OJ Simpson murder trial witness Brian ‘Kato’ Kaelin has revealed Barbara Walters’ reaction to the NFL star being found not guilty in his 1995 murder trial.
Kaelin, 65, quickly found fame for his role as Simpson’s guest amid international publicity surrounding the murders of Simpson’s ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, followed by the infamous low-speed chase and the subsequent double murder trial, in which he was a witness at.
Talking with People On Monday, less than two weeks after Simpson’s death at age 76 from cancer, Kaelin said that at the time the verdicts were read, he was sitting next to Walters as they prepared. for an ABC 20/20 segment.
“It was just her and I sitting and she asked me, ‘What do you think of the decision?’ I’m just saying, ‘I think the jury made a mistake,'” Kaelin told the late television journalist, who died at age 93 on the 30th. December 2022.
Kaelin added: ‘I think she agreed. I think she nodded and that was it.
OJ Simpson murder trial witness Brian ‘Kato’ Kaelin has revealed Barbara Walters’ reaction to the NFL star being found not guilty in his 1995 murder trial: Kaelin pictured in 2019
Simpson expressed relief when the not guilty verdicts were read on October 3, 1995, flanked by members of his legal ‘Dream Team’, (LR) F. Lee Bailey, Robert Kardashian and Johnnie Cochrane, all of whom died in ’29. years since the end of the trial
Kaelin said he was friends with the late television personality, who co-created The View, as they went out to dinner on multiple occasions.
“At that point, when I sat next to her,” Kaelin told the outlet, “we had already seen each other three or four times on shows or when she visited Los Angeles.”
At the criminal trial, Kaelin told the court that he had heard a knock outside on the night of the double murder and that he saw Simpson in his yard.
Prosecutors in the case said Kaelin’s recollections established that Simpson had re-entered his property after the deadly encounter.
Speaking to People on Monday, Kaelin said he “thought [Simpson] was guilty’ of the double murders of which he was accused, and added: ‘Well, I’m not a fan of his, that’s all I’m saying.’
Kaelin told People that he “never saw any physical fights” between Simpson and Nicole, as Simpson had previously been arrested in a New Year’s Day 1989 incident in connection with domestic violence, and ultimately pleaded no contest to a further spousal abuse charge. late that year.
Kaelin told People that, in retrospect, he felt that the rapid fame and notoriety of his association with the Simpson case torpedoed his chances of a serious career in show business that he had been seeking at the time.
Kaelin said he “was auditioning” before the trial “happened,” adding, “Would he have been a star?” I don’t know. I doubt it. But he maybe he would have been a working actor.
At the criminal trial, Kaelin told the court that he had heard a knock outside on the night of the double murder and that he saw Simpson in his yard. Photographed in March 1995.
Simpson, who died earlier this month at age 76, celebrated his victory in ‘The Trial of the Century.’
Ronald Goldman’s father Fred hugged his daughter Kim as the verdicts were read. Fred said Simpson’s death was “not a great loss” in a statement earlier this month.
Simpson and Brown married in 1985. Photographed at a party in Brentwood for the 1984 Olympics on June 12, 1984, exactly 10 years to the day before her murder.
OJ Simpson and his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson were photographed on March 16, 1994 at a screening of their film Naked Gun 33 1/3 premiere in Los Angeles, less than three months before the murders.
They had two children, Sydney and Justin, before their separation in 1992.
Simpson’s family announced in a tweet that he “succumbed to his battle with cancer” on April 10 while “surrounded by his children and grandchildren.”
Authorities later confirmed that Simpson, who was eventually found liable in a civil trial in 1997, had been in his native Las Vegas at the time of his death, according to the report. AP.
Ronald Goldman’s father, Fred Goldman, who has advocated tirelessly for justice in the decades since his son’s murder, told DailyMail.com that Simpson’s death marked “yet another reminder” of Ronald Goldman’s untimely passing.
“It’s one more reminder of my son’s murder and the many years we’ve missed Ron,” she said. ‘Her killing him is a reminder that Ron and Nicole were killed by him. I’m not going to react to my thoughts about his death.
Fred concluded by saying, “I have nothing to say about him.” My answer will not be about OJ’s death but about the loss of my son’s life because of him. Thanks for calling. That’s all I have to say.’
Fred later told him NBC News in a statement that Simpson’s death “was not a great loss.”