Not only did OJ Simpson commit the 1994 double murder he was famously acquitted of, but the football legend had help with the crime, according to a 22-year veteran of the FBI.
A former New York State prosecutor and FBI profiler who went on to write and produce CBS’ Criminal Minds, Jim Clemente supported the theory in a recent podcast interview with media personality Tom Zenner and Kato Kaelin, Simpson’s former tenant and a crucial witness in his murder trial.
Simpson was infamously acquitted for the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ronald Goldman in October of 1995 only to be found financially liable for their wrongful deaths at a civil trial 16 months later. Both trials included graphic photographs of a horrifying crime scene, where Goldman and Brown were brutally stabbed to death on June 12, 1994.
Simpson’s ties to that crime scene on LA’s Bundy Drive are notorious. There was his blood and DNA, not to mention bloody shoe prints matching his size-12 Bruno Maglis. There was even a bloody trail leading from the crime scene to his white Ford Bronco and onto his own property.
But according to Clemente, evidence points to another attacker at the scene. For starters, he explained that the presence of multiple stabbing victims always increases the likelihood of multiple attackers, simply because it’s difficult for one person to commit both crimes quickly and in the same space.
The bigger clues, Clemente explained, were the defensive wounds left on Goldman’s legs.
OJ Simpson denied murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown (left) and her friend Ronald Goldman
The body of Nicole Brown Simpson is seen where she was found on the bloodstained walkway of her Bundy Drive condominium as seen in this LAPD evidence photo from June of 1994
Goldman wasn’t believed to be an intended target, but was nonetheless murdered with Brown
‘With the cuts in his jeans, in his pants that he was wearing at the time, the knife wounds could only have been made if both of his legs were elevated and bent and straightened out like he was kicking,’ Clemente sad.
‘And the only way that we behaviorally could figure out how that could happen is if somebody has him in a bear hug from behind and he’s being stabbed by somebody in the front.
‘He’s kicking, he’s fighting for his life,’ Clemente continued. ‘It’s a horrible, horrible scene.’
Curiously, Clemente explained, Goldman did not have defensive wounds on his arms.
‘If he was punching and kicking, you would see the same kinds of wounds through his clothing on his arms because the person with the knife would have been lashing out,’ Clemente said. ‘He wouldn’t just stab his legs.’
Rather, according to Clemente, Goldman’s ‘arms are being held and his arms were being pinned and that’s why he resorted to his legs only.’
As for why Simpson would bring an accomplice to murder his wife, Clemente suggested the presence of the couple’s two children at her condominium was a good reason.
‘What if the kids aren’t in bed yet?’ Clemente asked, rhetorically. ‘What if the kids wake up and come down?’
Kato Kaelin (left) sits alongside former FBI profiler Jim Clemente on Tom Zenner’s podcast
Clemente (right) told Zenner (left) that Goldman’s defensive wounds point to an accomplice
OJ is pictured during the 1995 double-murder trial. He was ultimately acquitted by the jury
Simpson continued to deny any involvement in the Brown-Goldman murders until his death from cancer at age 76 in 2024, but the theory he committed the crimes with an accomplice is nothing new.
Recently, The Daily Mail revealed an upcoming Peacock documentary investigating the theory that Simpson had a mob-linked accomplice in the late Joey Ippolito Jr. What’s more, The Daily Mail reviewed unauthorized clips of the documentary showing Ippolito’s brothers discussing their deceased sibling’s potential involvement in the crime.
Peacock spokespeople declined to comment on The Daily Mail’s reporting at the time. The project’s upcoming release has since been confirmed by other outlets.
Speaking with Zenner, Clemente also challenged the notion that the murders were simply a crime of passion.
Rather, he insisted Brown was the intended victim of a carefully planned murder.
Goldman, sadly, was just returning the pair of glasses Brown left at his restaurant when he stumbled upon the crime that was taking place.
‘Whoever committed this crime had an extreme amount of rage and anger in them,’ Clemente told Zenner and Kaelin. ‘And they have been fantasizing about this for a long time. They planned this. This is this is not a disorganized crime. This is an organized crime. Which means that the offender thought about this, thought it out carefully, thought about every angle, knew when she would be vulnerable.
‘Of course, he thought she would be alone at that moment, but because she left the glasses there at the restaurant, somebody else showed up. That is an unexpected result.’
Asked if he had any clue about the accomplice’s identity, Clemente said he had a ‘pretty good idea’ who was with Simpson but stopped short of revealing a name.
Of course, there is no statute of limitations on murder, so if such an accomplice us still alive, they could theoretically face justice.
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