Did O.J. Simpson Have An Accomplice? Peacock Doc Suggests He Did
Peacock is launching a two-part documentary that claims to offer “real evidence” that suggests members of O.J. Simpson’s inner circle may know more than they’ve let on about the brutal murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.
The NBCUniversal streamer has ordered OJ’s Accomplice from Ample Entertainment.
The two-part doc will premiere in December and will “challenge long-held assumptions about the case that captivated a nation.”
Nicole Brown Simpson – O.J.’s ex-wife – and Ron Goldman were murdered on June 12, 1994. Former NFL star and actor Simpson was charged with the murders and became a fugitive after failing to turn himself in to the L.A. Police Department and instead took off in a white Ford Bronco on a slow-speed chase that was watched live by millions.
However, Simpson was acquitted of both murders in 1995 after an eight-month trial, though Goldman’s father filed a civil suit against the Naked Gun star and a jury found him responsible for the deaths.
Peacock is exploring the fact that law enforcement “never seriously considered the idea” that Simpson might not have acted alone.
The documentary “challenges the dominant narrative around the O.J. Simpson murder saga and offers real evidence suggesting that what we thought we knew about the most obsessed-over crime story of all time could be all wrong.”
It will feature interviews with Simpson’s houseguest and trial witness Kato Kaelin and Nicole Brown’s sister alongside never-before-heard first-person accounts from eyewitnesses and presents new information “raising questions as to whether members of O.J.’s inner circle may have been there that night.”
Created by Ample boss Ari Mark, who exec produces alongside Sumit David, Sphere Abacus is handling international distribution of the two-parter.
Ample Entertainment is behind series such as Netflix’s This Is the Zodiac Speaking and Peacock’s Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy.