O.J. Simpson, the former NFL player who was accused of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Rob Goldman in 1994—but ultimately was acquitted—died on Thursday to prostate cancer. He was 76.
In the aftermath of his death, the Goldman family released the following statement:
Simpson's trial was arguably the highest-profile and most divisive court case in the 20th century. Although the jury in his criminal trial ultimately reached an innocent verdict, a jury in the civil case that followed found him liable for the deaths of Goldman and Brown and awarded their relatives $33.