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman brought the "Trial of the Century" that saw O.J. Simpson acquitted of the murders. (AP Photo, File) — Victims Nicole Brown Simpson (left) and Ron Goldman (right) (Picture: AP)

FILE - In this June 17, 1994, file photo, a white Ford Bronco, driven by Al Cowlings carrying O.J. Simpson, is trailed by Los Angeles police cars as it travels on a freeway in Los Angeles. Simpson???s ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman were found stabbed to death outside her LA home. Simpson is later arrested after a widely televised freeway chase in the vehicle. (AP Photo/Joseph Villarin, File) — Simpsons white Ford Bronco, driven by close friend Al Cowlings carrying O.J. Simpson trailed by Los Angeles police cars as it travels on a freeway in Los Angeles (Picture: AP)

LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 21: O.J. Simpson shows the jury a new pair of Aris extra-large gloves, similar to the gloves found at the Bundy and Rockingham crime scene 21 June 1995, during his double murder trial in Los Angeles,CA. Deputy Sheriff Roland Jex(L) and Prosecutor Christopher Darden (R) look on. (Photo credit should read VINCE BUCCI/AFP/Getty Images) — In one of the most infamous closing salvos of all time Simpsons lawyer Johnnie Cochran Jr. told jurors of the bloody gloves left by the killer: If it doesnt fit, you must acquit (Picture: AFP)

FILE - In this Oct. 3, 1995, file photo, O.J. Simpson reacts as he is found not guilty in the death of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman in Los Angeles. Defense attorneys F. Lee Bailey, left, and Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. stand with him. Cochran, Simpson's flamboyant lead attorney, died of brain cancer in 2005 at 68. His refrain to jurors that "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit" sought to underscore that the bloody gloves found at Simpson???s home and the crime scene were too small for football legend when he tried them on in court. (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Daily News via AP, Pool, File) — O.J. Simpson flanked by attorneys F. Lee Bailey (left) and Cochran (right) following the verdicts (Picture AP)

But the pain has not faded for Mr Goldmans family.

His sister Kim said closure was not a word that resonates with her, adding that she doesnt suffocate in [her] grief either.

But every milestone that my kid hits, every milestone that I hit, you know, those are just reminders of what Im not able to share with my brother and what he is missing out on, she said.

Kim Goldman poses for a portrait Friday, June 7, 2019, in Los Angeles. Goldman has continued to make the case publicly that it was O.J. Simpson who killed her brother and Simpson's ex-wife on a June night in 1994. Beginning Wednesday, Goldman will examine the case in a 10-episode podcast, "Confronting: OJ Simpson." She'll interview her brother's old friends, the police detective who investigated the killings, attorneys for the defense and prosecution, and two of the 12 jurors who voted to acquit Simpson. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) — Kim Goldman has continued to make the case publicly that it was OJ Simpson who killed her brother and Simpsons ex-wife (Picture: AP)

Ron Goldman, then 25, was returning a pair of sunglasses that Nicole Brown Simpsons mother had left at a restaurant where he worked when he and Simpsons ex-wife were stabbed and slashed dozens of times in a brutal attack.

Despite what appeared on the face of it to be a strong case against him, Simpsons Dream Team secured his acquittal the following year in a case that seemed to split the nation along racial lines, with many white Americans left feeling like he got away with murder and black people confident in his innocence.Simpson has always maintained somebody else was responsible and the case officially remains unsolved.

This photo provided by Didier J. Fabien shows O.J. Simpson in the garden of his Las Vegas area home on Monday, June 3, 2019. After 25 years living under the shadow of one of the nation???s most notorious murder cases, Simpson says his life now is fine. (Didier J. Fabien via AP) — Simpson in the garden of his Nevada home. He says life is good (Picture: AP)

However, a civil suit filed by Mr Goldmans family in 1997 found him liable for both deaths, awarding $33.5million to the victims families – the bulk of which was never recovered.

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