OJ Simpson doc director: ‘He lied to everybody, all the way to his deathbed’

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who died of cancer at age 76 in 2024 – was controversially acquitted. Called “American Manhunt: OJ Simpson” (premiering Wed.

Jan 29), the four episode series features interviews with lawyers from each side such as “dream team” member Carl E. Douglas and co-prosecutor Christopher Darden, cops Tom Lange and Mark Fuhrman who were first on the scene, a juror from the trial, Goldman’s sister Kim, Simpson’s former agent Mike Gilbert, and more.“30 years later, I think this story is more relevant now than ever before,” director Floyd Russ told The Post.“Just looking at the world and what’s happened in the last six to seven years…things like the MeToo movement, Black Lives Matters and the surge of true crime.

We think of OJ as the most epic, iconic, crazy, disastrous, true crime story ever,” Russ continued. “It has themes of domestic violence, themes of race, themes of [police] versus prosecution versus defense, and who controls the narrative.

Those are topics that I think people are talking about.”He added that for “almost everybody that we interviewed, the word ‘regret’ is something that you could talk about for hours.” Russ said that Ron Goldman’s sister, Kim, was one of the more challenging interviews to get on camera. “There was a lot of crying on set, and not just me and her, but also parts of the crew,” he recalled. “Our sound mixer was crying…it’s her job to be quiet, because she’s recording the sound.