O.J. Simpson was immediately named as a person of interest in Nicole Brown’s passing

It didn’t take long for the police to launch a hunt to find O.J. Simpson. He refused to hand himself in and was involved in one of the most infamous car chases of all time as Simpson fled in a 1993 Ford Bronco SUV. All in all, it’s estimated 95 million people tuned in to watch the chase unfold.

He was eventually caught, and Simpson was taken to trial, a case which played out over nine months. Simpson ended up selling $50,000 worth of sports assets to pay for his legal team made up of F. Lee Bailey, Robert Shapiro, Johnnie Cochran, and close friend Robert Kardashian, a group later referred to as the “Dream Team.”

Robert Kardashian had already retired before representing O.J. Simpson at trial

The Kardashian name is one that’s now known around the world thanks to the family’s successful reality show alongside their many business ventures. However, there was once a time they were far from the reality stars they are today. Instead, Robert Kardashian was a highly successful and famous lawyer working in Los Angeles before he retired.

Still, Robert knew that he needed to come out of retirement if he stood a chance of helping his friend. His role in O.J. Simpson’s trial was enough to see all eyes on the lawyer once more. In fact, the fame stuck around for years until his daughters, Kourtney, Khloé, and Kim Kardashian, made their mark on the world.

O.J. Simpson’s trial caused a major rift in the Kardashian household

The accusations that O.J. Simpson faced were enough to get people across the world talking. Everyone wanted to know if he was guilty, and many had their own theories about what happened the night Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman lost their lives. It seems they had even more of an effect on Robert Kardashian and his ex-wife, Kris Jenner.

Kim Kardashian later opened up about it all to David Letterman. Here, she said Kris “believed that her friend” had her life ended by O.J., and the entire thing was “really traumatizing.” However, that all changed for Kim and her siblings when they visited her dad, as Robert believed Simpson. In the end, the trial “tore my family apart.

It took nine months before O.J. Simpson was handed a verdict

The trial was quickly dubbed the Trial of the Century as millions across the world tuned in each day to see new evidence unfold. There was a lot of circumstantial and physical evidence that linked O.J. Simpson to the horrific crimes. Then again, his team had their own tale of events that seemingly cleared Simpson of any crime.

It’s believed more than 100 million people tuned in to hear the verdict. It was a long road, and in a controversial twist, Simpson was found not guilty. Many believed he was the only one who could have committed the crimes, but now, he was a free man again. No one was ever investigated or arrested for the passings.

O.J. Simpson was ultimately granted custody of his two children

The drama in the court lasted almost a year before things came to a heated end. However, it left many people wondering the same thing: what would happen to O.J. Simpson and Nicole Brown’s two children? After all, Sydney and Justin had already lost their mom while they were just a few feet away upstairs.

In a perhaps even more controversial move, the judge granted Simpson’s petition to give him full custody of the children. Many people around the world were struggling to believe that Simpson was innocent. Still, not being charged with any crime seemed to give the judge all they needed to allow O.J. to continue his life with his remaining family.

Nicole Brown’s parents continued to fight for custody of Sydney and Justin

Just because he had been handed full custody of the children didn’t mean that Nicole Brown’s parents were going to give up fighting O.J. Simpson. Like so many others around the world, they believed the former NFL star was responsible for ending their daughter’s life and thought that Sydney and Justin weren’t safe with their father.

Sadly for Nicole’s parents, they were unsuccessful. The siblings continued to try and rebuild their lives after losing their mom and seeing their dad go through such a public trial. Plus, they knew they would always live with accusations that O.J. is guilty. The saving grace is Sydney and Justin still got to see their grandparents.