A longtime friend of O.J. Simpson believes that he will eventually confess to killing Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.
Ron Shipp, a former police officer and friend of Simpson’s who testified at his 1995 murder trial, hopes and believes that Simpson will come clean once he is released from prison.
“The guy is in total torment today,” Shipp told the New York Daily News at the premiere of ESPN’s new Simpson documentary series. “Someone told me he is 300 pounds and he looks horrible. O.J. has always felt his appearance meant everything and now, deep down inside, he is starting to live with himself.
“I hope one day he actually will rid us of all the doubt and all the conspiracy theories and say ‘sorry I cannot go to prison, but I am sorry I did it.”
Simpson cannot be tried again for the murders because of double jeopardy. He is currently imprisoned for an armed robbery conviction and can be released as early as next year, and Shipp thinks a confession may happen after that.
“I do,” Shipp said. “I got a call about a conspiracy theory about Jason (Simpson’s son) being the killer and I thought, man, come on Juice, just say ‘my son didn’t do it.'”
Would it matter if Simpson confesses to something that many people already believe he did? Well, not really, but the fact that there was a furor over a knife being found at his old house back in March tells you all you need to know about how much visibility it would get.
