O.J. Simpson murder trial witness and reality TV star Cato Kaelin spoke to Fox News Thursday following the disgraced NFL icon’s death, saying that despite the jury’s opinion, He declared his belief that he murdered his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. He was acquitted about 30 years ago.
“My opinion was, I think he’s guilty. I had that opinion, and I still believe that,” he said on “Jesse Watters Prime Time.”
“I don’t know if he said any words of repentance on his deathbed, but I truly believe he was guilty. I also don’t know if he was reconciled to God. ”
Kaelin stressed that his thoughts are with the Brown and Goldman families, as well as Simpson’s extended family, right now.
“I cherish my memories of Nicole. You know, she was a beacon of light. She really was. She was intelligent. She was funny,” he said. . “And…people should forget about that. This is actually about two young, beautiful people who were murdered.”
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Kaylin Simpson, 1995 (Getty Images)
“We weren’t close friends because he was Danish and I was a donut person,” he said.
Kaelin also recalled the time she took the witness stand, infuriating then-Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Marcia Clark, who demanded that the then-radio personality be considered a “hostile witness.” succeeded in. This designation allowed Clark to ask leading questions and pressure Kaelin as if he were a defense witness.
Although on paper he was not considered a key witness in the case, a poll released after the trial found that three times as many Americans could identify him as then-Vice President Al Gore. There was even an answer.
Kaelin had never been to a courtroom before Simpson’s trial, and his “deer-in-the-headlights” appearance in the press was a reflection of his personal desire to tell the truth. He said that it was born out of a sense of impatience.
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Simpson attorney Robert Shapiro, Jonny Lee Cochran Jr., Robert Kardashian, F. Lee Bailey and Gerald Yurmen wait for an elevator at the Criminal Courts Building in Los Angeles on January 5, 1995. (Mike Nelson/AFP via Getty Images)
“I tried to remember myself and definitely remembered the questions in the examination, and that was because of my experience as a witness,” he said.
Kaelin also reflected on racial tensions in Simpson Not guilty verdict The situation worsened in the country following the Rodney King riots. A nation glued to its television sets watched how Simpson’s smile, lead attorney Johnnie Cochran’s celebratory gesture, and attorney Robert Kardashian’s shocked face illustrated the polarization the trial had caused. I witnessed it.
Kaelin said nothing has improved since the Simpson murder trial. He pointed to the unrest that erupted across the country after the death of George Floyd in Minnesota in 2020, saying tensions are still being felt.
“It’s gone backwards. It’s still a white-black divide,” he said.
“So we’re still just as divided. I think we’re probably even more divided now.”
Kaelin, who still lives in Los Angeles, singled out the current county prosecutor, Democrat George Gascón, saying progressives “oversee criminals… committing crimes and getting away with it.” I think this is the wrong approach.”
Prosecutor Marcia Clark, 1994 (Ted Soki/Sigma via Getty)
“I don’t think you can openly shoplift anywhere and not go to jail. I think that’s wrong, and I think the system is wrong, and I think that’s part of the problem,” he said. Told.
Fox News Digital’s Tracy Wright contributed to this report.
