2024-04-12 11:12:27
OJ Simpson was not only a controversial man, but also a great lover of women. Despite the court case, he was always in the center of their interest in the clubs.
When Orenthal James Simpson, known as OJ Simpson, died of cancer on Thursday at the age of 76, the life of one of the most controversial figures in US sports history ended.
The successful American football player made his mark in the film as well. But in the 1990s, footage from the trial in which he was charged with the murder of his ex-wife and her friend went viral around the world.
A criminal court found Simpson not guilty, but in a subsequent civil trial, a jury found him liable and ordered him to pay an astronomical $33.5 million in damages to the families of the victims. The verdict thus overshadowed his accomplishments as an NFL star and actor.
To add to his troubles with the law, Simpson was arrested for robbery in 2007 and convicted a year later. He stayed behind bars until October 2017.
Despite his significantly tarnished reputation, OJ Simpson was still surrounded by beautiful women.
“He liked women, that was his floor,” said Arthur Bernstein, who directed Simpson twenty years ago in his last film, “The Lemon Twist,” laconically stated.
“Even after everything that happened, he was like a magnet. Women just gravitated to him,” added the director to the British The Sun.
Bernstein still remembers one night at the club during the famous trial.
“You’d think the women would stay away from him. But no, they came up to him one after the other. They said things like, ‘OH, we love you!’ or ‘We believe in you, Juice!’ It was surreal, almost as if the process made them more interested,” Bernstein recalled of Simpson’s nickname, “The Juice.”
Even the film director, screenwriter and producer was not used to such admiration from women and girls. Moreover, unlike his friend, he was not accused of murder, which paradoxically fascinated many women on The Simpsons.
“I once asked OJ, ‘How do you handle all the attention with so much going on around you?’. And he just shrugged and said, ‘People see what they want to see. I can’t control that. I’m just living my life.’ “
Despite the controversial past, the strength of Simpson’s personality outweighed everything. Even though the public perceived him controversially, he maintained his charm in contact with his fans (and mainly female fans).
The charm of the personality also impressed Bernstein. “I don’t know if it happened. But I hope it never happened,” he said of Simpson’s alleged role in the double murder.