How did O. J. Simpson react to the Alex Murdaugh murder trial?

The Alex Murdaugh trial has come to a close. The 12-person jury took under three hours to find the South Carolina lawyer guilty of two counts of murder for the killing of his wife and son. “The evidence of guilt is overwhelming”, said Judge Clifton Newman. He will be sentenced on Friday.

In the immediate aftermath of the verdict, O. J. Simpson made his thoughts known on the trial. Who else better to give their verdict, right?

Comparing the lying of Murdaugh to his experience in his own 1995 trial, Simpson said how lying in court was crucial for determining a jury’s mind. Murdaugh had admitted to lying about his alibi last week.

“That seemed to be the case here with Murdaugh,” he said. “One thing that the jury must have seen is that the guy’s a liar and once the guy’s a liar, you can’t believe anything he says.”

Earlier in the trial O. J. gave his thoughts on the likelihood of Murdaugh getting off of the charges.

“If the verdict comes back tomorrow [Thursday], he’s going to be guilty,” he said in the video. “If the verdict comes back next week sometime that means they’re probably fighting and there’s probably some disagreement in it.”

Who is O. J. Simpson?

The Hall of Fame Buffalo Bills’ running back was acquitted of the 1994 killings of his ex-wife Nicole Brown-Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. It was known as the ‘trial of the century’.

Despite being acquitted of the criminal charges, Simpson was ordered to pay $33.5 million in damages to the Brown and Goldman families.

This wasn’t his only run-in with law enforcement. In 2007, Simpson was accused of burglary and kidnapping regarding an alleged incident that took place in a Las Vegas hotel. He was then found guilty, and received up to 33 years in prison, with eligibility of parole. In 2017, he was released after serving nine years in prison.