Crime was rare in that neighborhood, let alone a double murder that left a bloody scene. Having just divorced a few years earlier, the main suspect and assumed killer in the crime was Nicole's ex-husband, former NFL player, and Hall of Famer, O. The suspicion around Simpson eventually led to his arrest and would dominate the news cycle like nothing before.
What followed was the longest criminal trial in California history, which resulted in an acquittal that racially divided the nation via History. During this "trial of the century" via Britannica , Simpson hired the best of the best lawyers money could buy, earning his defense the nickname "The Dream Team" Biography. More than a hundred witnesses testified for the defense and the prosecution combined, says Los Angeles Times. One of them would emerge as a star. His name was Kato Kaelin — a blond-haired friend of the Simpsons' and a witness for the prosecution.
The O. Simpson trial began on January 24, , and wouldn't end until the jury came back with a verdict of not guilty on October 3, During the trial, Kaelin, who was living in a guest house on Simpson's property, would become an important witness who helped piece together the timeline of the June 12 murders. Even though the murders were committed at Nicole's condo at South Bundy Drive, Simpson lived just seven minutes away at North Rockingham Avenue.
The distance between the residences became a key point in the case because it showed opportunity. Kaelin's testimony connected what investigators believed may have happened on Simpson's North Rockingham property before and after Nicole and Goldman were murdered. Though Simpson provided an alibi, it was shaky at best, and one that his limousine driver would contradict during his testimony at trial, reported CNN.
When Kaelin took the stand, unbeknownst to everyone, he'd become a highlight of the trial and a star. His acting career kicked off in the late '80s but his life changed when he met Nicole a few years before her death. The two struck up a friendship and would end up becoming very good friends.
Such good friends, that at some point Kaelin — an aspiring actor — moved to Los Angeles to live with Nicole. During his time at her Brentwood house on South Gretna Green Way, he would look after the two kids she had with Simpson. Kaelin would also meet Simpson while living there, but optically Kaelin's presence at the house looked fishy.
He was after all a single bachelor living with a divorcee and her children. When Simpson offered him the chance to live at a guest house on his North Rockingham property, free of charge, the up-and-coming actor took the opportunity. That is how he ended up being at the site of a key location in the murder case. Simpson told investigators that he didn't sleep ahead of preparing for his flight to Chicago that his limo driver was scheduled to take him to, reported CNN.
But his driver testified that he failed to reach Simpson on his intercom multiple times. When he was finally able to alert Simpson that he arrived at his house to take him to the airport, Simpson claimed that he had overslept. The stories differed which left some time unaccounted for.
This is where Kaelin would become important. The night of the murders, Kaelin testified that he and Simpson went out to get some fast food. The original O.
Now, 23 years later, Kato Kaelin is on Twitter, obviously, and he mostly uses the popular social-media site to be really, really mad about the Milwaukee Brewers. It's what the management does best! I can't stand u. Kaelin, it turns out, originally hails from Wisconsin. Vomit vomit vomit! It's OVER. Please trade Thames for pitcher or something Brewers — All he does is strike out. He only HR's when we have 7 run leads.
He's done- trade. Thames, meanwhile, has cooled off a bit since his incredible start but nonetheless looks like a valuable commodity for the Brewers moving forward. Under Milwaukee control through on an incredibly team-friendly contract, he ranks sixth in the National League with 23 homers, owns an excellent.
Trading him for no one in particular, just for the sake of trading him and appeasing Kato Kaelin, would be a terrible decision. Typical Fn Brewers are going 2 lose again to the lowly Reds. Counsell Quit. Few expected the Brewers to contend, but fewer still seem as mad about their recent performance than Kato Kaelin, dude who accompanied O.
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