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'Jet' Magazine, July 1994, The Headlines. The Story. A Life Interrupted.Leave a comment

Outrageous and Unfair!

Tee Bylo

Orenthal James Simpson rose in dramatic fashion from the vicious streets of San Francisco’s predominately Black Potrero Hill to become one of America’s most enduring and beloved sports figures, pulling in millions of dollars annually.

Now charged with the double murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson, 35, and her friend Ronald Goldman, 25, O.J., as the world calls him, has been quickly and shockingly reduced from adored legend to prisoner Number 4013970 in the Los Angeles County Jail under suicide watch. Continue reading Outrageous and Unfair!

'Newsweek' Magazine, July 1994, October 25 1993 (Thursday), The Headlines. The Story. A Life Interrupted.Leave a comment

A ‘Drop-Dead’ Soundbite for Violence

Tee Bylo

The voice is, by turns angry, exasperated, terrified and, finally resigned. It is her second 911 call within 10 minutes.

In the background, a man is screaming – about children, tabloids, an old boyfriend. The words are only semi-audible, but his rage needs no amplification.

“Could you get someone over here now, to 325 Gretna Green. He’s back. Please”, asks Nicole Simpson.

“What does he look like?” asks the operator. Continue reading A ‘Drop-Dead’ Soundbite for Violence

'Newsweek' Magazine, January 1 1989 (Sunday), June 16 1994 (Thursday), June 17 1994 (Friday), June 1994, The Headlines. The Story. A Life Interrupted.Leave a comment

Footnote to an Astonishing Fate?

Tee Bylo

After the bloody steps, the heart-rending funerals, the surreal chase through the twilight of Los Angeles, O.J. Simpson surrendered himself into the darkness his life has become.

It was a peaceful end, a surprisingly peaceful end, to a week that was drenched in trauma, tension and blood. Continue reading Footnote to an Astonishing Fate?

'Newsweek' Magazine, January 1 1989 (Sunday), June 1994, The Headlines. The Story. A Life Interrupted.Leave a comment

TOO Little? TOO Late!

Tee Bylo

Like many cases of domestic violence, the story of O.J. and Nicole Brown Simpson’s stormy relationship fits a disturbing pattern – a pattern of official intervention that came too late and did too little.

As his horrified fans now know, Simpson was arrested for spousal battery after an incident at the couple’s Brentwood home on New Year’s Day, 1989.

The Simpson case is an American tragedy in every respect, but not merely because of O.J.’s celebrity and vast popularity.
Continue reading TOO Little? TOO Late!