Confronting O.J. SIMPSON

KIM GOLDMAN, sister of murder victim Ron Goldman, opens up about her new podcast series and gives her last word on the trial verdict, interviewing American prosecutor Marcia Clark and why she’s still open sitting down with the man acquitted of murdering her brother…

- Reilly Sullivan

When NFL legend O.J. Simpson was charged over the gruesome slaying of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman in the late evening of June 12, 1994, he became the most famous defendant to ever be tried for homicide.

Nicole had been stabbed seven times and nearly decapitated, while Ron showed signs of defensive wounds, indicating he had likely entered the scene as Nicole was being attacked. Despite a mountain of physical and DNA evidence, Simpson was acquitted on October 3, 1995, an equally defining moment in both the justice system and popular culture. It remains one of the most remembered criminal cases of the 20th century, and has spawned countless books from almost all involved, an Oscar-winning documentary and a multi-Emmy-Award-winning miniseries by Ryan Murphy.

Now, 25 years on from the trial of the century, Kim Goldman is taking back the narrative with the new podcast series Confronting O.J. Simpson. In it, she interviews many of the key players from the criminal trial, including lead prosecutors Marcia Clark and Chris Darden, as well as prosecution witnesses and two of the jurors. “The podcast allowed me to take control over a story that had become out of control” she tells MAXIM.

“The narrative has changed a lot over the years, with a whole new generation learning about it — the killer being on parole, the civil case, the acquittal and the fictionalised versions of the stories. I wanted to be in charge of some of the messaging from the people actually in the room, not ‘experts’ that sit around and talk about it that have no connection. I felt liberated to be in charge of the story that I wanted to tell, not the story that others think should be told.”