When the murders of Simpson's wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman were discovered, he became an instant suspect, and it was that white Ford Bronco chase that changed the public's perception of him. Even if it wasn't enough for a conviction. Here's is what we could find about that white Ford Bronco O. Simpson was apprehended from and the details are titillating as ever Initially, he was one of the most compliant witnesses ever but things changed when the police wanted him to turn himself in.
Simpson was a no show. Declared a fugitive, he was later spotted at on the evening of June 17, , in a white Ford Bronco on the expressway, driven by his best friend and former teammate, Al Cowlings.
Calling it a car chase is a bit of a stretch because this was no high-speed getaway. When Cowlings yelled that Simpson was holding a gun to his own head, the officer backed off and continued to follow at the same slow speed, followed by a cavalcade of 20 police cars, later joined in by helicopters as well. But before the verdict, the car chase in itself had created a furor and was watched by 95 million viewers in the US.
According to Simpson, this was not him trying to run or evade the law in the Bronco. When he did not show up on the designated date for questioning, the very next day his lawyer, Robert Kardashian of the Kardashians fame read out a message that was perceived by many as a suicide note.
And yet, when Simpson finally exited that White Ford Bronco, he had a gun as well as a fake mustache and goatee, along with applying adhesive. Many assume that the notorious white Ford Bronco involved in the chase was O. The truth is, the car involved in the chase was Al Cowlings' Bronco, the same model.
Of course, along with a Bronco, O. Simpson had a fleet of cars in his garage. This partnership with Alcatraz East has been important to me. I wanted the Bronco in a place where it would be protected, as well as be part of a bigger story- a part of history. Gilbert retains the registration papers, original tires, and the leftover gas from the infamous drive.
The Bronco is back in , Andrew! Simpson was acquitted by the jury, however, in a civil trial, he was found liable. Simpson was later found guilty for his role for a heist from a Las Vegas hotel room and served nine years in jail. He now lives outside of Las Vegas and recently has even joined Twitter. Nicole Brown Simpson had two children with O. Sydney, now 33, is a Boston University grad who leads a private life and is thought to be living in Florida.
Of course, if you were watching the chase at home, you didn't actually get to see much of Simpson. What those 95 million viewers saw instead was minutes of a white Ford Bronco being driven by Al Cowlings on Interstate in Southern California.
Ford's best marketing spokesman turned out to be OJ Simpson. OJSimpson pic. The white Bronco has become so ubiquitous in American culture that people still joke and talk about it to this day. Whose white Ford Bronco is that? Believe it or not, 23 years after the chase, the white Bronco once owned by Cowlings is still in nearly perfect shape. In an interview with ESPN. Shortly after the chase, a company in Minnesota offered to buy the car, but Cowlings ended up turning the deal down because of what the company wanted to do with the Bronco.
The trial hadn't taken place yet, and we didn't want people thinking anyone associated with O. After Gilbert's purchase, the car ended up sitting in a parking garage for the next 17 years , where it was rarely used.
According to Gilbert, there's only been 20 miles added to the odometer since the O.
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