A former bodyguard of O.J. Simpson has claimed he has a bombshell recording of the late football star confessing to the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, with police now saying they no found no evidence of such a confession.
Officers in Minnesota seized ‘multiple thumb drives’ from Iroc Avelli, Simpson’s former bodyguard, according to a search warrant from police in Minnesota that was obtained by TMZ.
The documents say that Bloomington PD arrested him in 2022 and then executed a search warrant to collect evidence, which included a green backpack with the drives inside.
In June 2024, two months after Simpson died, officers in Minnesota received a call from an LAPD detective who advised the force that Avelli and his attorney had told them that a thumb drive they confiscated contained a recording of Simpson confessing.
Bloomington Police have since accessed the thumb drive and determined there was no confession from Simpson at all, and that it was full of recordings of Avelli talking to himself.
TMZ reported that in order to access the contents of the drive, police in Minnesota had to have a court order which they obtained in June.
Sources told the outlet that the thumb drive is now tied up in ongoing litigation, with Avelli suing Minnesota police to get it back. But a judge ruled in July to deny that motion.
The notorious double murder suspect was cleared of charges that he murdered Simpson, his ex-wife, and Goldman in 1995 after a high profile trail that captivated the world.
Never-before-seen FBI files on OJ Simpson have revealed the extensive information and efforts that were made to collect evidence in the infamous case
The notorious double murder suspect was cleared of charges that he murdered Simpson, his ex-wife, seen here withSimpson
He was charged with the deaths of Brown and Goldman, seen here, who were found brutally stabbed to death outside her Los Angeles home
He was later found civilly liable and ordered to pay the victims’ families $33.5 million. He maintained his innocence until his death in April aged 76 from prostate cancer.
His longtime attorney Malcolm LaVergne told TMZ that he was under the impression that the LAPD had closed the case on Simpson.
He said their position was that Simpson murdered the two but managed to beat the case. LaVergne added he has been trying to acquire all the evidence to auction off in order to cover Simpson’s debts.
Simpson, a former football running back who played 11 seasons mostly with the Buffalo Bills, reinvented himself as an actor before Brown and Goldman’s murders.
Despite a successful NFL career, Simpson was best known for his acquittal following his high-profile murder trial in 1995, dubbed the ‘Trial of the Century’.
He was charged with the deaths of Brown and Goldman, who were found brutally stabbed to death outside her Los Angeles home.
The circumstances around his arrest were equally salacious, with the former NFL star leading cops on a low speed chase after learning of the impending charges.
Millions tuned in to watch the 90 minute pursuit of Simpson’s white Ford Bronco across southern California.
The athlete crouched in the back with a handgun while friend Al Cowlings drove, before his eventual arrest in Brentwood.
Simpson was later found civilly liable and ordered to pay the victims’ families $33.5 million. He maintained his innocence until his death in April aged 76. He is seen here in 2017
OJ Simpson in a mug shot following his arrest in Los Angeles, California, US, 17th June 1994
Millions tuned in to watch the 90 minute pursuit of Simpson’s white Ford Bronco across southern California
Although cleared of the killings, his reputation was tarnished forever and the latter part of his career was marked by a series of seedy ventures.
At trial, prosecutors argued Simpson was linked to the crime scene through forensic evidence.
A now-infamous moment saw Simpson struggling to try on a pair of black gloves believed to have been worn by the murderer.
One glove was found at the scene, the other near to Simpson’s mansion. Prosecutors said the accused killer acted out of jealousy over his then ex-wife.
After being acquitted, he faced further legal troubles when he was sentenced to up to 33 years behind bars for armed robbery in Nevada in 2008.
Imprisoned at age 61, he served nine years in a remote northern Nevada prison, including a stint as a gym janitor.
He was not contrite when he was released on parole in October 2017. The parole board heard him insist yet again that he was only trying to retrieve sports memorabilia and family heirlooms stolen from him after his criminal trial.
