View host Sara Haines refused to say OJ Simpson’s name during Friday’s episode of the ABC show as the panel discussed the death of the former NFL football player, who died at his Las Vegas home on November 10. April at the age of 76.
The panel, which included Joy Behar, Ana Navarro, Sunny Hostin and Alyssa Farah Griffin, discussed the fact that Simpson was found not guilty of killing his ex-wife Nicole Brown and bartender Ron Goldman in the unforgettable 1995 murder trial, when Sara, 46, said: ‘There were innocent people involved here and I would like to take a moment to mention them.
‘Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman were brutally murdered and I believe the legal system failed Nicole time and time again.
“She had called 911 nine times, she had been beaten, she was bloody in the bushes, and her domestic abuser was always released.”
Joy, 81, responded: “Who was OJ?” as Sara, a mother of three, responded, “Yeah, I just want to not say his name like everyone else because I think the people we need to focus on are Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman, who were more than just victims in this.”
The View’s Sara Haines refused to say OJ Simpson’s name on Friday’s show while discussing his death.
Sara said the legal system ‘failed Nicole again and again’ Simpson’s ex-wife Nicole Brown
Sara told the panel, including Joy Behar, that she wanted to remember Nicole and Ronald Goldman, murdered the same night in June 1994.
Joy described Ronald Goldman, 25, as an “innocent bystander” on that fateful night in Brentwood, Los Angeles.
Referring to Nicole, who was 35 when she was stabbed to death outside her home in Brentwood, Los Angeles, on June 12, 1994, Sara continued: “She had children, she was a beloved woman.” [who] He missed a large part of his life.
“The Goldman family still misses their son, who was fun, kind and outgoing,” Sara added when Joy chimed in again, saying of Ron, 25, “He was really an innocent bystander…”
“They were both innocent and I think that’s the problem here,” Sara responded while Joy said of Nicole, “She was innocent too, she wasn’t a bystander.”
Alyssa, who appeared to downplay Simpson’s death during Thursday’s episode of The View when she said her “only thought” was that she hoped his passing would “give some peace” to Nicole and Ron’s families, joined into the conversation and referred to claims made about X by a woman named Nicole Minet.
“There’s more to this too because today I found out, and I’m going to say supposedly, that a woman came forward and claimed that she knew of a confidentiality agreement that was signed when he was in college by two different women in separate altercations. . saying they were victims of domestic violence,” the former White House aide explained.
“So that evidence could never have been used in the courtroom in Nicole and Ron’s cases and I think it could have fundamentally changed the outcome if this pattern could have been shown.
“So there needs to be a change in policy on using non-disclosure agreements to silence victims, because there may be other victims later because they can’t share their stories,” Alyssa suggested, before adding about Nicole: “She I could have been alive today.” .’
Ana, 52, then commented: ‘And what’s still sad is that we’re still seeing cases of rich celebrities who are somehow treated differently, right? When we look at R. Kelly, for example, there are a lot of them, athletes, celebrities, and that still happens…’
Ana Navarro stated that ‘we still see cases of rich celebrities who receive different treatment’
Sunny Hostin and Alyssa Farah Griffin (right) listened attentively as Sara shared her thoughts.
Sunny criticized the decision to have Simpson do a ‘glove demonstration’ at the 1995 murder trial.
Sara wanted to mention the family of Ron Goldman, who appears here in the photo from October 1995, when Simpson was found not guilty.
Sunny, 55, commented: “It’s the dark side of celebrity, for sure,” while Ana continued: “But we like to tell the world that ‘in America no one is above the law, in America everyone is equal before the law.” “…”
“But we know that’s not true,” Sunny responded, before referring back to the 1995 murder trial: “And, by the way, the prosecution lost this case in many ways by having a racist police officer testify, by making a demonstration with gloves”. – That’s like law school 101, don’t try it for the first time in front of people…’
Ana then added: “Yesterday I saw a juror being interviewed and he said that everyone assumed the glove was his, everyone assumed the glove fit him, and the idea of ​​making him try it on and it didn’t fit was so great.” “. mistake because he gave them something to rely on when faced with reasonable doubts.
In the 1990s, the public was mesmerized by her “trial of the century” broadcast live on television as Simpson’s case sparked debates about race, gender, domestic abuse, celebrity justice and police misconduct.
Before Nicole and Ron’s deaths, Simpson was known to have physically abused his ex-wife in the past, notably in a 1989 incident when she called the police after he became enraged after seeing a photo of her. ex boyfriend in a photo album.
“He’s going to kill me,” Nicole told a 911 operator. The beating left her with a black eye, a bruised cheek and a cut lip.
A criminal court jury found Simpson not guilty of murder in 1995, but a separate civil trial jury found him liable in 1997 for the deaths and ordered him to pay $33.5 million to Nicole and Goldman’s relatives. He continued to declare his innocence.
He later served nine years in prison for robbery and kidnapping for an attempt to steal some of his sports memorabilia from a Las Vegas hotel room.
He insisted his conviction and sentence were unfair, but said: “I believe in the legal system and I respected it.” I served my sentence.