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| - FACT CHECK: No, O.J. Simpson Did Not Publish A Tweet Confessing To Murder
A screenshot shared on Facebook purports to show a tweet from former professional football player O.J. Simpson allegedly confessing to the murders of his late wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman.
Verdict: False
The claim is false. The purported remark is not generated via an advanced search of Simpson’s verified X account. Additionally, there is no other evidence suggesting Simpson made the purported remark.
Fact Check:
Simpson’s lawyer, Malcolm LaVergne, said his client will be cremated and his brain will not be “donated to science,” according to NBC News. LaVergne said he has previously been approached about Simpson’s brain being used to study chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which is common in football players, the outlet reported.
The screenshot purports to show a tweet from Simpson allegedly confessing to the murders of his late wife, Brown Simpson, and her friend Goldman. “I did it,” the purported tweet, dated April 11, reads. The screenshot of the purported tweet has garnered over 400 likes as of writing.
The claim is false. The purported remark is not generated via an advanced search of Simpson’s verified X account. In addition, Check Your Fact did not find any credible news reports to support the claim. Actually, the opposite is true. USA Today, Politifact, and the U.K.-based outlet Full Fact all debunked the claim via respective articles published on April 12 and 15. (RELATED: Did Tim Allen And Roseanne Barr Announce Creation Of ‘Non-Woke’ Actors Guild?)
The last tweet published on Simpson’s verified X account is a statement from his family announcing his death on April 10. According to the same statement, Simpson “succumbed to his battle with cancer.” Simpson also shared a video to his verified X account on Feb. 11 voicing his support for the San Francisco 49ers as they played the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVIII.
Simpson was acquitted in the murders of his late wife, Nicole, and her friend, Ron Goldman, in 1995, according to The Associated Press. Two years later, he was found liable for their deaths and ordered to pay their survivors $33.5 million by a civil court jury, the outlet reported. Simpson Brown and Goldman were both stabbed to death in 1994, Reuters reported.
Although the tweet purporting to show Simpson’s alleged confession is fake, he did write a book called “If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer,” which was published in 2007 and details how he might have hypothetically killed Brown Simpson and Goldman, according to The New York Times.
This is not the first time misinformation has circulated online. Check Your Fact previously debunked a social media post that claimed Simpson’s attorney, Johnnie Cochran, died mysteriously after calling for reparations.
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