O.J. Simpson may have had accomplice, unsealed records suggest

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Unsealed court records suggest O.J. Simpson may have had an accomplice who helped dispose of the murder weapon in the 1994 killings.

Newly unsealed federal court documents obtained by The New York Times suggest O.J. Simpson may have had an accomplice in disposing of the murder weapon used in the 1994 killings of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. Simpson was acquitted in 1995 but later found liable in a 1997 civil trial.

According to the records, Joseph Ippolito, a convicted drug trafficker, allegedly returned to a Los Angeles apartment around midnight on 12 June 1994 carrying a mysterious bag with a heavy object. Ippolito's brother Sam told the Times that Joey appeared to have blood on his hands after leaving hours earlier to help a friend. Sam claimed Joey stuffed his clothes into the bag and told him to dispose of it while he showered. Sam said he threw the bag into a dumpster near a construction site on Doheny Drive.

Ippolito had connections to Al Cowlings, the man who drove Simpson's Bronco during the famous 1994 chase. Ippolito later became a federal informant. A December 1996 federal prosecution memorandum described him as a valuable source with information about Simpson's alleged disposal of the murder weapon. Ippolito died in 2006, but the details have only recently become public.

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Brother of possible OJ Simpson accomplice claims he returned with bloody hands on night of murders: reportA convicted drug trafficker with ties to the mafia may have helped O.J. Simpson cover up the 1994 murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.New York Post · 19 Oct, 17:38
New evidence points to alleged O.J. Simpson accomplice in 1994 murdersA new investigation offers a different account of what might have happened the night O.J. Simpson's ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman were stabbed to death.CBS News · 19 Oct, 17:02
O.J. Simpson could have had an accomplice, court records showRecently unsealed court documents obtained by The New York Times reveal that O.J. Simpson may have had an accomplice who helped him dispose of the murder weapon in the killings of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. Simpson was acquitted in 1995 but later found liable in a 1997 civil trial. Jericka Duncan reports.CBS News · 19 Oct, 14:49

In this story: O.J. Simpson · Nicole Brown Simpson · Ronald Goldman · Joey Ippolito · Al Cowlings · Los Angeles

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