25 Years After Murders, O.J. Simpson Says Life Is Fine
After a quarter century living under the shadow of one of America’s most infamous murder cases, O.J. Simpson says he has reached what he calls the “no negative zone.”
In a phone interview, the 71-year-old Simpson told the Associated Press he feels healthy and content living in Las Vegas. He and his children avoid revisiting June 12, 1994 — the night his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman were murdered, an event that turned the former football star into a central figure in one of the century’s most publicized trials.
“We don’t need to go back and relive the worst day of our lives,” he said. “The subject of the moment is the subject I will never revisit again. My family and I have moved on to what we call the ‘no negative zone.’ We focus on the positives.”
For the Goldman family, however, the emotional wounds remain.
“Closure,” said Goldman’s sister Kim, “isn’t a word that resonates with me. I don’t think it’s applicable when it comes to tragedy and trauma and loss of life.”
“I don’t suffocate in my grief,” she added.
Author’s Summary
O.J. Simpson claims he has left behind the infamous murder case that once defined him, focusing on positivity, while the Goldman family continues to live with lasting grief.