Former American football legend released from Nevada prison after serving nine years for armed robbery
OJ Simpson,
the former American football legend and Hollywood star, has been
released from a Nevada prison in Lovelock after serving nine years for
armed robbery.
Unlike when he walked free after his murder trial in 1995, Simpson faces parole supervision for another five years.
Nevada state prisons spokeswoman Brooke Keast told the Associated Press Simpson was released early on Sunday.
Simpson, 70, told the parole board he wanted to live in Florida. The Florida Department of Corrections said officials had not received a transfer request or required documents.
Simpson was sent to prison in Nevada for a botched hotel-room heist of sports memorabilia 12 years after he was acquitted of killing his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman in Los Angeles.
Simpson won parole in July from a state parole board that set Sunday as the date he became eligible for parole. He will be supervised by the state division of parole and probation.
The former Buffalo Bills star was acquitted in 1995 of murder charges in the 1994 killings of his Brown Simpson and Goldman. He was found liable for the killings in a civil court hearing two years later and ordered to pay the victims’ families $33.5m.
David Cook, attorney for the Goldman family, said on Wednesday the judgment amount has nearly doubled with interest over the years to more than $65m. He said the family would continue to seek payment.
Nevada state prisons spokeswoman Brooke Keast told the Associated Press Simpson was released early on Sunday.
Simpson, 70, told the parole board he wanted to live in Florida. The Florida Department of Corrections said officials had not received a transfer request or required documents.
Simpson was sent to prison in Nevada for a botched hotel-room heist of sports memorabilia 12 years after he was acquitted of killing his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman in Los Angeles.
Simpson won parole in July from a state parole board that set Sunday as the date he became eligible for parole. He will be supervised by the state division of parole and probation.
The former Buffalo Bills star was acquitted in 1995 of murder charges in the 1994 killings of his Brown Simpson and Goldman. He was found liable for the killings in a civil court hearing two years later and ordered to pay the victims’ families $33.5m.
David Cook, attorney for the Goldman family, said on Wednesday the judgment amount has nearly doubled with interest over the years to more than $65m. He said the family would continue to seek payment.
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