Posted on 04/11/2024 12:02:01 PM PDT by rod5591
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre expressed condolences Thursday on the death of former NFL star OJ Simpson — but made no mention of the two people he was accused, and sensationally acquitted, of killing nearly three decades ago.
“Our thoughts are with his families [sic] during this difficult time — obviously with his family and loved ones,” Jean-Pierre said of Simpson. “And I’ll say this, I know that they have asked for some privacy. And so we’re going to respect that. And I’ll just leave it there.”
Simpson, 76, died of complications from prostate cancer just two months shy of the 30th anniversary of the brutal slaying of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ron Goldman, an acquaintance, at her Brentwood, Calif. home on June 12, 1994.
Neither Brown nor Goldman were referenced by Jean-Pierre.
The former Heisman Trophy winner and Hall of Fame running back was accused of the double murder, but acquitted in October 1995 in a case dubbed the “Trial of the Century.”
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