OJ Simpson murder trial: Suppressed witness testimony casts shadow over verdict

Two imaginable witnesses who accidental they ran into OJ Simpson connected June 12, 1994 – the nighttime his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her person Ronald Goldman were brutally hacked to decease extracurricular her upscale condo – are sharing their stories successful a caller docuseries decades aft they were near retired of the ensuing execution trial.

One, who aboriginal sued prosecutors for libel, could person placed Simpson wrong a mile of the transgression country aft she said she narrowly missed crashing into his SUV. 

The different said helium saw Simpson acting oddly and dumping a wrapped point successful a trash tin astatine Los Angeles's largest airdrome 30 minutes later.

Due to his fame arsenic a shot star, a TV sports commentator and actor, helium was highly recognizable astatine the time.

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O.J. Simpson and Nicole Brown Simpson were joined for 7 years earlier they divorced successful 1992. Nicole was murdered successful 1994.    (Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Images)

Both look successful Netflix's caller docuseries, "American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson."

The archetypal is Jill Shively, who lived successful Santa Monica astatine the clip and encountered Simpson successful a postulation altercation astir 11 p.m. connected the nighttime of the murders. 

Less than a mile from the transgression scene, Shively told investigators she astir crashed into a achromatic Ford Bronco with nary headlights on.

"I could spot who it was and I knew it was a shot player, but I wasn't definite who," she elaborated to People Wednesday. "He was yelling astatine different driver, ‘Move, move.’ I recognized his dependable due to the fact that I had conscionable seen a Naked Gun movie. It was O.J. Simpson." 

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A household photograph of Ronald Goldman, who was murdered with O.J. Simpson's ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson June 12, 1994. astatine the Private Residence successful Agoura Hills, California. (Photo by Lee Celano/WireImage)

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Shively testified earlier the expansive jury, past sold her communicative to the tabloid TV amusement "Hard Copy" for $5,000, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Her then-boyfriend besides allegedly told prosecutors that she was a "felony probationer" and not a credible witness. She sued him and region officials implicit the second assertion but was ne'er called to the basal at trial. 

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Jill Shively speaks to an interviewer from the driver's spot of a conveyance successful Netflix's "American Manhunt: OJ Simpson" docuseries. (Courtesy of Netflix)

The different is Skip Junis, who claimed to person seen Simpson get astatine Los Angeles International Airport astir 11:30 p.m. the aforesaid evening.

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As helium was waiting to prime up his wife, helium claimed, helium saw Simpson get retired of a limo with a duffle bag.

Police investigators look implicit the transgression country astatine the Brentwood condo aft the bodies of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were recovered connected June 13, 1994 successful Brentwood, California.  (Vinnie Zuffante/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

"O.J. went to a trash tin and plopped the container connected top," Junis told People. "What was truly peculiar is erstwhile helium unzipped the bag, helium pulled retired a agelong point that was covered with a achromatic rag oregon cloth and enactment it successful the trash can."

A execution limb was ne'er recovered successful transportation with the case.

Skip Junis discusses what helium saw astatine LAX connected June 12, 1994, erstwhile OJ Simpson arrived successful a limousine portion helium was waiting to prime up his woman from the airdrome successful this inactive representation from video. (Courtesy of Netflix)

Simpson's lawyers had maintained that helium was location astatine the clip of the murders, waiting for a limo to LAX. He took a red-eye formation to Chicago for a play outing but was asked to instrumentality to Los Angeles by constabulary the adjacent morning. 

Junis said helium told constabulary what helium had seen but was not called to the witnesser basal during the trial.

"I deliberation Marcia Clark forgot astir me," helium told the outlet, referring to the lead prosecutor connected the case.

O.J. Simpson tries connected a leather mitt allegedly utilized successful the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman during grounds successful Simpson's execution proceedings connected June 15, 1995 successful Los Angeles, California.  (Lee Celano/WireImage)

Clark declined to remark erstwhile contacted by Fox News Digital. She besides declined to look successful the docuseries, according to Netflix. 

Simpson had an elite squad of attorneys known arsenic the "Dream Team" that included Johnnie Cochran, Alan Dershowitz, Robert Kardashian, Shawn Holley, Robert Shapiro and others. They yet convinced jurors of capable tenable uncertainty to acquit Simpson successful the murders.

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Robert Kardashian served arsenic a ineligible adjunct connected Simpson's team. They were bully friends, and archetypal met arsenic students astatine USC successful 1967. (Getty Images)

A Heisman Trophy victor from USC nicknamed "Juice," Simpson went connected to a stellar NFL vocation arsenic a moving backmost with the Buffalo Bills and San Francisco 49ers. But aft concisely flirting with Hollywood stardom, helium became the astir salient U.S. fig to look execution charges aft the brutal treble stabbing near Brown Simpson and Goldman dormant astatine her Brentwood condo.

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The 2 victims were not believed to person been romantically involved. 

Although helium was acquitted successful that case, Simpson aboriginal mislaid a civilian suit connected to the deaths. Years later, astatine the property of 61, helium took portion successful an equipped robbery to bargain immoderate of his ain memorabilia. He served the minimum 9 years of a 33-year condemnation earlier receiving parole.

O.J. Simpson attends his parole proceeding astatine Lovelock Correctional Center July 20, 2017 successful Lovelock, Nevada. (Jason Bean-Pool/Getty Images)

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Simpson died past April aft a backstage crab battle. Near the extremity of his life, helium remained in Las Vegas and returned to the nationalist oculus connected X, posting reactions to existent events.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.