One Of OJ Simpson's Last Social Media Posts Is So Chilling Now

Orenthal James Simpson was born in July 1947 and grew up poor in San Francisco before rising to fame at the University of Southern California, where he received the Heisman Trophy. He later went pro and played for the Buffalo Bills, earning the nickname "the Juice" for his speed. He eventually parlayed his celebrity into a television and film career. But all that came crashing down after police arrested him for the brutal double murder of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, aspiring actor Ronald Goldman, in June 1994.

In what has been billed as the trial of the century, the world watched the former NFL star's criminal trial unfold on television and end in a divisive not-guilty verdict. While there was speculation that race may have contributed to this, the real reason the jury acquitted O.J. Simpson of murder, at least according to law professor Alex Johnson, was simply the prosecution's failure to meet the burden of proof necessary for a conviction. In 1997, the jury in a civil trial found him liable for the murders and levied a $33.5 million settlement against him. Nicole Brown Simpson's family buried her in Lake Forest, California following her funeral, which O.J. Simpson attended. It's unclear where his family plans to bury him.