In addition to his sporting achievements and film roles, he is known for his scandalous acquittal in the murder of his ex-husband.
AJ Simpson, an American athlete and actor accused of double murder but acquitted, has died. He is 76 years old. His family announced this on Thursday, April 11. Twitter (X).
His loved ones wrote that Simpson died after a long battle with cancer.
“He died surrounded by his children and grandchildren. The family asks that their wishes for privacy be respected,” the statement said.
Jay Simpson is a unique American football player. In 1985, he was inducted into the Professional American Football Hall of Fame. After ending his career as an athlete, Simpson became an actor. One of the most memorable movies starring Simpson is Bare gun.
In the 1990s, Simpson was accused of murdering his ex-wife and her lover. However, in 1995, a criminal court acquitted the athlete. The actor was then defended in court by Robert Kardashian, Kim Kardashian’s father, and Simpson was able to avoid the death penalty. But a year and a half later, a civil court found him guilty and ordered him to pay $33.5 million to the families of those killed.
Ten years later, still facing the death penalty, Simpson was found guilty of armed robbery and other felonies.
At the age of 61, he was arrested and served 9 years in a remote prison in northern Nevada, where he worked, among other things, as a gym cleaner, but in 2017 he was pardoned and released.
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