May 12, 2006
O J Simpson is the star of a new candid-camera program pulls a prank involving the infamous white Bronco, drawing criticism from the family of murder victim Ronald Goldman.
In the scene taped as part of the one-hour, pay-per-view show called Juiced, Simpson pretends to sell the Bronco at a used car lot and boasts to a prospective buyer that he made the vehicle famous, according to a segment aired on Inside Edition in the US.
"It was good for me - it helped me get away," Simpson said, referring to the slow-speed, televised police chase that preceded his arrest on charges of murdering his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Goldman, her friend.
Goldman's father, Fred, told Inside Edition he found Simpson's comment "morally reprehensible."
Simpson was acquitted of murder. A civil jury later held him liable for the killings and ordered him to pay $43 million to the Brown and Goldman families.
Much of that judgment remains unpaid.
"Any money that he makes, I hope, will go to satisfy the multimillion dollar judgment made against him in the civil case," said Brown family lawyer Gloria Allred.
The program will be shown on pay-per-view this month, and a DVD offering uncensored material will be made available soon, Juiced executive producer Rick Mahr said.
Other practical jokes include Simpson disguised as an Elvis impersonator, a vagabond selling oranges for money and as an elderly man leading a bingo game.
Simpson was not paid for the program, Mahr said.
"Basically O J Simpson has decided to do this because he wants to do it, and he wanted to have fun with it," Mahr said.
Submitted by Pasadena Phil
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