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Have you heard the story of O.J. Simpson, the famous black American football star? Ten years ago he was a famous sports hero in the United States , loved by children and admired by adults . He was rich , handsome , intelligent , and a model of success for young black American boys . Until last summer , it looked as if he was a [1] man who had everything: money , fame , a beautiful house , and a [2] wife . But suddenly one day last May things started to look very different .

Early one morning , police found O .J .īs wife , Nicole Simpson , lying dead in a pool of blood . Clearly , she had been [3] . The big question was: Did her husband do it?

Probably he did , but no one saw him do it . The police couldnīt find the knife that the killer had used , but when they searched O .J .īs house they found some bloody clothes in his [4] .

A few days later when the police came back to arrest him , he tried to escape , and this made him look even more guilty . When crime touches the life of a famous person , itīs news . Many [5] of Americans watched on their televisions as the police tried to catch Simpson driving away as fast as he could on a Los Angeles motorway . It all looked like a [6] , but it was real .

After his arrest , journalists discovered that O .J .īs life was not as wonderful as it had seemed . Nicoleīs friends said that there were problems in their [7] . They had many bad arguments , and Nicole had become afraid of her husband . He often beat her , once so hard that she was [8] . Journalists also discovered that she had tried several times to call the police and tell them that her husband was hurting her , but the police didnīt listen . They didnīt want to arrest a man that was so popular and famous . Finally , Nicole became so [9] that she left O .J . and moved to another house . But he [10] calling her - he couldnīt live with her or without her , and he was jealous of her new friends .

After a long trial , in September 1995 a court of law in California decided that O .J . was innocent . Many people disagree with this and think he is guilty , but others believe he is innocent . The death of Nicole Simpson was sad , but even sadder is the disappointment so many Americans feel . One woman lost her life , but America lost a hero .

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