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OJ_timeline[i-1].body = "•Born on July 9, 1947, Orenthal James Simpson grew up in the housing projects in San Francisco.
•Simpson suffered from rickets and had to wear leg braces. He recovered from the disease but it left him bowlegged.
•He ran in a street gang called the Persian Warriors. ";
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OJ_timeline[i-1].body = "•Commonly known as \"The Juice,\" Simpson was one of the most famous running backs in American football history.
•He became a football hero at Galileo High School.
•At the University of Southern California, he led his team to a national championship and won the coveted Heisman Trophy in 1968.
•He was the first draft pick in 1969 by the Buffalo Bills. ";
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OJ_timeline[i-1].body = "•In 1973, with the Buffalo Bills, he became the first pro running back to record 2,000 rushing yards in a season.
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OJ_timeline[i-1].body = "•He married first wife Marguerite Whitley in 1967, divorcing in 1979.
•His marriage to Nicole Brown Simpson lasted from 1985 to 1992. ";
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OJ_timeline[i-1].body = "• June 12, 1994: Simpson’s ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman are found dead in Los Angeles. Suspicion quickly falls on Simpson and he is arrested after leading police on a freeway pursuit broadcast live on U.S. national television.
•Oct. 3, 1995: Simpson is acquitted of two counts of murder after a televised trial in Los Angeles. Jurors took less than four hours of deliberation.
•February 1997: Simpson found liable for damages in wrongful death lawsuit and is ordered to pay $33.5 million to estates of Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson.
•July 1997: Bank claims Simpson’s Brentwood, Calif., mansion in foreclosure sale. Goldman family lawyers seek Simpson assets to satisfy civil judgment.
•September 1991: Simpson moves out of Brentwood house.
•Feb. 16, 1999:Simpson's Heisman Trophy, other memorabilia auctioned; bidder later sets them afire.
•Oct. 24, 2001: Simpson cleared of all charges in a Florida case involving an alleged road-rage incident. He is represented by attorney Yale Galanter.
•Nov. 20, 2006: Publisher cancels book “If I Did It.” Simpson calls ghostwritten book a fictional account of how he might have killed his ex-wife and her friend.
•July 30, 2007: Federal bankruptcy judge in Miami awards the rights of Simpson’s canceled book to the Goldman family to satisfy wrongful death judgment.
•August 2007: Simpson fan, memorabilia dealer Alfred Beardsley calls collectibles broker Thomas Riccio to arrange sale of Simpson items in Las Vegas.
•Aug. 21, 2007: Riccio tells FBI that Simpson plans to confront a collector he believes is peddling stolen Simpson memorabilia.
•Sept. 13, 2007: The Goldmans publish Simpson’s book as “If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer.” Simpson, Clarence “C.J.” Stewart, Walter “Goldie” Alexander, Michael “Spencer” McClinton, Charles Ehrlich and Charles Cashmore confront memorabilia dealers Beardsley and Bruce Fromong at the Palace Station casino hotel. Beardsley, Fromong report an armed robbery.
•Sept. 18, 2007: Simpson, McClinton, Stewart, Alexander are charged with nine felonies, including kidnapping.
•Sept. 19, 2007: Simpson freed on $125,000 bail, returns home to Miami.
•October 2007: Cashmore, Alexander and McClinton take plea deals, agree to testify against Simpson.
•Nov. 28, 2007: Simpson, Stewart and Ehrlich plead not guilty.
•Aug. 4: Ehrlich takes plea deal, agrees to testify against Simpson.
•Sept. 8: Jury selection begins for Simpson and Stewart.
•Sept. 15: Trial testimony begins.
•Oct. 3: Simpson and Stewart found guilty of all charges.
•Nov. 7: Judge denies request for new trial.
•Dec. 5: Judge sentences Simpson to maximum of 33 years in prison and Stewart to 27 years. Simpson eligible for parole in nine years; Stewart after seven and a half.
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