The O.J. Simpson homicide trial continues to be an space of fascination over 30 years because the former soccer star was acquitted of the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and aspiring actor Ron Goldman.
In a brand new Netflix docuseries, American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson, premiering immediately, Wednesday, January 29, potential witnesses who declare to have seen Simpson on the night time of the murders however had been by no means known as to testify in court docket communicate out about what they noticed.
“The viewers will get to hearken to witnesses who weren’t known as and think about proof,” Floyd Russ, the doc’s director, advised Individuals. “I need them to really feel just like the jury.”
Individuals additionally spoke to 2 potential witnesses, together with Jill Shively, who says she drove to the Westward Ho Market in Brentwood, California, simply earlier than 11 pm on the night time of the murders. On her method there, she mentioned she almost struck a white Bronco with no headlights on.
“I may see who it was and I knew it was a soccer participant, however I wasn’t certain who,” Shively said. “He was yelling at one other driver, ‘Transfer, transfer.’ I acknowledged his voice as a result of I had simply seen a Bare Gun film. It was O.J. Simpson.”
On the time, Shively bought her story to the present Exhausting Copy, which brought about the lead prosecutor, Marcia Clark, to keep away from calling her as a witness as a result of she thought it might need tainted her testimony.
Shively famous that she’s lived with the guilt of that for over 30 years and has spoken to jurors from the Simpson trial, “who mentioned, ‘I might’ve liked to have heard your story.’ I requested them if it could have made a distinction. They usually mentioned, “Possibly.’”
One other potential witness was Skip Junis, who was ready to choose up his spouse outdoors Los Angeles Worldwide Airport simply after 11:30 pm on June 12, 1994. He claims {that a} limo pulled up about 40 ft away, and Simpson stepped out holding an affordable fitness center bag.
“O.J. went to a trash can and plopped the bag on prime,” Junis recalled. “What was actually peculiar is when he unzipped the bag, he pulled out a protracted merchandise that was lined with a white rag or fabric and put it within the trash can.”
Junis mentioned he known as the protection and prosecution about what he noticed however by no means heard again. Ultimately, LAPD detective Philip Vannatter contacted him, and he was taken to the prosecutor’s workplace to attract an image of the bag he’d seen Simpson carrying. They advised him he’d be known as as a witness, however they by no means did.
“I believe Marcia Clark forgot about me,” Junis advised the outlet, including that detectives later advised him that Clark thought she wouldn’t be capable of corroborate his story.
He added, “I’ve spent many, a few years now considering of what he would have had within the bag to throw away with out it. Why would he have introduced it from his home? It simply doesn’t make sense.”
American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson, Streaming, Netflix
