Oj Simpson Biography

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On june 12 1994 Orenthal James Simpson and Nichole Brown Simpson were seen together attending a dance rectial at Paul Revere High School for thier daughter Sydney. Nichole was their with her family and friends. After the dance recital they planed to celebreate and got to dinner at Mezzaluna an Italian restrant around the corner from Nicohles house. O.J. Simpson was invited by Nicoles mother but turned her down and that was the last time they were scene together alive. Later that evening O.J. Simpson returned to talk to Nicohle at her house and notice she was preparing for male company and out of a jelouis rage killed her and Ron Goldman. O. J. Simpson, nicknamed "The Juice", is a retired American football player and actor. Simpson married…show more content…
He was comfortable with his celebrity status and pursued a professional life being in front of the cameras, as an actor, and as a sportscaster for NBC (Gilbert, 2008). He experienced a difficult childhood as evidenced by his low socio-economic status, participation in criminal activity, and his being raised by a single mother due to his “father declaring himself to be an openly gay man in San Francisco” (Gilbert, 2008, p. 14). What was not visible to fans was the psychopathology that existed within the mind of O.J. Simpson. O.J. Simpson meets the criteria for the diagnosis of Narcissistic Personality Disorder (DSM 301.81) and Antisocial Personality Disorder (DSM 301.7) (American Psychiatric Association (APA), 2000). The Narcissistic Personality Disorder may have been a contributing factor in the murder of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown-Simpson. Society watched as O.J. Simpson’s trial unfolded “as the first trial of the digital century” (Lewis, 1995). Viewers became the most media exposed and most information savvy spectators of any criminal trial in the history of the United States. Division among viewers became evident as groups differed in their opinions of guilt or innocence seemingly along racial lines (Gilbert,

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