Testifying Against OJ Simpson
Witness History
BBC
4.5 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 11 October 2017
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Ron Shipp was a close friend of OJ Simpson's but was also a police officer and decided to testify against him in a criminal trial for double homicide. In 1995 OJ Simpson was acquitted of killing his ex wife, Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman. Ron Shipp tells Rebecca Kesby why he wanted to testify.
Photo: O.J. Simpson (C) confers with attorneys Johnnie Cochran (L) and Robert Shapiro (R) during Simpson's murder trial in Los Angeles, CA. (Credit: POOL/AFP/Getty Images)
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| 1:09.9 | the BBC World Service with me Rebecca Keseby. And today we head to Los Angeles in |
| 1:15.6 | October 1995 and the not guilty verdict in the criminal trial of American |
| 1:21.2 | football legend and movie star O.J Simpson. It became known as the |
| 1:25.5 | trial of the century and prompted a global media circus in a city already troubled by |
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| 1:35.0 | Ron's ship was a close friend of O.J. Simpson's, but he was also a police officer and was persuaded to testify against O.J Simpson. This program contains disturbing content. |
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